Tallinn Old Town Personalized Private Walking Tour Experience

Tallinn Old Town Personalized Private Walking Tour Experience

By Tallinn InSight

Free cancellation available

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Free cancellation available
3h 30m
Mobile voucher
Instant confirmation
Selective hotel pickup

Overview

Discover Tallinn’s medieval Old Town, its rich history, and iconic highlights with an expert local guide on this engaging, personalized private walking tour. No fluff, no wasted time — just real stories, personal anecdotes, fresh humor, and honest insight.

This tour is for you if you’re tired of crowded group tours and guides droning on through their memorized lines. If you crave genuine authenticity — no scripted speeches, no umbrellas in the air — this is your kind of experience. Enjoy a passionate native guide who’s eager to show you the real Tallinn, up close and personal.

Private and comprehensive 2½ - 3½ hour guided walking tour of Tallinn Old Town
Explore key highlights like Town Hall Square, top scenic viewpoints, and hidden gems
Flexible tour length and pace to match your interests
Nuanced narratives, complex storytelling, and a big-picture perspective
Knowledgeable, open, and personable native guide sharing local insights and personal stories

Activity location

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
- 10 Lossi plats
- 10130, Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia

Meeting/Redemption Point

Tourist Information Centre
- 2 Niguliste tänav
- 10146, Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia

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REGULAR Old Town Tour in English

3h 30m
Opening hours: Wed 9:00-20:00
English

Duration: 2 hours: The shorter version of our tour starts at the Tourist Information Centre in the Old Town and does not include private pickup.
No entry: St Mary's Cathedral: Due to the time constraints, the shorter version of the tour does not include
entry into St Mary's Cathedral.
Start: Niguliste 2, Old Town: Your guide will meet you outside, in front of the entrance to the Tourist Information Centre in the Old Town.

Travellers

Language options: English

Price details

RM 865.56 x 1 AdultRM 865.56

Total

COMPREHENSIVE Old Town Tour in English

3h 30m
Opening hours: Wed 9:00-17:00
English

Duration: 3 hours
Visit to St Mary’s Cathedral: The longer version of the tour includes paid entry to St Mary's Cathedral, adorned with 17th-century noblemen's Coats of Arms
Pickup included

Travellers

Language options: English

Price details

RM 1,020.30 x 1 AdultRM 1,020.30

Total

What's included, what's not

Free starting point anywhere in the Old Town
Entry fees to St Mary's Cathedral (Tue–Sun, 10–16)
Optional gratuities for the guide

Know before you book

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Pet friendly
Distance: 2.5–3 km walk through both Lower and Upper Old Town; port pickup adds an additional 1 km.

Activity itinerary

St. Nicholas' Church & Museum (Pass by)

Hear the story of the devastating 1944 Soviet carpet bombing of Tallinn — a terror attack that left half of Tallinn homeless and destroyed a tenth of the medieval Old Town.

Freedom Square (Pass by)

Discover the layered history of central Freedom Square and Estonia’s Monument to the War of Independence.

Kiek in de Kok and Bastion Passages Museum (Pass by)

Walk along the town walls, towers, and fortifications, and learn how Tallinn became an impregnable medieval fortress never conquered by force.

Danish King's Garden (Pass by)

Walk along the town walls, towers, and fortifications, and learn how Tallinn became an impregnable medieval fortress never conquered by force.

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

5m

Visit the city’s most controversial church — an imperial imposition in the heart of Old Town.

Toompea Castle (Pass by)

Explore Estonia’s historic seat of power, where many rulers have governed the land since the 12th century.

St Mary's Cathedral

10m
Admission ticket included

Step inside the iconic cathedral and admire walls adorned with original Coats of Arms from noble families dating back to the 17th century.

Viewing Point Kohtuotsa

10m

Soak up sweeping views of both medieval and modern Tallinn from the city’s best panoramic viewpoint.

Long Boot (Pikk Jalg) (Pass by)

Learn how Tallinn once existed as two rival cities, full of feuds and tension, as you cross from one historic city to the other.

Great Guild Hall (Pass by)

See Gothic buildings unchanged since the 15th century and hear tales of Tallinn’s powerful medieval trade guilds.

Church of the Holy Spirit Puhavaimu Kirik (Pass by)

Ponder the first church that finally remembered the unenlightened native pagans, three centuries after the land had been converted to Christianity.

Town Hall Pharmacy (Pass by)

Peek into Europe’s oldest continuously operating pharmacy — six centuries and counting in the very same building.

Tallinna Raekoda (Pass by)

Admire the oldest surviving medieval Town Hall in Northern Europe, standing unchanged since 1404.

St. Catherine's Passage (Pass by)

Stroll down one of the Old Town’s most atmospheric medieval alleys and glimpse the ruins of Northern Europe’s largest medieval cathedral.

Location

Activity location

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
- 10 Lossi plats
- 10130, Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia

Meeting/Redemption Point

Tourist Information Centre
- 2 Niguliste tänav
- 10146, Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia

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