After a short drive from Tallinn, stop for lunch and a beer at Purtse Castle and Brewery. Continue to nearby Saka Manor to spend the night or explore the sea cliffs. In the evening, trying peat sauna and many other varieties at Lammasmäe Holiday Centre.

Start the day with a honey massage at Meresuu Spa Hotel before heading to the Cultural Centre and Oil Shale Museum in Sillamäe. Take a stroll around the quaint Toila harbour and once you work up an appetite, attend a barley bread baking workshop at Mäetaguse Manor Hotel & Spa.

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