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THE OLD TOWN, THE TOWN HALL SQUARE, THE DOME CHURCH, THE HOLY
GHOST CHURCH, ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, ST OLAF'S CHURCH, ESTONIAN
ART MUSEUM, PALACE OF KADRIORG, THE SONG FESTIVAL GROUND,
THE RUINS OF ST BRIGITTA'S CONVENT, WOODLAND CEMETERY, OPEN
AIR MUSEUM IN ROCCA AL MARE.
TARTU
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TARTU UNIVERSITY, ESTONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM,
TARTU OBSERVATORY, HILL OF TOOMEMAGI AND
THE RUINS OF ST PETER AND PAUL CATHEDRAL.
NARVA
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HERMANN CASTLE,; TOWN HALL.
PARNU
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BEACH, HEALTH RESORT WITH MUD TREATMENT,
RED TOWER AND TALLINN GATE.
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ESTONIA
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LAHEMAA NATIONAL PARK, 40 KM EAST OF TALLINN :
IT'S A 1119 SQ.KM. PARK OF BEAUTY & UNIQUE NATURAL LANDSCAPES,
AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL AREAS AND VILLAGES.
RAKVERE VALLIMAGI WITH ITS RUINS OF A MASSIVE CASTLE. HUGE
LIMESTONE CLIFFS IN SEVERAL PLACES ON THE NORTH COAST,
KUREMAE ORTHODOX CONVENT.
CENTRAL ESTONIA
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THE RUINS OF THE CASTLE OF THE GERMAN ORDER IN PAIDE,
THE RUINS OF FORTRESS IN VILJANDI, THE RUINS OF THE
CASTLE OF THE LIVONIAN ORDER IN POLTSAMAA.
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ESTONIA
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LAKE PEIPUS, THE FIFTH LARGEST LAKE IN EUROPE WITH ITS SANDY
BEACHES AND PINE FORESTS NEAR BY, THE HIGHEST ELEVATION IN
THREE BALTIC STATES, THE HILL SUUR MUNAMAGI (318 M), IS
LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF VORU, TAEVASKODA WITH ITS
BEAUTIFUL RIVER AND SANDSTONE ROCKS, SOUTH OF VORU NEAR THE
VILLAGE OF KRABI IS A MAGNIFICENT LANDSCAPE KNOWN AS PAGANAMAA
(SATAN'S LAND) LOCATED ON THE LATVIAN BORDER, OTEPAA AN ANCIENT
SETTLEMENT KNOWN FOR ITS WONDERFUL LANDSCAPE AND WINTER SKIING,
IN HELME, NEAR THE RUINS OF THE LIVONIAN ORDER'S CASTLE ARE
LOCATED ESTONIA'S LARGEST AND BEST KNOWN CAVES.
WEST ESTONIA AND THE ISLANDS
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AN EPISCOPAL CASTLE IN HAAPSALU, MATSALU NATURE RESERVE & BIRD
MUSEUM. THE RESERVE ALSO INCLUDES VAST REED BEDS, COASTAL
PASTURES & HAY MEADOWS, THE LARGEST OF ESTONIA'S 1500 ISLANDS,
IS FAMOUS FOR ITS WINDMILLS FISHING VILLAGES AND KAALI CRATER,
DATING FROM ABOUT THE 8TH CENTURY BC.
ON THE NORTH COAST ARE SEVERAL PICTURESQUE STEEP FORMATIONS OF
LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE BASE ROCK. THE MOST FAMOUS ARE PANGA,
NINASE AND PULLI, MEDIEVAL FORTRESS IN BALTIC IN THE CAPITAL OF
SAAREMAA KURESSAARE, HIIUMAA THE SECOND LARGEST ISLAND HAS KOPU
LIGHTHOUSE ON KOPU PENINSULA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OLDEST IN
EUROPE, THE LITTLE CHURCH (ONLY THATCHED CHURCH IN ESTONIA) IN
KIISI, KOGUVA VILLAGE THE PART OF MUHU MUSEUM ON MUHU ISLAND
VILSANDI IS ANOTHER NATURE RESERVE WHICH IS ONE OF THE OLDEST
IN EUROPE;
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