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PHOTO GALLERY:
Tallinn and Saaremaa Islands - Estonia
August 2007


Page Description

This photogallery consists of many photos from our 2007 Summer holiday in the beautiful and busy city of Tallinn (capital city of Estonia) and also a long stay at the large and peaceful Estonian islands of Muhu and Saaremaa. Tallinn is more aimed for city tours or walks, museums and church visiting, shopping, dining out, night life, etc. On the other hand, The islands of Saaremaa and Muhu are ideal for relaxation, nature-experience, quite and peaceful walks in the countryside, swimming, biking, mud spa, etc. In fact, Saaremaa is described as the islands where time stands still. It also offers a touch of history, have a medevial castle in the capital city called Kuressaare. The latter city also offers some night life, fine restaurants, and shops. Most of the islands is however adorned by untouchable nature parks, meadows, forests, and shallow beaches. In fact accomodation is mostly in camping sites rather than hotels.

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TALLINN+SAAREMAA-40 :
Summer Holiday in Estonia
Tallinn and the Islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (August 2007)
 Photo from Estonia - Tallinn, Saaremaa and Muhu.  Click on photo to view a large Photo (about 300kb)
Miranda and Stephen at Karujarve Lake (Bear's Lake), a popular swimming place in western Saaremaa.

TALLINN+SAAREMAA-41 :
Summer Holiday in Estonia
Tallinn and the Islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (August 2007)
 Photo from Estonia - Tallinn, Saaremaa and Muhu.  Click on photo to view a large Photo (about 300kb)
A happy girl enjoying the refreshing wind at Karujarve Lake.

TALLINN+SAAREMAA-42 :
Summer Holiday in Estonia
Tallinn and the Islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (August 2007)
 Photo from Estonia - Tallinn, Saaremaa and Muhu.  Click on photo to view a large Photo (about 300kb)
Stephen is enjoying the pleasant water in Karujarve Lake, not as cold as in the sea.

TALLINN+SAAREMAA-43 :
Summer Holiday in Estonia
Tallinn and the Islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (August 2007)
 Photo from Estonia - Tallinn, Saaremaa and Muhu.  Click on photo to view a large Photo (about 300kb)
Pidula manor is surrounded by a small park and in the park you can find the remains of a small earthen stronghold. According to our tourist map there should be an interesting, 13-branched tree here, but we were not sure which tree it was.

TALLINN+SAAREMAA-44 :
Summer Holiday in Estonia
Tallinn and the Islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (August 2007)
 Photo from Estonia - Tallinn, Saaremaa and Muhu.  Click on photo to view a large Photo (about 300kb)
Beautiful, peaceful beach at Panga. Stephen spent one morning walking along the beach searching for interesting plants.

TALLINN+SAAREMAA-45 :
Summer Holiday in Estonia
Tallinn and the Islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (August 2007)
 Photo from Estonia - Tallinn, Saaremaa and Muhu.  Click on photo to view a large Photo (about 300kb)
This wooden church of Metskula is the smallest orthodox church in Saaremaa. We were actually surprised about how many orthodox churches there are on the island.

TALLINN+SAAREMAA-46 :
Summer Holiday in Estonia
Tallinn and the Islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (August 2007)
 Photo from Estonia - Tallinn, Saaremaa and Muhu.  Click on photo to view a large Photo (about 300kb)
Icons at the 'altar' of the orthodox church in Metskula. We were guided by an Estonian man (who unfortunately did not speak any English), and he also let us visit the small room behind the altar.

TALLINN+SAAREMAA-47 :
Summer Holiday in Estonia
Tallinn and the Islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (August 2007)
 Photo from Estonia - Tallinn, Saaremaa and Muhu.  Click on photo to view a large Photo (about 300kb)
This old and rustical church is situated in Karja, near the well-known Angla windmills.

TALLINN+SAAREMAA-48 :
Summer Holiday in Estonia
Tallinn and the Islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (August 2007)
 Photo from Estonia - Tallinn, Saaremaa and Muhu.  Click on photo to view a large Photo (about 300kb)
The altar painting in Karja church.

TALLINN+SAAREMAA-49 :
Summer Holiday in Estonia
Tallinn and the Islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (August 2007)
 Photo from Estonia - Tallinn, Saaremaa and Muhu.  Click on photo to view a large Photo (about 300kb)
Karja church is known for its numerous dolomite sculptures and mystical, demonic drawings on the ceiling, as seen in this photo.




Picture Index

Pics 01-10
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Pics 11-20
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Pics 21-30
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Pics 31-40
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Pics 41-50
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Pics 51-60
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Pics 61-70
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Pics 71-80
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Pics 81-90
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Pics 91-100
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