+372 45 47 082, www.sarmet.ee www.sarmet.ee 082, 47 45 +372 still need to be done. +372 50 37 008 37 50 +372 done. be to need still

stronghold.

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shop. been built for the church, but major renovation works works renovation major but church, the for built been

with the wooden structures that used to stand on the the on stand to used that structures wooden the with

the shop next door. next shop the

ful silverware to go with her coffee or dinner in this little little this in dinner or coffee her with go to silverware ful terior and the roof perished in the fire. A new roof has has roof new A fire. the in perished roof the and terior

+372 45 48 872, www.muhumuuseum.ee 872, 48 45 +372 found in the stronghold’s earthwork are associated associated are earthwork stronghold’s the in found +372 53 95 21 00 21 95 53 +372

buy the dolomite souvenirs made in the workshop from from workshop the in made souvenirs dolomite the buy

the factory. Every housewife will find the most beauti- most the find will housewife Every factory. the church caught fire from lightning in 1940. Most of the in- the of Most 1940. in lightning from fire caught church

by companies offering accommodation. offering companies by around the same time. The charred remains of logs logs of remains charred The time. same the around master doing his main job – blowing glass. blowing – job main his doing master

Dolomiit are organised for interested visitors. You can can You visitors. interested for organised are Dolomiit

partly gilded nickel-silver items from the shop next to to next shop the from items nickel-silver gilded partly resemble a castle or a fortress rather than a church. The The church. a than rather fortress a or castle a resemble

historical buildings of Koguva Village are currently used used currently are Village Koguva of buildings historical which suggests that the stronghold was established established was stronghold the that suggests which visit the workshop on odd dates if you want to see the the see to want you if dates odd on workshop the visit

to the Kaarma dolomite quarry and the mines of Saare Saare of mines the and quarry dolomite Kaarma the to

erating at Aste since 1963. You can buy silver-plated and and silver-plated buy can You 1963. since Aste at erating church in Saaremaa and its massive appearance makes it it makes appearance massive its and Saaremaa in church

exposition of traditional Muhu handicrafts. Many of the the of Many handicrafts. Muhu traditional of exposition brooch) were dated back to the 12 the to back dated were brooch) century, century, 13 the or The shop is open to visitors every day, but you have to to have you but day, every visitors to open is shop The

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of Saaremaa and the history of dolomite mining. Tours Tours mining. dolomite of history the and Saaremaa of

pers. A company that produces silverware has been op- been has silverware produces that company A pers. in the middle of the 14 the of middle the in century. It is the largest medieval medieval largest the is It century.

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his father’s farm at Tooma, where visitors can also see an an see also can visitors where Tooma, at farm father’s his digs on the site (part of a spiral bracelet, a cross-head cross-head a bracelet, spiral a of (part site the on digs Visitors can also buy the items made in the workshop. workshop. the in made items the buy also can Visitors

can also pre-order an introduction of the coastal cliffs cliffs coastal the of introduction an pre-order also can

the island, such as juniper butter knives and Muhu slip- Muhu and knives butter juniper as such island, the the present Pöide Church. The present church was built built was church present The Church. Pöide present the

fences of Koguva Village. Muhu Museum is located on on located is Museum Muhu Village. Koguva of fences long. The items found in the course of archaeological archaeological of course the in found items The long. glass into beautiful souvenirs using different tools. tools. different using souvenirs beautiful into glass

and it shows its guests how dolomite is processed. You You processed. is dolomite how guests its shows it and

addition to many traditional products associated with with associated products traditional many to addition Brethren of the Sword used to be located at the site of of site the at located be to used Sword the of Brethren

was also inspired by the winding roads and long stone stone long and roads winding the by inspired also was sides of the inner yard (4,800 m (4,800 yard inner the of sides ) are 140 and 120 metres metres 120 and 140 are ) studio can observe how the artist moulds melted melted moulds artist the how observe can studio

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The Dolomite Workshop at Aste was opened in 2008 2008 in opened was Aste at Workshop Dolomite The

Gifts of precious metals are also made in Saaremaa in in Saaremaa in made also are metals precious of Gifts The chapel that belonged to the castle of the Order of the the of Order the of castle the to belonged that chapel The

Writer Juhan Smuul, who was born and raised here, here, raised and born was who Smuul, Juhan Writer

The layout of Kaarma Stronghold is quadrangular. The The quadrangular. is Stronghold Kaarma of layout The Workshop in his summer home. Those who visit the the visit who Those home. summer his in Workshop

Aste Dolomite Workshop Dolomite Aste Aste Silver Factory Silver Aste Pöide St Mary’s (Maarja) Church (Maarja) Mary’s St Pöide

ample of the traditional farm architecture of the islands. islands. the of architecture farm traditional the of ample Kaarma Stronghold Kaarma

Glass artist Peeter Rudaš established Laugu Glass Glass Laugu established Rudaš Peeter artist Glass One Vacation − Two Countries

found in Koguva. This 16 This Koguva. in found century village is a great ex- great a is village century Laugu Glass Workshop Glass Laugu

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The best preserved village ensemble in Estonia can be be can Estonia in ensemble village preserved best The

Koguva Village Koguva +372 56 76 75 26, www.mustjala-mustard.de 26, 75 76 56 +372

chutney tastings are organised for visitors in summer. in visitors for organised are tastings chutney

Aste – Ninase – Angla – Karja – Kaarma – Karja – Angla – Ninase – Aste

All products are handmade. Special mustard and and mustard Special handmade. are products All

interesting mustards and Indian-style spicy chutneys. chutneys. spicy Indian-style and mustards interesting

make blackberry, garlic, peppermint and many other other many and peppermint garlic, blackberry, make

They use as many local ingredients as possible to to possible as ingredients local many as use They

own mustard in their summer home in Saaremaa. Saaremaa. in home summer their in mustard own limestone laid on the ground in a spiral. a in ground the on laid limestone

to their liking in Estonia, decided to start making their their making start to decided Estonia, in liking their to symbolises an altar. The stone surrounded by pieces of of pieces by surrounded stone The altar. an symbolises

used to quality mustard, but could not find anything anything find not could but mustard, quality to used the memorial is a stone split in half by lightning, which which lightning, by half in split stone a is memorial the

in hand. A married couple from Germany who were were who Germany from couple married A hand. in lished at the border of Laheküla Village. At the centre of of centre the At Village. Laheküla of border the at lished

Delicious food and tasty condiments always go hand hand go always condiments tasty and food Delicious and floods. This is celebrated with the memorial estab- memorial the with celebrated is This floods. and

Mustjala Mustard Mustjala the disasters that ravaged the world, such as the ice age age ice the as such world, the ravaged that disasters the

+372 45 91 184, www.kylastuskeskus.ee 184, 91 45 +372 was one of the first regions to emerge from the sea after after sea the from emerge to regions first the of one was

the history of the craters and meteoritics. and craters the of history the point to the Estonia’s voyage in Saaremaa. in voyage Estonia’s the to point representatives of the order believed that Saaremaa Saaremaa that believed order the of representatives

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built by the main crater, where you can learn more about about more learn can you where crater, main the by built place was selected for the memorial as it’s the nearest nearest the it’s as memorial the for selected was place Abalti to Goddess Blesta of the Nordic civilisation. The The civilisation. Nordic the of Blesta Goddess to Abalti

15 century).

in addition to the main crater. A visitor’s centre has been been has centre visitor’s A crater. main the to addition in people who died that night were from Saaremaa. This This Saaremaa. from were night that died who people th Blesta stone is a memorial established by the Order of of Order the by established memorial a is stone Blesta

wooden sculpture of Simon of Cyrene (middle of the the of (middle Cyrene of Simon of sculpture wooden

its emergence. There are at least 8 smaller craters in Kaali Kaali in craters smaller 8 least at are There emergence. its stormy September night five years earlier. Many of the the of Many earlier. years five night September stormy Blesta Stones Blesta

a medieval christening stone (13 stone christening medieval a century) and the the and century)

the crater field in addition to the undetermined time of of time undetermined the to addition in field crater the who perished in the Estonia shipwreck during a a during shipwreck Estonia the in perished who th

coats and other leather items created by them. by created items leather other and coats

Kaarma than any other Saaremaa church. They include include They church. Saaremaa other any than Kaarma and there are many other mystical things associated with with associated things mystical other many are there and patchwork of stones, honours the memory of those those of memory the honours stones, of patchwork

the masters at work and buy the fluffy slippers, waist- slippers, fluffy the buy and work at masters the

More valuable works of art have been preserved in in preserved been have art of works valuable More meteorite fell on the Earth has not been determined yet yet determined been not has Earth the on fell meteorite autumn 1999. The black cross, which stands on a a on stands which cross, black The 1999. autumn

island. Visitors of the leather shop next door can observe observe can door next shop leather the of Visitors island.

it was the first church tower on the island at the time. time. the at island the on tower church first the was it course of restoration. of course inhabited by people at the time. The exact time when the the when time exact The time. the at people by inhabited The memorial was erected on Tagaranna Cliff in in Cliff Tagaranna on erected was memorial The

women and many other handicrafts characteristic of the the of characteristic handicrafts other many and women was built only in the first half of the 15 the of half first the in only built was century and and century

floor of the castle have been dug out by today in the the in today by out dug been have castle the of floor sive chaos when it hit the Earth as the area was already already was area the as Earth the hit it when chaos sive Estonia Memorial Estonia th

scarves, slippers and skirts made by the skilful Muhu Muhu skilful the by made skirts and slippers scarves, ma Church was first built without a tower. The tower tower The tower. a without built first was Church ma completely in 1576. The first floor and part of the second second the of part and floor first The 1576. in completely meteorite crater in Europe. The meteorite created mas- created meteorite The Europe. in crater meteorite

the village. The first of them sells the gloves and mittens, mittens, and gloves the sells them of first The village. the

century. Like many other churches in Saaremaa, Kaar- Saaremaa, in churches other many Like century. tions of the subsequent centuries and it was blown up up blown was it and centuries subsequent the of tions teorite craters in Europe and it is also the youngest large large youngest the also is it and Europe in craters teorite +372 50 33 208, [email protected] 208, 33 50 +372

are located here. There are also two great crafts shops in in shops crafts great two also are There here. located are

Kaarma Church was built in the second half of the 13 the of half second the in built was Church Kaarma

seriously damaged during the various military opera- military various the during damaged seriously

110 metres in diameter, is the easiest to access among me- among access to easiest the is diameter, in metres 110

lar sight for people travelling by road. by travelling people for sight lar th

food store, antique shop and the island’s unique eateries eateries unique island’s the and shop antique store, food Kaarma Church Kaarma

ter Pöide Fortress was destroyed in 1345. The castle was was castle The 1345. in destroyed was Fortress Pöide ter on the Earth in ancient times and its main crater, which is is which crater, main its and times ancient in Earth the on ceive ships as large as this, it has also become a popu- a become also has it this, as large as ships ceive

Liiva Village is the centre of Muhu Island. A post office, office, post A Island. Muhu of centre the is Village Liiva Castle) whilst the order established its centre at Maasi af- Maasi at centre its established order the whilst Castle) Kaali Crater Field was created by the meteorites that fell fell that meteorites the by created was Field Crater Kaali long. As it is the only harbour in Saaremaa that can re- can that Saaremaa in harbour only the is it As long.

Liiva – the centre of Muhu Island Muhu of centre the – Liiva

+372 53 48 40 06, www.goodkaarma.ee www.goodkaarma.ee 06, 40 48 53 +372 of the island (today known as the Kuressaare Episcopal Episcopal Kuressaare the as known (today island the of Kaali Crater Field Crater Kaali forest welcome cruise ships that are up to 200 metres metres 200 to up are that ships cruise welcome forest

The café in the farm’s garden offers drinks and snacks. and drinks offers garden farm’s the in café The century. The bishop built his castle on the southern coast coast southern the on castle his built bishop The century. opened in 2006. The two quays at the edge of a pine pine a of edge the at quays two The 2006. in opened

+372 45 98 549, www.eelk.ee/muhu/ www.eelk.ee/muhu/ 549, 98 45 +372 wooden toys, drawings and ceramics, candles, etc. etc. candles, ceramics, and drawings toys, wooden

ren of the Sword and the Archbishop of Riga in the 14 the in Riga of Archbishop the and Sword the of ren

many a dispute, the long-awaited harbour was finally finally was harbour long-awaited the dispute, a many

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a shelter. a of art and handicrafts such as felt and glass jewellery, jewellery, glass and felt as such handicrafts and art of

Saaremaa was divided between the Order of the Breth- the of Order the between divided was Saaremaa

Saaremaa Harbour in Ninase Village, Saaremaa. After After Saaremaa. Village, Ninase in Harbour Saaremaa Tallinna 2, 93819 Kuressaare, Estonia

reason to believe that the church has also been used as as used been also has church the that believe to reason In addition to soap, visitors can also buy unique items items unique buy also can visitors soap, to addition In Maasi Stronghold Maasi

further away from home than any of the others – it is is it – others the of any than home from away further tel/fax +372 453 3120

the arches and the small windows high in the walls give give walls the in high windows small the and arches the The soap made on the farm is also sold in the gift shop. shop. gift the in sold also is farm the on made soap The

The youngest member of the Port of Tallinn is also also is Tallinn of Port the of member youngest The tel +372 455 0550

sion. The thick walls of the church, the stairs leading to to leading stairs the church, the of walls thick The sion.

tors, who can try to make their own in the workshop. workshop. the in own their make to try can who tors, +372 50 32 762, www.rmk.ee 762, 32 50 +372 secondary education is a specialised marine class. marine specialised a is education secondary Saaremaa Harbour Saaremaa

Gothic style, is dominated by a unique three-tier divi- three-tier unique a by dominated is style, Gothic [email protected] • www.visitestonia.com • www.visitsaaremaa.ee • www.saaremaa.ee share their knowledge of handmade soaps with visi- with soaps handmade of knowledge their share The dendrological garden is under protection. protection. under is garden dendrological The up in Orissaare over the years as students can acquire their their acquire can students as years the over Orissaare in up

sidered one of the most outstanding buildings in early early in buildings outstanding most the of one sidered ing organic soap. People on the farm are happy to to happy are farm the on People soap. organic ing green garden is decorated with a pond and oak benches. benches. oak and pond a with decorated is garden green

ing on Väike Väin Strait. Many serious seamen have grown grown have seamen serious Many Strait. Väin Väike on ing www.ventspils.lv • www.talsi.lv

exterior of Muhu St Catherine’s Church, which is con- is which Church, Catherine’s St Muhu of exterior GoodKaarma is a unique farm that specialises in mak- in specialises that farm unique a is GoodKaarma species such as black pine, hiba tree, ginkgo etc. The lush lush The etc. ginkgo tree, hiba pine, black as such species the home harbour for the local youngsters who learn sail- learn who youngsters local the for harbour home the

of Muhu Island started in the end of the 13 the of end the in started Island Muhu of century. The The century.

GoodKaarma Soap Workshop Soap GoodKaarma Ülo Emmus, Anna-Maria Erik, Tõnu Ling, dendrological garden. These include many rare foreign foreign rare many include These garden. dendrological Kuressaare. Orissaare has a beautiful little marina, which is is which marina, little beautiful a has Orissaare Kuressaare. Photos: th

Building the stone church in Liiva Village in the middle middle the in Village Liiva in church stone the Building Irina Mägi, Erika Thalheim more than 200 species of trees and shrubs growing in the the in growing shrubs and trees of species 200 than more Orissaare is the second largest town in Saaremaa after after Saaremaa in town largest second the is Orissaare

Muhu St Catherine’s (Katariina) Church (Katariina) Catherine’s St Muhu Orissaare

nature so much managed to do it and there are currently currently are there and it do to managed much so nature Publisher: Kuressaare Town Government

growing plants was a job in itself. But the man who loved loved who man the But itself. in job a was plants growing

paring the limestony ground so it would be suitable for for suitable be would it so ground limestony the paring the swans in Väike Väin Strait. Väin Väike in swans the

a dendrological garden around his house in 1925. Pre- 1925. in house his around garden dendrological a you can stop in its crescent-shaped ‘pockets’ and admire admire and ‘pockets’ crescent-shaped its in stop can you

Neemi Village’s blacksmith Mihkel Rand started to create create to started Rand Mihkel blacksmith Village’s Neemi now a two-lane concrete road. In spring and autumn, autumn, and spring In road. concrete two-lane a now

Mihkel Rand’s Dendrological Garden Dendrological Rand’s Mihkel

After several expansions and improvements, the dam is is dam the improvements, and expansions several After ership today. ership

The first car drove on the dam ten years after it was built. built. was it after years ten dam the on drove car first The built for the manor park. Kõljala Manor is in private own- private in is Manor Kõljala park. manor the for built

pedestrians and 15 kopeks for horsemen. for kopeks 15 and pedestrians to the mansion later and classicist gate structures were were structures gate classicist and later mansion the to

to keep it from sinking and crossing it cost 5 kopeks for for kopeks 5 cost it crossing and sinking from it keep to

18 century. A portico with four Ionian pillars was added added was pillars Ionian four with portico A century.

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mer 1896. The dam was supported with bundles of twigs twigs of bundles with supported was dam The 1896. mer until today was built a couple of centuries later – in the the in – later centuries of couple a built was today until

between the two islands was opened for traffic in sum- in traffic for opened was islands two the between

of the 16 the of century. The mansion that has been preserved preserved been has that mansion The century.

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the 3.5 km dam of Väike Väin Strait. The road extension extension road The Strait. Väin Väike of dam km 3.5 the their maiden names and hope for a happy marriage. happy a for hope and names maiden their Kõljala Manor was first mentioned in writing at the start start the at writing in mentioned first was Manor Kõljala

The two largest islands in Saare County are connected by by connected are County Saare in islands largest two The been placed there by new brides who said goodbye to to goodbye said who brides new by there placed been Kõljala Manor Kõljala

Väinatamm with names can be found under Piret’s skirt – they have have they – skirt Piret’s under found be can names with

tip of the peninsula like joyful greeters. Lots of pebbles pebbles of Lots greeters. joyful like peninsula the of tip +372 51 36 998 36 51 +372

+372 45 28 130, www.saaremaamuuseum.ee www.saaremaamuuseum.ee 130, 28 45 +372 Tõll and his wife Piret stand by the road leading to the the to leading road the by stand Piret wife his and Tõll +372 45 73 652 73 45 +372 owner will help you make your very own lucky nail. lucky own very your make you help will owner

is in full working order and still used to mill flour. mill to used still and order working full in is dolls dressed in folk costume. The island’s hero Suur Suur hero island’s The costume. folk in dressed dolls and can still be seen there today. there seen be still can and +372 51 02 183, [email protected] [email protected] 183, 02 51 +372 serve a blacksmith at work in the small smithy and the the and smithy small the in work at blacksmith a serve

addition to the scenery. To the contrary – Eemu Windmill Windmill Eemu – contrary the To scenery. the to addition Traditional windmills have been rebuilt to resemble resemble to rebuilt been have windmills Traditional during its construction have attracted a lot of attention attention of lot a attracted have construction its during if you book your visit in advance. in visit your book you if and everyday items used by our ancestors. You can ob- can You ancestors. our by used items everyday and

museum does not mean that the windmill is simply a nice nice a simply is windmill the that mean not does museum are unique and cannot be found anywhere else. else. anywhere found be cannot and unique are signs painted on the ceiling above the church’s altar altar church’s the above ceiling the on painted signs duce the wonderful world of clay processing to visitors visitors to processing clay of world wonderful the duce visitors can take a look at farm architecture and the tools tools the and architecture farm at look a take can visitors

rope, operates currently as a museum. However, being a a being However, museum. a as currently operates rope, landscapes. However, the windmills in Ninase Village Village Ninase in windmills the However, landscapes. sculptures in all Northern Europe. The magical pagan pagan magical The Europe. Northern all in sculptures used to decorate gardens. The artist is happy to intro- to happy is artist The gardens. decorate to used of Saaremaa. The museum is located on Madise Farm and and Farm Madise on located is museum The Saaremaa. of

which is considered the oldest type of windmill in Eu- in windmill of type oldest the considered is which Windmills are a pretty common feature of Saaremaa Saaremaa of feature common pretty a are Windmills country churches with the biggest number of carved carved of number biggest the with churches country scaping, his works now include larger pieces that can be be can that pieces larger include now works his scaping, This museum can be found in Jööri Village in the centre centre the in Village Jööri in found be can museum This

windmill sport of Eemu Village in 1980. The post windmill, windmill, post The 1980. in Village Eemu of sport windmill Old Woman and Old Man Old and Woman Old particularly noteworthy and puts Karja Church among among Church Karja puts and noteworthy particularly Sulev Vahtra. As the designer is also interested in land- in interested also is designer the As Vahtra. Sulev Jööri Village Museum Village Jööri

The windmill in Linnuse Village was built in the ancient ancient the in built was Village Linnuse in windmill The been preserved. The sculptural décor of the church is is church the of décor sculptural The preserved. been can also admire the wooden interior design creations of of creations design interior wooden the admire also can

Eemu Windmill Eemu

14 centuries and most of its original appearance has has appearance original its of most and centuries +372 50 32 762, www.hot.ee/koigiraba www.hot.ee/koigiraba 762, 32 50 +372

they are also available to buy. Visitors of the farm studio studio farm the of Visitors buy. to available also are they +372 55 680 428, www.eelk.ee/valjala 428, 680 55 +372 th

neighbours. The church was built in the 13 the in built was church The neighbours. to the the to metre hiking trail winds between the four fen lakes. lakes. fen four the between winds trail hiking metre

created by the artist are displayed in the cosy gallery and and gallery cosy the in displayed are artist the by created parts of it were built in different times. times. different in built were it of parts

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+372 50 34 237, www.jaanalind.ee 237, 34 50 +372 tiny church means it is no less important than its larger larger its than important less no is it means church tiny migratory birds love to stop in the swamplands. A 4-kilo- A swamplands. the in stop to love birds migratory Marget Tafel. The ceramics ceramics The Tafel. Marget ceramist Estonian renowned good example of both Roman and late Gothic styles as as styles Gothic late and Roman both of example good

many other exciting things. exciting other many Saaremaa. However, the beautiful architecture of the the of architecture beautiful the However, Saaremaa. cies of plants have been found in the fen here and many many and here fen the in found been have plants of cies Lõetsa farmhouse for many years under the guidance of of guidance the under years many for farmhouse Lõetsa was also redesigned into a castle church. The church is a a is church The church. castle a into redesigned also was

handbags, beauty products made using ostrich fat and and fat ostrich using made products beauty handbags, Karja Church is the smallest of medieval churches in in churches medieval of smallest the is Church Karja hectares hide many rarities of nature. 35 different spe- different 35 nature. of rarities many hide hectares A farm studio has been operating in the renovated renovated the in operating been has studio farm A like many other churches in Saaremaa, the one in Valjala Valjala in one the Saaremaa, in churches other many like

and eggs, various items made of ostrich feathers, ostrich ostrich feathers, ostrich of made items various eggs, and

Karja Church Karja

pers. Koigi swamplands with their area of almost 4000 4000 almost of area their with swamplands Koigi pers. Jüri-Jaani Farm Studio Farm Jüri-Jaani to the initial chapel that was built in the 13 the in built was that chapel initial the to century and and century

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family’s pets. In the farm shop, you can buy ostrich meat meat ostrich buy can you shop, farm the In pets. family’s maa in addition to coastal meadows covered with juni- with covered meadows coastal to addition in maa church in Estonia. Different extensions have been added added been have extensions Different Estonia. in church

to ostriches. Kangaroos and ponies live there as the the as there live ponies and Kangaroos ostriches. to +372 51 99 02 65, www.anglatuulik.eu 65, 02 99 51 +372 Many other forms of landscape can be found in Saare- in found be can landscape of forms other Many +372 45 48 800, www.padaste.ee 800, 48 45 +372 end of the ancient fight for freedom. It is the oldest stone stone oldest the is It freedom. for fight ancient the of end

Emus and nandus are also bred on the farm in addition addition in farm the on bred also are nandus and Emus Koigi Bog Koigi hill will open its doors in 2011. in doors its open will hill of Muhu. of Valjala Church was probably built immediately after the the after immediately built probably was Church Valjala

tives of three of the world’s five flightless bird species. species. bird flightless five world’s the of three of tives Heritage Centre established on the foot of the windmill windmill the of foot the on established Centre Heritage built in the style of the traditional natural stone buildings buildings stone natural traditional the of style the in built Valjala St Martin’s (Martini) Church (Martini) Martin’s St Valjala

Muhu Island since 1999. You can observe the representa- the observe can You 1999. since Island Muhu on a guided tour of Vilidu windmill. The Angla Cultural Cultural Angla The windmill. Vilidu of tour guided a on +372 51 17 773, www.otimanor.ee www.otimanor.ee 773, 17 51 +372 century is emphasised by the outbuildings, which were were which outbuildings, the by emphasised is century

An ostrich farm has been operating in Nautse Village on on Village Nautse in operating been has farm ostrich An

about milling flour and how the windmill works can go go can works windmill the how and flour milling about accommodation.

The uniqueness of the Tudor mansion built in the 19 the in built mansion Tudor the of uniqueness The

stone wall built on the earthwork crumbled. earthwork the on built wall stone

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Muhu ostriches Muhu

activities of a miller’s family and those who want to learn learn to want who those and family miller’s a of activities building is currently used by an establishment providing providing establishment an by used currently is building five-star hotel in Estonia that is located outside Tallinn. Tallinn. outside located is that Estonia in hotel five-star loose limestone shingle, which emerged after the lime- the after emerged which shingle, limestone loose

exhibition in the Dutch windmill introduces the live and and live the introduces windmill Dutch the in exhibition able families over the centuries. This beautifully restored restored beautifully This centuries. the over families able Pädaste has a luxurious spa complex and it is the only only the is it and complex spa luxurious a has Pädaste surrounds the 3600 m 3600 the surrounds yard of the fort is now covered in in covered now is fort the of yard

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mills have been restored by now. The history and culture culture and history The now. by restored been have mills and rebuilt. The manor has belonged to many respect- many to belonged has manor The rebuilt. and it is indisputably the most famous manor in the county. county. the in manor famous most the indisputably is it fortifications today. The top of the natural earthwork that that earthwork natural the of top The today. fortifications

nine windmills have survived until today. All five wind- five All today. until survived have windmills nine ance of the manor as it has been repeatedly extended extended repeatedly been has it as manor the of ance the smallest manors in Muhu in its day. Today, however, however, Today, day. its in Muhu in manors smallest the marily of stone and not wood. There is nothing left of the the of left nothing is There wood. not and stone of marily

highest spot of the village open to all winds. Five of the the of Five winds. all to open village the of spot highest building styles can be noticed in the general appear- general the in noticed be can styles building This manor complex from the 16 the from complex manor This century was one of of one was century

fications built on top of the earthworks were made pri- made were earthworks the of top on built fications

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of the entire village were built here as it used to be the the be to used it as here built were village entire the of we can see today was built in the 18 the in built was today see can we century. Several Several century. Pädaste Manor Pädaste

Stronghold is also one of the few forts where the forti- the where forts few the of one also is Stronghold th

bols of Saaremaa on Angla Windmill Hill. The windmills windmills The Hill. Windmill Angla on Saaremaa of bols tioned in writing in 1309. The mansion of the manor manor the of mansion The 1309. in writing in tioned ancient fight for freedom. Scientists believe that Valjala Valjala that believe Scientists freedom. for fight ancient

You can learn about the history of the well-known sym- well-known the of history the about learn can You Oti Manor, the oldest manor in Saaremaa, was first men- first was Saaremaa, in manor oldest the Manor, Oti was born in a chamber in Kuivastu Pub in 1885. in Pub Kuivastu in chamber a in born was crusaders in 1227, which signifies the symbolic end of the the of end symbolic the signifies which 1227, in crusaders

Angla Windmill Hill Windmill Angla Oti Manor Oti postal station. Writer and linguist Villem Grünthal-Ridala Grünthal-Ridala Villem linguist and Writer station. postal circular earthwork in Saaremaa. It was conquered by the the by conquered was It Saaremaa. in earthwork circular

This respectable house has been used as a pub and a a and pub a as used been has house respectable This Stronghold was considered the strongest fort with a a with fort strongest the considered was Stronghold

The building has a beautiful façade with dolomite pillars. pillars. dolomite with façade beautiful a has building The Henry of Livonia wrote in his Chronicles that Valjala Valjala that Chronicles his in wrote Livonia of Henry

wooden structures used to fortify the stronghold. the fortify to used structures wooden corner solution that has preserved in Estonia until today. today. until Estonia in preserved has that solution corner Valjala Stronghold Valjala

the inner foot of the stronghold refer to the formed formed the to refer stronghold the of foot inner the tury and is one of the few pub houses with an original original an with houses pub few the of one is and tury

log-ends and layer of coal found in the holes dug on on dug holes the in found coal of layer and log-ends

cen- 18 the of half first the in built was house pub The

believers’ to make people’s wishes come true. come wishes people’s make to believers’

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metres high, is approximately 18,000 m 18,000 approximately is high, metres . The burnt burnt The .

Kuivastu Pub Kuivastu near the stone after the traditions of old Estonian ‘earth ‘earth Estonian old of traditions the after stone the near 2

which is surrounded by a circular wall that is up to 10 10 to up is that wall circular a by surrounded is which ground. Ribbons have often been tied to tree branches branches tree to tied been often have Ribbons ground.

past and its crafters its and past

swamps. The area of the inner yard of the stronghold, stronghold, the of yard inner the of area The swamps. the laces on her apron broke and the boulder fell on the the on fell boulder the and broke apron her on laces the

built on sand dunes, which are partly surrounded by by surrounded partly are which dunes, sand on built carrying stones to Tõll who was building a sauna when when sauna a building was who Tõll to stones carrying

Pöide – Valjala – Kaali – Valjala – Pöide

populated areas in the middle of the forest and is is and forest the of middle the in areas populated Suur Tõll and his wife Piret. The legend says that Piret was was Piret that says legend The Piret. wife his and Tõll Suur

of construction. The stronghold is located far from from far located is stronghold The construction. of

features in a legend about the ancient hero of Saaremaa Saaremaa of hero ancient the about legend a in features

Paths of Saaremaa’s Saaremaa’s of Paths

most impressive stronghold in Saaremaa in terms terms in Saaremaa in stronghold impressive most is almost 4 metres high and 18 metres in diameter and it it and diameter in metres 18 and high metres 4 almost is

Kuivastu – Liiva – Koguva – Orissaare – – Orissaare – Koguva – Liiva – Kuivastu

Lihulinn, which is also called Kärla Stronghold, is the the is Stronghold, Kärla called also is which Lihulinn, Piret’s Stone is the largest boulder in Saaremaa. The stone stone The Saaremaa. in boulder largest the is Stone Piret’s

Lihulinna Stronghold Lihulinna Piret’s Stone Piret’s ENG 1

Triigi-Sõru LEGEND

Main road

Surfaced road; road number

Gravel road

Cliff 4 3 Harbour

Kuivastu-Virtsu Airfield 13 Observation tower 5 Small harbour 2 15 Lighthouse 14 9 Windmill 10 Church

Hiking trail 20 6 7 Rest area

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1 Üügu Cliff (12 m) 2 Pädaste Manor 3 St. Catherine’s Church on Muhu: 13th century 26 4 Muhu Museum 5 Maasi castle of order: 14th century 6 St. Mary’s Church in Pöide: 13th century Roomassaare- 7 Abruka Koigi Bog 23 8 St. Martin’s Church in Valjala: 13th-14th century 9 Angla Windmills

Roomassaare-Ruhnu 10 St Catherine’s Church in Karja: 13th century 11 Kaali Meteorite Craters 12 St James’ Church in Püha: 13th-17th century 13 Panga Cliff (21m) 14 Ninase Post Windmills 15 Ninase Cliff (6m) 16 Lake Karujärv 17 Mihkli Farm Museum 18 St Michael’s Church in Kihelkonna: 13 century 19 Odalätsi Springs

20 Harilaid Peninsula

21 Vilsandi National Park Centre

22 Viidumäe Nature Reserve

23 Tehumardi Battlefield (World War II)

24 Sääre Lighthouse

25 Stebel Coastal Battery, 1940

26 Loode Oak Forest

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