Most of the tourists arrive today in Tallinn by sea. It is not surprising, because the city has an established and inexpensive message with ferries with St. Petersburg, Stockholm and Helsinki. On routes from Finnish capital there is a choice: either use the services of large car ferries, or small speed (catamarans or courts on underwater wings). The latter will take you to the capital of Estonia in just an hour and a half. A message with St. Petersburg is carried out by the Cruise line of the ST-PETER LINE. Unfortunately, you can get to Tallinn only on the third day, after the ship visits the route in the ports of Helsinki and Stockholm. In Tallinn, ferries arrive at various terminals of two passenger harbors. But all of them are located close to the historic center of the Old Town. Passenger port (Reisiadam) is located at Sadama, 25.
There are terminals with numbering from A to D. This port is used by most ferry companies connecting the capital of Estonia with other ports of the region. All the ferries of the largest carrier of Tallnk come to the terminal D. Terminals have their own hours of operation. Expect the court in the terminal and you can from 6 am to 18.30, and in the terminal D from 6 to 22.30. The following are the main companies operating on routes to Tallinn.
1. Eckero Line (Sadama, 25, Terminal A). The company operates a major car steam called "Finland". The cost of a ticket from the capital Helsinki to Tallinn on an adult passenger is from 19 euros.
2. Tallink (Laikmaa, 5). This company works on large and fast ferries for passengers and cars. The price of a ticket from Helsinki for an adult passenger starts from 28 euros, from Stockholm - 89 euros. Tourists from Russia, who wish to use the services of this ferry line will need to be obtained, respectively, through these Scandinavian capitals to carry out the landing on the ferry.
3. Viking Line (Hobujaama, 4). A large transport and passenger ferry "Viking XPRS" works on the line from Helsinki. The price of one side ticket - from 24 euros.
As mentioned above, the ferry message with the cities of Russia, namely, with St. Petersburg is carried out only in cruise mode. The cost of cabins on the ferry of St-Peter Line, which, departing from the Northern Capital, arrives in the capital of Estonia only on the third day of the road, will cost you in the amount of 80 euros depending on the class of cabins.
A more appropriate way to get to the Estonian capital from the territory of the Russian Federation or neighboring states of the former USSR is a bus. The bus service is quite regular, comfortable and inexpensive. If desired, you can manage to cross the entire Estonia on the flight bus for the same price as to drive by taxi through Tallinn. Buses arrive and depart from Tallinn Bus Station - Tallinna Bussijaam (Lastekodu, 46). Most recently, the building of the bus station was completely updated and is now pretty comfortable for passengers awaiting their bus. There are ticket tickets, a small supermarket kiosk and a flower shop. At the same time, the expectation zone is not very big if the bus simultaneously expects a large number of passengers, it can cause difficulties. In addition, the bus station does not work at night. Bus movement at night is not carried out, and therefore the bus station is closed. He starts to work from 5 am.
Bus tickets can be bought not only at the box office, but also directly from the driver. There is only one rule: first you need to skip those who have already purchased tickets, and then buy them remain. The price of a trip depends on the selected route and the company that works on it. If we are talking about international lines, the tickets are better to buy in advance, especially at the extremely popular Rheet of St. Petersburg-Tallinn. If you are planned further movement in Estonia, its largest cities - Pärnu and Tartu on weekends, it also recommended to take care of tickets in advance. From the bus station in Tallinn, you can easily reach the central part of the city on the tram number 2, the stop of which is located directly opposite the bus station, or by bus number 17. The largest companies working on long-distance and internal routes around the country are Lux Express and Ecolines.
1. LUX EXPRESS. This company carries out a message Tallinn with Russian cities in Moscow and St. Petersburg, with Riga - in Latvia, with Vilnius and Kaunas - in Lithuania, with Warsaw, Poznań and Wroclaw - in Poland, with Berlin - in Germany and Prague - in the Czech Republic. Traveling by buses of this company, you get the following services:
Free access to Wi-Fi throughout the route;
The ability to purchase a bottle of water of 0.5 liters for 1 euro or get it for free on flights for more than 5 hours (for example, from St. Petersburg or Moscow to Tallinn);
the ability to purchase a blanket (4 euros) or pillow (3 euros);
Free hot drinks (tea or coffee) in a special apparatus located in the central buse;
And, of course, a free toilet.
Booking tickets are carried out, including by phone, and on the company's website on the Internet, no later than 24 hours before the buset departure time. If you register in the company's loyalty program, which is called PINS, you can save points to a free bonus trip, as well as receive discounts when buying a ticket to progress from the number of completed trips. The company's office is located right in the building of Tallinn bus station and works from 6.30 to 19 hours.
2. Ecolines. This company specializes in affordable transport, first of all, connecting the city of the Baltic countries among themselves, and also runs on the route from St. Petersburg to Tallinn. When buying a ticket via the Internet, you can get a good discount. The company often holds shares with tickets with significant (up to 50%) discounts. The company's office is located in Tallinn at Tartu MNT., 68) and works daily from 6.30 to 21 hours.
