Baltic Visitor

The new Nordic Hotel Forum opens on Viru Square this Sunday, offering yet another accommodation option in the Estonian capital. It has 267 rooms including 8 suites, and apparently cost over 22 million Euro to outfit.
The hotel’s website raises more questions than it answers, including ‘what on earth is the “mysterious tree of dreams” which […]

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The top spot in Lithuania for a spa break, Druskininkai – set among pine trees at a bend in the Nemunas River – has been a popular resort since the 19th century. During the Soviet period huge sanatoriums for medical treatment and recuperation were built alongside the more attractive early 20th century villas, but since […]

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Intercity bus operator Eurolines has announced that from 20th June it will run a daily bus service between the Latvian capital Riga and the Estonian town of Narva. The journey will take 7 hours each way:

Departing Narva 4am – Arriving Riga at 11am
Departing Riga 7pm - Arriving Narva 2am

Narva is the easternmost major settlement in […]

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Yesterday morning I went to an event run by the Slovak tourist board, promoting the country as a spa break destination. This got me thinking about the various opportunities within the Baltics, and over the next few days I will be posting a series of short pieces on the subject.
The top spot for spa breaks […]

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