Country life

Helsinki city tour:

• The Helsinki Cathedral and the Senat Square;
• the Parliament;
• the Old Market Hall and Market Square,
• the Esplanade park;
• the Kamppi Chapel of Silence;
• the Temppeliaukio church;
• the Design District Helsinki;
• the Suomenlinna Sea fortress.

Drive to South Coast Finland Region.

Overnight in a hotel in Lohja.

Programme duration 8-10 h.;

• Fiskars Village – a tour of three small local breweries with produce tasting: Ägräs Distillery, Fiskars Brewery, Kuura cider;
• Kettukallio - the Fox Rock, a traditional forest place in Lohja municipality;
• A herb trail in Purnus river valley in Siuntio.

Overnight in a hotel in Siuntio.

Transfer from Siuntio to Helsinki – 40 min. Ferry to Tallinn. A city tour combining walking and a bus.

The walking tour includes:

• the Toompea Castle;
• the 13th century Dome church;
• the 19th century Russian orthodox Cathedral of Alexander Nevskij;
• the 15th century town Hall square;
• the Old Guild built to celebrate Tallinn's membership in the Hanseatic League;
• St. Olaf's church.

The bus tour includes:

• Tallinn’s suburbs and Song Festival Grounds;
• St. Brigitte’s monastery;
• Pirita area.

Overnight in a hotel in Tallinn.

Programme duration 8h.

• The Jägala waterfall;
• Iisaka Sheep & Handicraft Farm. Workshop "From the ancient times to a contemporary functional family farm" at the farm;
• Nice and quiet Kuusiku Nature Farm on the edge of the Lahemaa National Park by Lake Viitna, Pikkjärv;
• Käsmu fishing village - the former Estonian naval centre and Käsmu Maritime Museum where visitors can take a sea voyage with a Viking ship;
• Castle ruins in Rakvere with a theme park where visitors can experience everyday life of the 16th century. A possibility to order medieval dinner.

Overnight in a hotel in Rakvere.

Programme duration 12h.

• Avinurme Wooden Handicrafts Centre - local woodcraft, woodworking workshops, Estonian traditional foods;
• Mustvee village by lake Peipsi - a haven for Russian Old Believers. Mustvee has held fairs for the past two centuries. Traditional fishing town;
• Setomaa in South-East Estonia is a unique area for its people (the Seto) and culture. A very specific type of singing – leelo, is in the UNESCO list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity;
• Visit traditional Obinitsa farmstead.

Overnight in a hotel in Madona.

Programme duration 12h.

• Goat farm Livi. Taste various sorts of cheese and watch how the goats are milked;
• Herbal tea farm 55 Ladybugs - biological farming;
• Stop by the Cesvaine castle;
• Farm Lacisi specialises in grain farming (577 ha), rapeseed farming (295 ha), and various grasses. It is also a dairy farm with some 100 cows to produce meat and breed calves.

Overnight in a hotel in Riga.

Programme duration 12h.

• Riga city tour. The Historic Centre of Riga is a UNESCO Heritage Site.
  • The Dome Cathedral with one of the world’s largest pipe organs;
  • St. Peter's Church with magnificent views of the city from its steeple;
  • the old Guild Houses;
  • the Swedish Gate;
  • the architectural ensemble Three Brothers;
  • St. Jacob’s Church;
  • the Parliament House;
  • Old Riga Castle;
  • Art Nouveau area.
• Dairy farm Celmi uses milk from its own cows for cheese production;
• The Ribbe windmill shows the exhibition “The Path of the Grain” – a history of how agriculture has developed over the centuries, from ancient times up to modern day technology;
• The “Mikelis” café, a farmstead museum and vintage car exhibition, a restaurant;
• Lively Liepaja with its old town, promenade, nice beach and impressive military history.

Overnight in a hotel in Liepaja.

Ferry 15min. Programme duration 8h.

• Liepāja Crafts Centre. Watch various craftspeople at work: amber jewellers, weavers, etc;
• Palanga - a busy beach resort with an excellent and very informative Amber Museum;
• Vienkiemis – traditional Lithuanian farmstead with a restaurant.

A ferry from Klaipeda to the Curonian spit (15min.).

• Nida village with traditional architecture and the Curonian Spit – a white sand dune.

Overnight in a hotel in Nida.

Programme duration 12h.

Ferry from Curonian spit to Klaipeda (15min.).

• Lunch at a country restaurant and fish farm Karpyne half way between Klaipeda and Kauna;
• Rumsiskes – open air museum of Lithuania. The museum presents the way of life, works, and traditions of peasants and townspeople of all Lithuanian ethnographic areas;
• Trakai Castle. The picturesque castle was built on an island in the lake (14th - 15th century);
• Karaites' cultural heritage museum (ethnic group of Turkish speaking Crimean Tatars who settled here in 14th - 15th century);
• Traditional Lithuanian food in OLD KYBYN INN in Trakai.

Overnight in a hotel in Vilnius.

City tour of Vilnius.

• Vilnius Old Town;
• the Gediminas tower;
• Presidential Palace;
• St. Anne’s Church;
• Sts. Peter & Paul's Church;
• the KGB museu;
• the Gates of Dawn;
• the Bernardine Gardens;
• the Castle Hill;
• the Hill of Three Crosses;
• Gediminas avenue;
• Sugihara Sakura park.

Departure.