58°14.62' N 22°28.25' E Yacht Harbour

Maps: EC 305, 306, 519, 628, "Charts of " Vol. 3 AC 2215, 2223, 2816 Blueflag: 2004, 2005, 2006 Shelter: From all winds Max. lenght: 30.0 m Max. draught: 2.5 m No of berths: 132 for visiting yachts Berthing: Pontoons with buoys Navigation: Approach from SE along the leading line 321.5° –141.5° (Oc W/R/G 4s – Oc W 4s) until the WP1 - 58°11.74´N; 22°32.00´E. The next waypoints: WP2 -58°11.80´N; 22°30.90´E, WP3 -58°11.78´N; 22°28.62´E (first waypoint for approach from SW), WP4 - 58°12.50´N; 22°28.14´E (directional buoy of the entrance fairway). Continue along the channel marked by spar buoys of the lateral system (length 2900 m, width 24 m, depth 2.5 m) and leading line 1.3° – 181.3° (Q W – Oc W 1.5s; white rectangles with red stripe on red metal column). Entrance to the marina is marked by a green (Fl G 3s) and a red (Fl R 3s) light-beacon on the heads of the breakwaters. Contacts: Tel. +372 453 3450 Fax +372 453 3540 Mob. +372 503 1953 E-mail: [email protected] Services: Accommodation 150 m Bank 1500 m Bathing place 300 m Bicycle rent Busstop 200 m Cafe/Bar Chemist 150 m Child's playplace 300 m Drinking water Electricity Engine service/Shipyard Food store 200 m Fuel Harbour office Hospital/doctor 150 m Information Internet WiFi Laundrette Letter box 150 m Passport control Post office 1500 m Refuse disposal KURESSAARE Restaurant 200 m Sauna Shower CITY HARBOUR Special attractions 200 m Telephone Toilet Estonia Toiletsevage pump-out facility Trailerramp Visitors' berth

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www.balticyachting.com 15. Golf Course - The area of this 18-hole golf course is 94 hectares. In the summer of 2006 a driving range will be opened. The opening of the whole DISCOVERING course is planned for the summer of 2007. 16. Resort Club (Kursal) – completed in 1889. The architecture of the building emphasises columns, wooden structures and diagonal supports. Opposite the THE OLD AND building there is a bandstand. .

.V 17. Monument Commemorating the Establishment of the Town Park .E I .P (1861) – There is a monument in the park marking the location of the former 21 22 VALUABLE IN cemetery, built of old tombstones and limestone. Here, bones that emerged during the planting of trees were buried.

18. Pargi Grove – located in the newer part of the Town Park where in 2002 a KURESSAARE foreign heads of state grove was established. The first oak was planted by Latvian President Vaira Vike Freiberga.

On , one of the biggest islands in the , is Kuressaare – a 19. Health Park – is situated in 36 hectares of woods. The health park’s two confident and charming little town. With its mild climate, healing spa hotels and kilometres and slightly over half kilometre health tracks are for public use free beautiful sea view, Kuressaare even finds its way into the heart of tourist who of charge. has seen a lot, because the town has charms that cannot be seen in any big city. Shady park avenues, sweet wooden buildings, classicist houses, make a 20. Roomassaare Port – A cargo and passenger port and a yacht marina nice contrast to the Bishop`s castle, which dates back more than seven opened here in 1894. Since 1998 it has been awarded the Blue Flag each year. centuries. Twenty-first century views of architecture flirt here with the dignified fourteenth-century castle walls in the coastal area of Kuressaare. 21. Cemetery – Situated three kilometres from the centre of 23 Kuressaare. The city cemetery, founded in 1780, with its classicist chapels, unique tomb monuments and ancient trees, is protected as an architectural Kuressaare is simultaneously modern and old-fashioned, innovative and monument. conservative, unambitious and stylish. During a couple of hours of walking, the history of a maritime nation will unroll before you in this town, which got its 22. Suursild Bridge – Estonia’s largest, longest and oldest stone bridge rights from Danish Duke Magnus as early as 1563. (eighteenth century) is protected as an architectural 3 24 monument. Its restoration began in 1990. 1. Kuressaare Town Hall – the simple and austere butimposing building, in 4 2 the northern baroque style, was built between 1654 and 1670 at the behest of 23. Aaviks’ House Museum – this was the home of one of the best-known Golf Course 1 Swedish bigwig Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie. On the ceiling of the Estonian linguists, Johannes Aavik (1880-1973) and his musicologist cousin 15 5 main hallis the largest canvas painting (5.5m x 7.5m) so far found in Estonia. Joosep Aavik (1899-1989). 25

2. Former Fire-fighting Depot – the fire station was built in about 1870. A 24. Kuressaare Town Theatre – a former aristocracy house. Despite several 6 wooden bell tower was added to it later. The building got its present reconstructions, the building has retained its classicist look. This former appearance as a result of major rebuilding works in 1911. One of the first building of the Estonian Society began a new life in the early 1990s. Since 7 8 voluntary fire-fighting associations in Estonia was founded in Kuressaare. December 1999, the Kuressaare City Theatre has been putting on plays here. 17 16 3. St Laurence Lutheran Church – A single-nave, late classicistchurch 25. Windmill – An octagonal Dutch-type windmill built in 1899 and operational dating from 1836, that has kept all of its original fittings. The new gold stained- until the Second World War. It is now a tavern. 18 glass windows were created by Urmo Raus. 10 13 9 4. Weighing House – Opposite the town hall, in the central square, is a 11 baroque weighing-house which was built in 1663, the only surviving 12 representative of this type of building in Estonia. There were accurate, sealed scales in the weighing house, which facilitated trade. 14 19 5. Monument in honour the islanders that lost their lives in the War of Independence (1918-1920) - In a small square at the beginning of Lossi Street is a copy of a bronze sculpture made by one of the bestknown Estonian sculptors, , which was unveiled in 1928; the original monument was destroyed during the Stalin period.

6. St Nicholas Orthodox Church – a remarkable and significant early classicist building completed at the end of the eighteenth century. It is the oldest building of its kind in Saaremaa.

7. Field Guard’s House – Dating from the end of the eighteenth century. This was where the town ended, and the task of the field guard was to ensure that the town’s animals did not stray onto the fields belonging to the manor.

8. Town Park – founded on the initiative of the mayor, Hugo van Borg, on the site of a former cemetery, in the 1860s. There are numerous rare species of tree in its 17.7 hectares.

9. Kuressaare Fortress – built in the second half of the fourteenth century, this is the best-preserved medieval castle in the Baltic countries. A large exhibition about the history and nature of Saaremaa can be seen, while art exhibitions and classical music concerts can be attended in the castle. LEGEND

10. Saaremaa Archive Library – A public library focusing on the humanities, where printed matters and manuscripts concerning Saaremaa are kept. Windmill; Church 11. Memorial to the victims of the Soviet Occupation in 1941 Placed in the castle courtyard on the inner side of the reconstructed wall. Through Road; Street

12. Monument to the victims of Fascism 1941-1945 – On the south-western One-way Street; Footpath ravelin of the fortification system of the Bishop’s Castle. At the bottom of the monument is the following inscription: “Those alive, remember.” Building Kuressaare 13. Suur Tõll and Piret – Sculpture by Tauno Kangro (2002) depicting the heroic giants of Saaremaa mythology. Tourist Information Tourist Information Centre Tallinna 2, 93813 Car Park; Fuel Station 14. Kuressaare Yacht Harbour – the former city port was reopened in 1999 Kuressaare, Estonia 20 on the site of Tori cargo and fishing port. The international recreational craft tel/fax +372 453 3120 ENG port has been awarded the environment - friendly mark. Blue flag since 2004. Bus Station; Airport