Where to Go Sightseeing in Estonia

October 18, 2026

Estonia’s sights fall into four groups: Tallinn’s medieval core, the university city of Tartu, the island of Saaremaa and the north-east coast. Costs are in euro and are published tiers, and opening hours shift with the season.

Tallinn

Old Town: the UNESCO district is free to walk. Towers, museums and wall walks inside it charge admission.
Niguliste Museum: €15 adults, €10 concessions. It holds Bernt Notke’s Danse Macabre painting.
Kadriorg Art Museum: €15 and €10 in the palace. The park around it is free.
St Olaf’s viewing platform: 60 m up after 258 steps, €10 adults and €5 concessions, daily 10:00 to 18:00 from 1 April to 31 October.
Fat Margaret: the cannon tower at Pikk 70, which has a combined ticket with Seaplane Harbour (€30 adults, €15 children, valid for a week).
Town Hall tower: open only from 1 June to 31 August.

Tartu

Toomemägi: the cathedral ruins, the University of Tartu Museum and its towers (May to September only, €5 and €3). Barriers surround the ruins, so keep behind them.
Old Observatory: €5 and €3, part of the Struve Geodetic Arc, which UNESCO listed in 2005.
Bridges: the Angel’s Bridge and the Devil’s Bridge cross the Emajõgi river near the hill.
University main building: Ülikooli 18.

Saaremaa

Kuressaare Episcopal Castle (Lossihoov 1): adults €12, concessions €8.50, family €28. Open daily in summer and Wednesday to Sunday from 1 September to 30 May.
Kaali crater field: nine craters, the largest about 110 m wide. RMK dates the impact to about 3,470 to 3,545 years ago. It is open round the clock and is about 20 km by road from Kuressaare.
Panga cliff: 21.3 m high and 2.5 km long, free and open all year.

North-east and the border

Ontika cliff: about 55 to 56 m high and unfenced, the tallest section of the Baltic Klint. Stay back from the edge.
Valaste waterfall: more than 30 m, with a viewing platform and an all-hours nature trail.
Narva Castle (Peetri plats 7): €16 adults and €32 family. The fortress of Ivangorod faces it across the river. The foot-only border crossing is not part of a visit.

For a guided tour of these sights, see Estonia sightseeing on Viator .

Memorials

Two memorials call for a quiet visit, apart from any other plans.

Klooga: a former forced-labour subcamp, set up in 1943. As the Red Army approached on 19 September 1944, nearly 2,000 Jews were killed here. The outdoor exhibition beside Lake Sooda is free and open at all hours. The camp is beside Klooga-Aedlinn station on the Elron Paldiski line, around 50 minutes by train from Balti jaam.

Tahkuna, Hiiumaa: the memorial to the 852 people who died when the MS Estonia sank on 28 September 1994. It stands beyond Tahkuna Lighthouse. A 12 m metal frame holds a bronze bell with four children’s faces, made by Mati Karmin in 1995, and the bell rings in the wind. See the Hiiumaa tourism page .