TALLINN:

(Prices date of Oct. 05)

Budget flights to Riga are offered currently by two air carriers:

Via Easyjet www.easyjet.de from Berlin-Schönefeld nach Tallinn. Easy Jet starts at 1 EUR for a round trip. From Berlin daily at 18:35, arriving at Tallinn 21:30; leaving Tallinn at 21:55, arriving in Berlin 22:55

Estonian Air www.estonian-air.ee from Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich (but also from other European countries). Especially from Berlin (3 times per week: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday) their rates are really decent currently: round trip starting at 70 EUR. One way is possible for half the price. And they even serve food on board.

BUS:

Bus connections between Tallinn and St. Petersburg are offered by Eurolines, for example. They leave from the bus terminal and the Baltic train station. The trip takes 7 hours, and currently five Eurolines-Busses go each way daily.

Prices: From Tallinn 210 to 260 Estonian Crowns, which equals 15 bis 17 EUR, but you can also try and pay 500 Rubles (ca. 13 EUR ) directly to the driver.

From St. Petersburg: 480 Rubles, the Ticket has to be purchased at Obwodnyj Kanal Bus terminal. Scedules are found at www.eurolines.ee.

The busses from Petersburg to Tallinn refuel once more at the Lukoil-Gas Station, Uliza Rozenschtejna 37, they take off here about. 20 minutes after departing from the  Baltic Station = last Chance to hop on.

The transfer between airport and Bus terminal in Tallinn is easily done by Bus Nr. 2 (15 Crowns = 1 EUR), the bus goes approximately every 20 Minuten, three stops.

In case you miss your flight or bus, you can lodge for 200 Crowns near the bus terminal at Hostel Rex, Tartu mnt. 62, Tel. 6332181

Please Note: if you go from St. Petersburg to Tallinn by bus at 23:15, you will need a Russian Visa for the following day as well!!

Train:

Needs to be found out yet. If anyone goes and tries that, I’d be so grateful if you wrote me about your experience.

(contribution by Björn from Cologne)
on our way from St. Petersburg to Estland we did’t go directly to Tallin, but along the Peipsi Järv down south heading to Pskov. On the way there the road Nr.P 60 touches the lake directly at Spicyno. A 3 year old resort oflog cabins is located at the Northern edge of the little village, with huts of different standards and a small restaurant. Initially we just stopped there to look at the lake and have a beer. And the guys there, all between end-thirties and early forties, were extremely nice and welcomed us with "hello my friends!" The resort was all booked out – with Russians, I believe – but we could sleep out on the beach in sleeping bags. Both bosses speak English well and made a proper, neat impression and told us that the quarter is to be expanded in the future. So far, they have 38 huts, landing stage at the lake  and boats. So, if you want to point out a nice overnight accommodation coming from Estland on your site, this address is clearly recommendable! After a hot shower and a yummily served  breakfast we got back on the road. On the Internet you find the whole thing at: www.chudskoe.ru