![]() but what's life really like in the picture-postcard village that wowed millions of online viewers? MailOnline found out London to Folkestone leg of the Orient Express to be axed after 41 years due to Brexit border-check disruption, with one rail expert describing the removal of the train as a 'sad loss'įrom above it's a vision of paradise. I'm an etiquette expert - here's how to convince passengers to swap seats with you on a flight (and the one thing you should NEVER do to try and persuade them)įrom a forest lit up by fireflies to raccoons prowling a San Francisco park: The spectacular winners of the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards revealedĬrowning glories! The best British events to attend to celebrate King Charles's Coronation, from royal-themed steam train rides to a Champagne party at Churchill's house Revealed: Cyclists ride for six days to create '1,025km-long' dinosaur and claim Guinness World Record for largest GPS drawing by a bicycle teamīritish Airways unveils ace new safety video starring Emma Raducanu, Robert Peston, Barbie the movie star Ncuti Gatwa and Kaya Scodelario from hit TV show Skins Rates for a Superior Double room at the Schlössle Hotel ( ) start from €174 (£149) per night, buffet breakfast included.Įstonian Air ( ) offers flights to Tallinn from Heathrow and Gatwick. ![]() The Finnish capital Helsinki is closer still – just 53 miles away. Of course, if you do grow tired of your weekend in Tallinn, remember that the old capital of the Tsarist empire, St Petersburg, is 217 miles away by one of the various ferry routes available. Here is a haunting reminder of how different life was for ordinary Estonians for much of the 20th century. They left behind two untouched rooms (now known as the ‘KGB Museum’) full of equipment, cigarette butts, documents and other such paraphernalia. It was from this hotel that KGB officers – who had made it their business to wire rooms and illicitly listen in on other people’s conversations for several decades – fled on the night of the Union's collapse. The Sokos Hotel Viru ( ) continues to be a widely-enjoyed tourist destination. In the years since the Soviet Union’s fall, Tallinn has been eager to make use of its independence.Įvolution and modernisation has been key to its change, yet stark reminders of the Russian occupation remain. Granted, much of what you see in the Old Town has a historic tale to tell, but then, this is a country whose inhabitants were still being forced to queue in snaking lines for overpriced groceries little more than 20 years ago. Market magic: Tallinn basks in a Christmas glow in the winter Why Tallinn? Its central location is one of its best features – it sits minutes from the Raekoja Plats and a few steps away from the Kalev Marzipan Museum (where Estonians believe the almond-flavoured confectionary was born). Low beams and wall-draped tapestries hang in each of its bedrooms, making the Schlossle the perfect place to shelter from the city’s menacing winter weather. ![]() There are wine-tastings in its cavernous candle-lit restaurant, a sun-trap terrace caters for the summer months, and roaring log fires in each of its armchair-filled reception rooms look after the colder corners of the calendar. Its sister hotel, the boutique Schlossle Hotel ( ), is an award-winning, distinctive place to stay, its staff kitted out in traditional Estonian garb. ![]() Expect to be served exquisite beef stroganoff, zavarka (Russian black tea), ikra krasnaya (red caviar) and eye-watering vodka. In terms of food, the Russian restaurant Nevskij ( also part of the Hotel St Petersbourg, and a place where you find a chatty resident parrot, Misha ), is another must-visit. Inspired: the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral overlooks the centre of Tallinn What else is good?
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