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Kuressaare Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kuressaare, Estonia
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Saaremaa - pilgrimage to the old family homestead
... depot was no longer required and was now just a collection of deserted sheds and repair bays. I poked around the empty building for a little while and then made my way to the bus stop to catch the bus back to Kuressaare and then on to Tallinn. ...
Second island : Saaremaa
... bus from there. We were lucky and it worked, and about one hour later we were on our way to the capital of Saaremaa, Kuressaare. Population : 16,200. More information : www.saaremaa.ee We first had a look at a nice Lutheran church and had lunch in a ...
Estonian Islands - Kuressaare
Kuresaarre is the capital of Saaremaa - the big, windy island off the coast of Estonia. The rebuilt Kuresaarre castle is complete with double moat, symmetrical towers and a spiky portcullis dangling at an alarming angle over the bolted wooden doors. It is ...
A Dumb and Dumber moment – starring us
... -like streets and getting lost in the maritime-rich residential areas. The town’s centrepiece is the aptly-named Kuressaare Castle, a 13th century fortress founded to protect the Island’s trading interests – we found it remains ...
Kuressaare - Estonia
Saaremaa really is 'old Estonia'. A sizeable island off the north west coast, just south of Finland, during Russian occupation the island was 'off limits' and as a result the island has changed little for decades. It really does have the ...
Sareema
On the island Sareema, I found a small hostel located within a school. I was the only person I saw staying there. A beautiful little place, not very touristy at all. Most tourist are local and I think all would have cars, as when I tried getting around ...
A day in Kuressaare on Saaremaa island
... manager was our local guide who toured us around the highlights of this town working to become a resort town.. We went through the Kuressaare Fortress built in 14th century and best preserved in the baltics. It had one of the best museums of the all the ...
Island of Saaremaa
... I know it'll only be a month or so before the first snow comes. So the island of Saaremaa isn't very populated (like all of Estonia) but it has several towns/ villages. We decided to see the island by bike so we all rented bikes and were off on an ...
Still dirty, but now also thirty
... the bus station. The bus to Saaremaa island actually goes onto a ferry that crosses over to the island. Our arrival in Kuressaare was greeted by ... not much! We dropped off our bags at the guesthouse and went to the TI for a ...
Its hot, the food is good and the beer is cold!!
... musuem and a pub, so...) I also caught the evening bus to Mandjala beach, west of Kuressaare, beautiful sandy white beach, wooden huts, warm water & fairly secluded. I finished my stay with a huge traditional meal ...
Is "Panga Pank" the new "Hanky Panky"?
... car. Saaremaa isn't a very big island - we drove around the western side of the island for awhile, then headed back to Kuressaare for lunch. We did a little bit of shopping before heading out to the southern end of the island. It was a ...
Kuressaare
... . After chatting with the guy who works at the front desk of my hostel he informed me about a small town called Kuressaare which is on Estonia's largest island off the west coast. Apparently not too many backpackers head out this way so it sounded ...
The Baltics' best castle way out on this island
Long but worthwhile trip to the best castle of the trip in this beautiful, old town. The Google Earth image is fuzzy, the the map pin is right on the castle. ...
The islands and the coast of Estonia
After visiting the north coast of Estonia before going to Tallinn, we continued along the coast for some 500 km more. Most was on the two biggest islands of Estonia. Of those we like especially Saaremaa, the biggest one very much. It was raw,, the road ...
Kuressaare: the Island Where Time Stood Still
After a couple days in Tallinn I hopped a bus south to Kuressaari on the island of Saaremaa. The ride involved a ferry crossing and the final stop in what seemed, at fist glance, like a dirty town. Five minutes of walking revealed the much ...
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