Kuressaare Estonia. Cheapest flights from Tallinn to Kuressaare (TLL - URE)

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See how the price of flights from Tallinn to Kuressaare has changed depending on the time of purchase. Since the beginning of sales, their value has changed by an average of 68%. The minimum price for a flight from Tallinn to Kuressaare is 5 days before departure, approximately 2,626 rubles. The maximum price for a flight from Tallinn to Kuressaare is 4 days before departure, approximately 4,432 rubles. In most cases, early booking helps to save money, take advantage of it!

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According to statistics, the most affordable flight option from Tallinn to Kuressaare is on Fridays, their average cost is 2,731 rubles. The most expensive flights are on Tuesdays, their average cost is 4,432 rubles. It is worth considering that departures on holiday days are usually more expensive. We hope that this data will help you plan your travels in the most efficient way.

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I have been reading for a long time and have planned this island for myself to visit. But until the last moment I did not include it in my route because I had no idea how to get there. Still, it is separated from the mainland of Estonia by kilometers of water. But the work of the master is afraid! It was worth exploring a lot of sites, as everything became easy and understandable, I will share this information with you.

From Tallinn to Saaremaa by car

The car option can be quite expensive. Only for gasoline for the passage of 225 km will need to allocate 28 euros. Renting a car per day costs from 30 euros and more, you can see the prices and book it or search for a similar site yourself. Further parking. Most of them are paid, about 1-2 euros per hour. To leave your car on them, you will also have to buy a special parking clock. Well, the roads in Estonia are good, smooth and still free. :) Usually a car on a trip means convenience, a sense of freedom and time saving. In this case, the bus can take you faster, as it takes more time to cross over to the island of Saaremaa. Apparently, the bus schedule is adjusted to the flights of the boats.

Ferry crossing from Virtsu to Muhu Island

In fact, the strait to be crossed is not that wide, only 7 km. But in time it takes almost half an hour. Ferries run from seven in the morning to ten in the evening with a gap of 1 hour and 15 minutes (on average). You won’t have to wait a long time without doing anything, because you still need to buy tickets and load (get on the ferry by car, along with passengers). Employees will explain how to do it and where to be, you should not worry. There is also a cafe on the ferry, but during the journey you are unlikely to have time to have a full meal. Before arriving, you still need to prepare in advance for disembarkation, that is, get back into the car.

From the island of Muhu, where you will arrive, you need to continue driving along highway No. 10 through the dam to Saaremaa, it will take about an hour.

Buying tickets

The site tuulelaevad, which used to be the place to buy tickets and is often recommended by travelers on the forums, is no longer working. Now you can pay for the fare at the ticket office or terminal right in the port. Or go to this site and buy tickets online.

What is the price

For different Vehicle prices are different.

Passenger car - 8.40 euros.
Passenger - 3 euros.

For example, if there are two of you, you need to pay 14.40 euros.

From Tallinn to Saaremaa by plane

The Estonian airline Airlink makes regular flights between Tallinn Airport. Lennart Mary and Kuressaare Airport, which is located on Saaremaa. On weekdays there are two flights: at 08:35 and 18:35, on Saturday - only at 10:50, on Sunday - at 18:35. The flight is not long, only 40 minutes, this is the fastest way to get to Saaremaa.

Buying tickets

Airplane tickets are sold a maximum of 12 months before the date of departure. They can be bought at the airport ticket office or online.

What is the price

Adult ticket including 15 kg of luggage and 5 kg hand luggage, costs 26 euros per person.

From Tallinn to Saaremaa by bus

It turns out that buses can also swim ... Only on the ferry. But seriously, you need to get in, and get out - already in Kuressaare, the main city of the island of Saaremaa. Flights are organized in such a way that passengers are not responsible for anything and do not worry. The bus stops at the ferry, and after the crossing, it takes you further on solid ground. Different companies are engaged in such transportations, from eight in the morning until ten in the evening there are up to 12 flights, depending on what day of the week. The service is different for different carriers, somewhere there is Wi-Fi and that's it, somewhere else there are multimedia systems, a toilet and air conditioning. When buying a ticket online, the services on the bus are shown on the top left. Buses depart from the Tallinn bus station (at Lastekodu 46) and after 4 hours arrive at the Kuressaare bus station.

In fact, there are several more stops on the island where you can also get off before reaching Kuressaare.

Buying tickets

All tickets for this route can be bought online. On some flights, tickets are also sold at the ticket office of the bus station, but the Lux Express company has its own points of sale, which are easy to find by signs in the same station building. I advise you not to delay the purchase until the last minute and not rely on payment from the driver, since this is not possible on all flights.

What is the price

A full adult ticket costs 12-16 euros, depending on which carrier. About a month before departure, you can buy cheap tickets from Lux Express, only 5 euros. At such prices, the first 5 tickets on each flight are sold, and there are many who want to.

conclusions

The plane is, of course, tempting, but my luggage weighed more than 15 kg, and I didn’t want to pay extra. There are no trains to Saaremaa, so I chose the bus. Of course, I managed to buy tickets for 5 euros, but how! The trip turned out to be comfortable, not at all tiring and very interesting.

The capital of the island, Saaremaa, is a cute, cozy little town with an Old Town built in the 17th-19th centuries. There are few truly old buildings, but everything has been restored very carefully. Central building - town hall, now the mayor's office and the travel agency (however, we did not understand exactly where the entrance to the travel agency is - my husband suggested that the mayor of the city works part-time). This Northern Baroque building was built in 1670 on the initiative of a major Swedish nobleman, Count Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie. The original form of the town hall was restored in the 1970s.

To the left of the Town Hall is fire tower building.

Across the square from the Town Hall - important(1666), a room where medieval merchants measured and weighed goods (in other words, there were control scales here). And since the market in every self-respecting medieval city was on the Town Hall Square, then the importance was located right there, at the Town Hall. This is the only building of this type preserved in Estonia. Since the 18th century, the building has been both a garrison and a postal station, restored in 1982.

To the right of the important (when viewed from the Town Hall) - Church of Saint Lawrence. The very first city church was once erected where the city park (near the castle) is now located. Alas and ah - she died in a fire, and a new church began to be built already in the city, next to the city market (1630). The church was unlucky with fires: they destroyed it in 1710 and 1828, restored it in 1836. On the other side of the Town Hall, at the beginning of Zamkova Street (Lossi), there is a building Nobility Assembly I, erected at the end of the 18th century - with a wrought-iron balcony, based on a portico made of stone blocks. The Estonian flag proudly flies on the central pediment.

From the Town Hall, you can walk past the pharmacy building and the Assembly of the Nobility along Lossi (Castle) Street towards the city park, look at the quarter of old houses behind the monument to 160 islanders who died in the Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920), at the authentic building of the Arenburg Hotel ”(as Kuressaare was previously called), on the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas (1790).

City park through which you can walk to the castle (if you come from the Old Town) or to Old city(if you stomp away from spa hotels) was built near the castle walls in the 19th century. On site old church and in order to honor the memory of those who were buried in it and at its walls, a monument was erected. The history of the park is carved on one side of the monument, and Schiller's lines "Wirke Gutes, du nährest der Menschheit göttliche Pflanze" are carved on the other. Looking at the castle wooden palace Kursaal (abbreviated from the spa hall, also built in the 19th century), where cafes are now located, and in its courtyard there is a summer stage.

And finally, if you find the strength in yourself to pass by the castle, or after examining it, go out not from the side of the bridge on which you came from the Old Town, but from the side of the bypass channel, then you will see the beautiful water surface of the bay, on the banks of which there are three spa hotels. If you do not live there, then you can look after the dwelling for yourself in the future, but pay attention to the massive bronze figures of two characters of local folklore - Tõll and Piret, who are dragging a boat with fish (and some of the fish fell on the stones and lie there anyway). I love memorials like this :)

And for a snack - episcopal castle, the beauty and pride of the town of Kuressaare, originally built in the 13th century.

The Bishop of Saare-Läänema built it, making it his residence. In the 1330s. the castle was rebuilt in the form of a square with a side of 43 meters, and a powerful donjon - the Sturvolt tower. After the so-called St. George's Night uprising in 1343-45. the castle was fortified and another tower was erected - Long German (some historians, however, adhere to the point of view that the tower was built simultaneously with the first castle - it is isolated from the main citadel by a mine).

Around 1400, Bishop Henry II of Saarema, who was imprisoned here, was killed in the castle in order to free this post to Winrich Kniprode, the nephew of the Supreme Master of the Teutonic Order, and during the suppression of the uprising of the Dome Chapter, the castle was burned. After 30 years, it was restored, a protective wall was built with two squat round towers with loopholes for firearms (one has survived). Despite all the unrest and conspiracies, a town grew up around the castle, which in 1563 received the status of an independent and some trading rights. In 1559, Bishop Johann von Munchausen sold Kuressaare into the possession of the Danish King Frederick II, who transferred the bishopric along with the castle to his younger brother Duke Magnus. Around the same time, earthen ramparts with corner bastions were erected around the castle territory, a moat was dug, which was filled with water from the bay.

An interesting detail: there are anchors in the courtyard of the castle - it turns out that ships could arrive at the castle. In 710, during the Northern War, the city was taken by Peter's troops under the command of General Bour, and Arensburg with the castle became part of the Russian Empire. In the 60-70s. The castle was restored in the last century, and now it is used as a museum (open daily except Mon, Tue 11-19, admission until 18.00). The castle is formidable and impregnable: absolutely smooth walls - there is nothing to catch on, the entrance is covered by a grate, above the entrance there is a special structure so that the besiegers can be poured with boiling water there or some other muck ...

At the foot of the castle there are houses of late construction. Maybe servants lived here?

By the way, the castle windows on the left wall from the entrance - well, pure Gothic - probably there is a castle chapel or some kind of knight's hall. A small balcony stands out on the right wall, overlooking exactly the space where the summer stage is now - probably the bishop spoke from there to the audience. Or supervised. I advise you to take a walk along the ramparts surrounding the castle space: it is good to look at the castle from the outside, and admire the park and the former castle moats with bridges. They say that from the castle towers in clear weather you can see neighboring island but could not be verified.

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Night Kuressaare

view from our hotel to the castle

Georg Ots Spa Hotel

You are doing the right thing by considering all travel options, since only in this way you can choose the most suitable option (both in terms of time and in terms of savings). If you are planning a trip together, then renting a car and further traveling to Saaremaa on it will be a rather comfortable option, but at the same time costly. Judge for yourself: the distance from Tallinn is approximately 225 kilometers and you will have to spend at least 30 euros on gasoline alone. Daily rental starts from 30-35 euros depending on the car class. Direct access to the island will not work, you will have to make a ferry across the 7-kilometer strait. A lot of time ferry crossing does not take, but still it is an additional cost (the crossing time is about an hour). You can pay the fare on the spot, before the crossing. The cost of crossing the car is about 10 euros. I do not advise you to focus on this method of travel, as it is not very convenient, expensive, and without knowing the roads and terrain, additional difficulties may arise.

But you should pay attention to the possibility of a direct flight from Tallinn to Saaremaa, as it is fast, comfortable and not so expensive. I think that you are well aware that the cost of flights in Europe is much cheaper than ours, especially if early booking tickets. Between Tallinn Airport Lennart Mary and Kuressaare island airport are regularly operated by Airlink. You can find detailed information on the airline's website, but as a general rule, there are two flights on weekdays: at 8.35 and 18.35, on Sunday only at 18.35, and on Saturday only at 10.50. The flight time is only 40 minutes and compared to many hours of travel by car, the difference is simply colossal. Tickets begin to be sold 12 months before departure, and their minimum cost starts from 30 euros. This price includes 5 kg of hand luggage and 15 kg of luggage.

Between Tallinn and Saaremaa established and bus service, and you don’t have to make any transfers: you take the bus to the capital, and get off directly on the island, in its main city of Kuressaare. The journey takes place by land and by ferry. Transportation is carried out by different companies, and all flights are operated in the interval from 8 to 22 hours. The number of flights depends on the day of the week, but usually there are at least 10. When choosing a carrier, pay attention to the fact that each company has a different service. Some offer passengers Wi-Fi, others are equipped with multimedia, some have air conditioning and toilets. Buses depart from the Tallinn bus station at Lastekodu 46 and deliver passengers to their destination in about 4 hours. The buses make several stops along the way.

The cost of an adult ticket ranges from 13 to 18 euros. It is advisable to purchase tickets in advance, rather than postponing the purchase on the day of the trip, as there may not be empty seats (the direction is very popular). I advise you to pay attention to the Lux Express carrier, which arranges various promotions about a month before the trip and offers part of the tickets for only 5 euros.

On the one hand, it may seem that the best option is a plane: fast and inexpensive, but this is if the amount of your luggage does not exceed 15 kilograms, otherwise you will have to pay extra. For this reason, many tourists prefer buses.

I planned to go to the capital of the Estonian island of Saaremaa - the city of Kuressaare for a long time, but somehow everything did not work out. But still I got there, albeit in the mode of one day.

Having learned that planes fly to Saaremaa from Tallinn, I decided that the plane was the most suitable mode of transport.

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Tallinn Airport is good, modern, but completely deserted, and even a little scary with the complete absence of anyone.

However, a little later, people still pulled themselves up, albeit in small numbers.

I have never flown such short distances, a plane takes 20 people, 10 minutes to climb, 10 minutes to fly, and 10 minutes to descend, and now I'm already at Kuressaare Airport, more like a barn.

There are no taxis at the airport, how to get to the hotel is not clear. However, somehow got there.

Here, several hotels at once, one after another, and all marked with a spa, on Saaremaa are actively developing this direction of tourism. And there are enough tourists in hotels, for the most part they are pensioners from the Scandinavian countries.

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And this is the view from the window of the room, the main city attraction is perfectly visible - the castle, known since the 14th century.

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Not one city can do without a miracle of statues.

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I approach the castle, on the one hand there are such houses

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Opposite the castle

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And what is a medieval castle without a legend

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Inside the castle there is a certain exposition, and the complete absence of people. There is no one except for a few museum grandmothers. In general, the impression was that the Scandinavians, coming here on vacation, do not leave the hotels. The hotel is full of them, the city does not see any tourists at all.

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Here's an interesting sign. In Soviet times, Kuressaare was called Kingisepp, after a local communist

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A reminder that there was a border zone here under the USSR, it was impossible to come here just like that.

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And these are the stairs

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There are very few abandoned houses in the city, and all of them are quite neat.

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City center. However, the concept of the center here is rather arbitrary, the city is quite small. With the exception of a small number of Soviet period houses and new cottages, it looks something like this.

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At nightfall the city dies out

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In almost all photographs of the city, this house comes across. Well, I clicked it too, of course

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central square

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There are enough food establishments in the city. With eaters it's already more difficult

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Not far from the city is the Kaali meteorite crater. It is believed that this is one of the most famous craters in the world.

4 thousand years ago a meteorite fell here and formed a round lake with a diameter of 110 meters.

To be honest, this place didn't make much of an impression on me.

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There are no people either, cafes are closed, they are waiting for summer and tourists

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Most high building cities, with incomprehensible floors at the top. In general, for some reason such structures are typical for Estonia.

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Bicycles on the ground floor of the house. It's a pity the entrance was closed, I would look at the city from above

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I saw something similar in Vyru

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Somewhere still paving stones are preserved