Nature Sites

Laulasmaa beach

Laulasmaa (“singing grounds”) beach, located near the Lahepere Bay, got its name from the so-called local singing sands. The beach is full of white sand and surrounded by a beautiful pine forest, which makes it…

Kloogaranna Beach

The beautiful Kloogaranna beach is only a 40-minute drive from Tallinn. The sandy beach is boarded on the land by a charming pine forest, on one side there is the Pakri peninsula and on the…

Tallinn Recreation Area and Viimsi Nature Centre of the State Forest Management Centre

Viimsi Nature Centre of the State Forest Management Centre, operating as the centre for the Tallinn Recreation Area, is located in the former office of the Viimsi forest district. There is a permanent exhibition in the…

Police Park

Police Park is in the centre of Tallinn, bound by Pronksi, Gonsiori, F. R. Kreutzwaldi and J. Kunderi Streets. It was constructed in 1939 on what had been the local police force’s vegetable gardens –…

Blue Springs of Saula, sacrifical springs

In Estonia, springs have always been considered holy and most were thought to have healing powers. Blue Springs of Saula include three large springs with a water flow of 20–30 m per second. The variation in…

Island of Aegna as a nature reserve

The Island of Aegna is located in the north-eastern part of the Gulf of Tallinn, in the close vicinity of Viimsi Peninsula. It is a landscape reserve with an area of 293 hectares. The earliest…

Vääna-Jõesuu Beach

Vääna-Jõesuu beach, frequented visited by several thousand people during hot summer days, has a swimming area with the maximum depth of 1.8 m, surrounded by buoys. Information about the water quality is also prominently displayed during the…

Smaragd Arboretum

Arboretum was established in 1985. The English landscape garden covering 2 hectares is located 40 km from Tallinn, in the midst of fields and forests.Several ponds, abounding flora, various garden elements and many lovely garden…

Toompark

The largest park in the bastion zone has been laid out in the former area of earthen fortifications around Snelli pond, which is the only part that has survived of the ditch that once surrounded…

Nature Park on the island of Naissaar

Naissaar started to emerge from the sea about 8,000 years ago, thus being one of the oldest small islands in Estonia next to Ruhnu. The highest point of the island (Kunilamägi) is 27 m high….

Rummu quarry

The crystal-clear, green-blue lagoon of the Rummu Quarry and the artificial hill next to it are an incredibly unique combination and an extraordinary holiday destination! For decades, Rummu had a limestone mine and a prison….

Tuhala karst region and hiking trail

Tuhala is located in Harju County, which has been settled for approximately 3,000 years. Nearby there are 11 sites of ancient settlement, 30 cult stones with little hollows in them, three stone barrows, four sacrificial groves and more. In…