Bicycle tours
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Bicycle tour in Estonia 3 days.
1. Day. Arrival to Tallinn and meeting with guide-escort. Drive to Rakvere by bus. Visit Rakvere Bishop castle. Lunch in the castle. Bicycle trip about 35 km along the beautiful small road of Lahemaa national park. (Palmse-Altja-Vergi-Võsu). Accommodation in Rakvere.
2. Day. In the morning bus to Tartu where the bicycle trip begins. First we drive to Ülenurme and have a short picknique. Ülenurme-old Põlva road-Vana Kuuste-Kambja (visiting the church) – a break, lunch in Pangodi Fish Restaurant, if the weather is nice – swimming in Lake Pangodi. Leaving for Otepää. All in all 45-53 km, the road has mainly hard surface, the gravel road sections constitute 20-25 %.
Accommodation in Tartu.
3. Day. Bicycle tour to lake Peipsi, villages of Old Believers Kolkja-Alatskivi-Kallaste -Mustvee.
Lunch at Kuldkala bar. Further by bus to Tallinn. Free time and departure.
The price of the programme: 10 -15 tourists: 225 EUR/person
Extra charge for a single room: 38 EUR
Price includes: accommodation in tourist class hotels, breakfasts, lunches, picknique at Ülenurme, entrances to Rakvere castle, rent and transport of bicycles, guide escort, accommodation of bus driver in twin room, rent of bicycle trailer.
Extra night in Tallinn in hotel Palace 4*: sgl room: 60 EUR, twin room 66 EUR
Group should contain at least 10 persons + the bus driver, maximum 15 persons + the bus driver.
NB! The group arrives by their own bus. Bus is not included in the tour price.
Price for bus separately: 280 EUR/day
NB! The bus should have a trailer hook.
The bicycle helmet is not obligatory in Estonia, but we strongly recommend to wear a helmet while riding a bicycle.
The medical insurance is not included into the price, but it is necessary.
Info and reservation: E-TURIST TRAVEL AGENCY Ltd.
Kompanii 1C, 51004 Tartu, Estonia; tel: 372 7 441 687; fax: 372 7 441 956
e-mail: e-turist@e-turist.ee
Bicycle tour , 7 days tour
Route: Tallinn-Lahemaa-Rakvere-Pandivere-Tartu (trip to the shore of Lake Peipus) – Otepää-South Estonia-Kuremäe
Arrival in Estonia
1. day: Arrival to Tallinn, registration and breakfast in the hotel, dinner at the restaurant Peppersack.
2. day: Breakfast in the hotel. Walking and bus tour in Tallinn, lunch.After lunch visiting the Kadriorg Palace and Park: a summer residence built in the 18th century by Tsar Peter I for his empress, Catharine.
3. day. Accommodation in Virumaa Breakfast in the hotel, leaving for Lahemaa and Palmse, start of the bicycle tour. Visit to the Lahemaa National Park. Cycling route is approximately 35 km long (Palmse-Altja-Vergi-Võsu and back to Palmse). All the roads have a hard surface. A ride by bus to Sagadi, visiting the Sagadi manorial estate. You can see the beautiful nature of the Lahemaa National Park and outstanding manor estates located there.
4. day. Accommodation in Tartu Breakfast and the start of the cycling trip from Lepna to Väike-Maarja. On the way a longer stop on the bank of Porkuni Lake (picnic and swimming). 35-40 km along the moderately hilly landscape (Pandivere) with long rise and descent. Good hard-surface roads. Coffee break in Väike-Maarja (not included in the price). Leaving for Tartu, on arrival visit to the Raadi park. Accommodation in Tartu. In the evening the walking tour in Tartu with the local guide. An optional dinner (not included in the price).
5. day. Accommodation in Otepää Breakfast. Leaving for Ülenurme, start of the cycling trip: Ülenurme-old Põlva road-Vana Kuuste-Kambja (visiting the church) – a break, lunch in Pangodi Fish Restaurant, if the weather is nice – swimming in Lake Pangodi. Leaving for Otepää. All in all 45-53 km, the road has mainly hard surface, the gravel road sections constitute 20-25 %. Accommodation in Otepää. Free time at night, optional dinner (not included in the price). One can go for a bike ride in the town.
6. day. Otepää Breakfast. Cycling trip starts directly from the hotel heading for Sangaste (Sihva-Restu-Sangaste) – visiting the Sangaste Rye House (rye restaurant and shop), a lunch containing Estonian national food and visiting the Sangaste Castle (admission by ticket). The way back to Otepää goes through Harimäe and Kääriku. If the weather is nice there will be stop in Kääriku where one can go for a swim (the place where the famous Kääriku Leisure and Sports Centre is located). This route is all in all 50 kilometres long. If there are persons who are not able or do not want to ride a bike, they can return by bus.
7. day. Otepää or Tartu Breakfast, leaving for Tallinn, all the way by the bus. Stops in Alatskivi Castle (the Alatskivi Manor is one of the wonderful representations of the New-Gothic style of architecture in the Baltic States), Kolkja (the Russian Old Believers village, unique Museum of the Russian Old Believers), Mustvee and the stop for shopping. Possibility to buy a smoked fish on the way. A longer stop in Kuremäe in Pühtitsa Convent (Orthodoxal nunnery, which includes the complex of buildings and a park, 1 hour tour in English, a donation of 2-3 EUR), leaving for Tallinn.
The price of the programme: 10 -15 tourists: 615 EUR/person
Extra charge for a single room: 147 EUR
Extra night in Tallinn in hotel Palace 4*: sgl room: 60 EUR, twin toom 66 EUR
Price includes: accommodation in the beautiful 4 star hotels, manor houses and villas in double rooms, dinner on the first day, lunches 2-7 day (including picnic on the fourth day), breakfasts, bus and walking tours in Tallinn and Tartu, ticket to Kadriorg and Sangaste Castle, rent and transportation of the bicycles, a guide accompanying the group all the way, accommodation of the bus driver in the hotel in the double room and his lunches, rent of the trailer.
Group should contain at least 10 persons + the bus driver, maximum 15 persons + the bus driver.
NB! The group arrives by their own bus. Bus is not included in the tour price.
Price for bus separately: 280 EUR/day
NB! The bus should have a trailer hook.
The bicycle helmet is not obligatory in Estonia, but we strongly recommend to wear a helmet while riding a bicycle.
The medical insurance is not included into the price, but it is necessary.
Info and reservation: E-TURIST TRAVEL AGENCY Ltd.
Kompanii 1C, 51004 Tartu, Estonia; tel: 372 7 441 687; fax: 372 7 441 956
e-mail: e-turist@e-turist.ee
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