Italian FAM trip to Estonia 2023

FAM trip to Estonia, June 16-20

Visit Estonia is delighted to greet You in Estonia - a small country that calls out to culture scouts, natural nomads and flavour seekers! A place where the social influencers are centuries old, where attitudes merge a Nordic mindset with medieval mystery, where the fast food comes as fast as it grows and where fewer crowds lead you to deeper conversations!

Below you will find your preliminary programme, it will be finetuned along the way. We set out to introduce the diverse sides to Estonia during these 3+ days and hope that you will enjoy exploring the contrasts.

We offer you a flight from your required starting city (luggage included) - the tickets were shared via our representative agency Martinengo.

There will also be an italian speaking guide and tour leader Davide with you the whole time, even if here and there the encounters will be mostly in english.
Please note that for the sake of experiencing the hotel variety, we will change hotels in Tallinn each night.

NB! In a nordic country it is always wise to keep waterproof jacket at hand, there might be surprises. Kindly pack a warmer layer for longer outdoor stays and the sea voyage 😊
Also, please put a label/tag with your name on the luggage - this way the bus can bring the suitcases from one hotel to the other and you don't have to worry about it.
Some hotels have a wellness area - taking along swimwear might be wise!

We hope you will keep an open mind, have a good time and learn something new! Welcome!

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Prangli
North coast of Estonia
Saaremaa
Small harbours of Estonia
Tallinn
Hiiumaa
Muhu
The marshland lake
Noblessner district in Tallinn
Tallinn centre

Your preliminary programme:

Day 1, June 16th, Friday
arrivals according to individual flight schedules (12:10, 13:45 and 17:50);
Valentina and Sandra will be individually met with a Visit Estonia sign at the airport - the driver will bring you to the hotel.
14:30 for the 'early birds' a light lunch in Orangerie will be provided, joined by the guide Davide who will wait for you at the hotel lobby 14:20.
The group of five, arriving 17:50 will be met our guide Davide and the bus will bring you to the hotel Metropol.

19:30 intro dinner in restaurant Pull, Rotermann area (a couple of minutes walking distance from the hotel). Option: for an after dinner cocktail nearby either Stalker bar, Nymf or live music places like Chicago or Urban bar.

Overnight stay in the central Hotel Metropol Spa.
Kindly consider taking along a swimsuit to try their spa facilities.

Day 2, June 17th, Saturday
checked out, ready for a Tallinn day, discovering the diverse faces of the capital: the historical vs the modern, the rugged vs the elegant;
09.30 the bicycles will be brought to the hotel, the cycle tour will take you on the seaside area of Pirita, park Kadriorg and Maarjamäe. There's an option to pop by one of the numerous art museums, Kadriorg Art Museum. Tallinn is a capital with ever evolving coastline and has a protected old town skyline views that one can enjoy going along the seaside. The cycle tour ends on the Cruise Port.
13:00 lunch in Ocean 11 in the cruise port
14:30 Tallinn day continues, to explore the new Tallinn as well as discover the medieval and Hanseatic old town on a walking tour;
check in the very sustainable and quirky Hektor Container Hotel, in the centre of Telliskivi Creative City;
Break for settling in and refreshing;

19:30 Dinner in Fotografiska, the photo gallery's top floor restaurant, walking distance from the hotel.
After dinner a drink in Junimperium, the Estonian award winning gin producers that have their distillery and bar in the same building a few minutes from Fotografiska.

Day 3, June 18th, Sunday

09:30 please be checked out and ready for a day mixing an outing to the characteristic landscape of a marshland and some more discovery of the capital.

The start of the day will be walking the trails as part of the endless hiking routes that Estonia offers. We encourage you to join the guide for a swim in its naturally healing soft and pure water!
Lunch is this time served in a picnic form.
On the way back to town, we will stop by a little wine producer Aru Manor, that is a part of Estonian Wine Trail - you will have the chance to taste wine made out of other things than grapes: apple, rhubarb and other Estonian characteristic ingredients.

Ca 16:30 you will return to Tallinn. Check in to the hotel. Tallinn discovery continues.

19:30 a cooking session together, in KÖÖK in old town, learning about Estonia's foraging culture, some tastes and tricks of Estonian food with the help of their chef Ellery.
Overnight in L'Embitu hotel in the more quiet part of the city centre. It also has a wellness area and small pool.

Day 4, June 19th, Monday
09:20 checked out and luggage to the bus, we will head 40min towards Lahemaa National park, where in one of its peninsulas, in Neeme village a boat will take us to Prangli island. Estonia has 2222 islands and Prangli is the northenmost and one of the closest to Tallinn. The boat (which has a funny finnish name Ystävä, a friend) trip takes ~1h. Kindly dress in windproof clothes.
Experience the serenity of the rugged seaside and slow island life, it is as peaceful, rural and historical as it gets, but be ready for a tiny bit of adventure as the tour around the island we will do in a truck!
Lunch will be served in the local (and only) restaurant and some accommodation facilities will be shown, too.

Around 18:30 back to the capital, check in to a small boutique hotel in old town, Schlössle.

20:00 dinner in the old town staple Olde Hansa (walking distance from the hotel) that serves a typical medieval feast.

Overnight in Schlössle.

Day 5, June 20th, Tuesday

departure day - transfers to the airport:
04:00 private transfer for Valentina;
10:30 private transfer for Sandra

Most of the group flies out 14:30 and still has a couple of hours before heading to the airport, so there is a bit of time to discover some more of Estonian rural culture.
09:40 bus will bring you to the Open Air Museum, where you can see the traditional farm houses' life in a seaside setting.
12:00 transfer to the airport.

PS Visit Estonia reserves the right to make changes to the programme.