Pärnu
Estonia · 5 m
Description
Pärnu is the summer capital of Estonia, a spa town on the west coast whose beach is wide, shallow and backed by pine woods and a park laid out when the resort was built for the Russian empire. Mud baths have been taken here since 1838 and the sanatoria are still the reason many Estonians and Finns come. The wooden villas of the resort quarter survive in numbers, and a stone gate of the seventeenth century is all that is left of the old fortifications. In July the population multiplies and the beach bars run late.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 2 to 5 days (optimal 3 days)
Travel season
Best time to visit: June – August
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Highlights
- Pärnu beach and its promenade
- Spa and mud bath tradition
- Wooden villas of the resort quarter
- Rüütli street and the old town
- Tallinn Gate, the last of the fortifications
- Beach park and the pine woods behind
- Beach bars and the summer nightlife (June - August)
- Soomaa bog and canoe trips inland(Day trip)
- Kihnu island and its living folk culture(Day trip)
Getting there
- Train stations:
- Pärnu
- Seaport:
- Reachable by ship or ferry