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Guesthouse: Palmse Manor Little guesthouse in the ensemble of Palmse Manor, in the heart of Lahemaa National Park. Very quiet and with an superb breakfast at Café Isabella. |
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Restaurant: Lahemaa Kohvikann Located very near Palmse Manor, this restaurant is a great choice. The food is excellent and the hosts very pleasant. |
| In Tartu - |
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Hotel: Villa Margaretha *** Lovely hotel in a quiet neighbourghood. Very clean, spacious and confortablesrooms . |
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Restaurant: Pussirohukelder A cavernous old gunpowder cellar with some good outside tables. |
| In Vilnius - |
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Hotel: Domus Maria *** Clean and spacious rooms in a 17th century Carmelite monastery near the Gates of Dawn. Breakfast is serverd in the refectory. Superb option! |
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Restaurant: Narutis Retaurant. Restaurant of the Narutis Hotel. International cuisine but also very good local dishes. A good choise in the heart of Old Town. |
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Restaurant: Zemaiciai. A meat-eater's paradise, you can taste boiled pigs ears, a one-metre long sausage or a an entire piglet, stuffed or roasted. Summertime seating in a patio among Old Town church steeples and terracota rooftops is a pleasure. |
| In Trakai - |
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Restaurant: Apvalaus Stalo Klubas Great restaurant with several ambiences. The view over the lake and the Trakai castle is superb. The pizzas are excellent and you can try the kibinai, a local pastry with meat baked in. |
| In Kaunas - |
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Hotel: Daugirdas Hotel **** Located inside a beautifully restored, partially modernised building in the heart of Old Town. Big rooms, even tripple, and modern. Breakfast is served in a 16th century Gothic restaurant in the basement. |
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Restaurant: Senieji Rusiai. Housed inside several brick vaults inside a classic 17th century Old Town building. Offers superb dishes as salmon, pepper steak, duck and excelents desserts. |
| In Klaipeda - |
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Hotel: Preliudija . Charming guesthouse in an Old Town building dating to 1856. Rooms are modern and well equiped and prices very reasonables. |
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Restaurant: Anikés Teatras. Good dishes in a superb location. In summer the dinners are marvelously entertained with musical performances. |
| In Liepaja - |
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Hotel: Vilhemine Hotel. Excellent guesthouse in Liepaja Old Town. Very quiet area and very friendly and helpful staff. Large rooms and the triple enormous. Highly recommended. |
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Restaurant: Pastnieka Maja. A modern two-level restaurant in a vast mansion. Traditional Latvian dishes and other exotic offerings. Evening live music, and a confortable garden in summer. |
| In Riga - |
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Hotel: Garden Palace **** Excellent location. Good value for money. Breakfast was good but the restaurant was smal for all the guest. |
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Restaurant: 1739. Located into a historic house, this is a expensive restaurant with a cheaper lunch. Good terrace in summer. |
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Restaurant: Salve. Good restaurant for Latvian food in a very nice place. |
| In Sigulda - |
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Hotel: Pils. Very quiet hotel, good located in Sigulda Valley. A good option to sleep inside Gauja National Park. Good rooms and baths. Hall for breakfast is a little small but in summer is possible to take it outside in the terrace. Avoid triple room. |
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Restaurant: Pilsmuiza. Inside New Sigulda Castle, this restaurant overlooks the ruins of the castle and has panoramic view of the Gauja Valley. The food is typical Latvian. |
| In Parnu - |
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Hotel: Koidula Park Hotel **. A 1905 hotel overlooking a downtown park. Small rooms without air-conditioned. Intolerable triple room. |
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Restaurant: Alex Maja. Good food in a quiet courtyard in Parnu downtown, that offers BBQ grill and many other dishes. Every Friday nights there is Karaoke. |
| In Saaremaa - |
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Hotel: Jurna Recration Farm. A pretty farm located only 6 Km from Kuressaare. It has a nice garden very quiet and pleasant where is possible to take breakfast in sunny days. Very kind and servicial owners. |
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Restaurant: Veski Trahter. A cosy multilevel restaurant set inside a windmill. The menu offers grilled fish and meats. |
| In Tallinn - |
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Hotel: St. Barbara *** Rooms recently renovated but still with a soviet air. Good location near Old Town. Breakfast buffet was server in the cellar. |
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Restaurant: Kuldse Notsu Korts. Heaven for pork-lovers, the cooks even put bacon in the bread!. This country-style Estonian restaurant is plenty of tourist crowds. The menu offers dishes as the "Estonian sausage feast for two" and some vegetarian plates. |
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Restaurant: Cafe Bogapott. This cafe is located inside part of a medieval town wall on Toompea. Fresh, flaky pastries and sandwiches are the speciality in this combination café, art shop and ceramics studio. |
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Restaurant: Olde Hansa. A mecca of medievaldom in the heart of Old Town. It serves authentic dishes made from carefully-researched recipes, and provides guests with a whole experience using a combination of candlelight, waiters and waitresses in period costume and medieval background music. |
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Restaurant: Kaerajaan. Named after a popular national folk dance, this is an Estonian restaurant with a modern touch. Located in Raekoja square, offers national dishes with haute cuisine sytle. Good open-air terrace to enjoy Town Hall Square ambience. |
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Restaurant: Pierre Chocolaterie. With an unbeatably cosy atmosphere, this quaint, frilly 19th century style café attracts locals and tourists. |
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Restaurant: Von Krahli Aed. This restaurant is a highly chic establishment with plenty of opportunity to lounge (they take a long time to serve the dishes) while enjoying a fresh meal. The importance here is on the healthier choices and they marks items on the menu that contain gluten, eggs and lactose. |
| In Helsinki - |
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Restaurant: Cafe Engel This cafe in Senaatintori is full of both tourists and university students. There's always a good selection of cakes and tempting meals. In summer the courtyard is open for meals and films shows. |
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