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Day-by-day plans

Tallinn weekend: Michelin and the medieval Old Town ★ 4.6

First-time visitor, two days2 days

A two-day plan around Tallinn's two-star 180 by Matthias Diether dinner and the Old Town's medieval feast at Olde Hansa, with rooftop honey from Fotografiska in between.

  1. Day 1: Saturday: Old Town tavern, Telliskivi lunch, Noblessner Michelin dinner

    Morning
    Maiasmokk at 09:00 on Pikk for hot chocolate and a kringel slice. Walk through the Old Town to Town Hall Square (Raekoja plats).
    Afternoon
    Lunch at F-hoone in Telliskivi from 12:30. Bao buns, the daily lunch special and an Estonian craft beer in the converted rail-industrial hangar.
    Evening
    Dinner at 180 by Matthias Diether in Noblessner from 19:00, the city's two-Michelin-star tasting room. Book four weeks ahead.

  2. Day 2: Sunday: Maiasmokk breakfast, medieval lunch, NOA Bib Gourmand dinner

    Morning
    Maiasmokk at 09:30 on Pikk for a cardamom kringel slice and filter coffee in Estonia's oldest cafe room.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Olde Hansa on Vana turg from 13:00. The medieval Hanseatic feast with candles, lute music and Estonian elk plates.
    Evening
    Dinner at NOA in Viimsi from 19:00, the seafront Bib Gourmand room with Baltic-Nordic cooking and a Tallinn Bay view.

Tallinn three days: through Telliskivi, Noblessner and Kadriorg ★ 4.5

Returning visitor, three days3 days

A three-day plan beyond the Old Town, with Noblessner harbour rooms, Kadriorg's Bib Gourmand bistro Mantel ja Korsten and a Põhjaka Manor day trip toward Paide.

  1. Day 1: Friday: Old Town start, Lee Brasserie dinner

    Morning
    Maiasmokk for breakfast on Pikk, then the Town Hall pharmacy spice museum at Raekoja plats 11.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Rataskaevu 16 from 12:30. Estonian comfort food: braised elk roast with potato and beetroot gratin.
    Evening
    Dinner at Lee Brasserie on Uus from 19:00. Chef Janno Lepik's Michelin-listed brasserie with sommelier Kristjan Peäske's wine cellar.

  2. Day 2: Saturday: Telliskivi brunch, Kadriorg lunch, Noblessner dinner

    Morning
    F-hoone in Telliskivi at 10:00 for all-day breakfast and a flat white from RØST.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Mantel ja Korsten in Kadriorg from 14:00, the 2026 Bib Gourmand in the restored 1920s villa near the palace.
    Evening
    Dinner at NOA Chef's Hall at Viimsi from 19:00, the one-Michelin-star counter room with a seven-course Baltic tasting menu.

  3. Day 3: Sunday: Pohjaka day trip, Tuljak harbour dinner

    Morning
    Drive 90 minutes south to Põhjaka Manor for an early lunch from the farm-to-table kitchen with its own gardens, dairy and bakery.
    Afternoon
    Return to Tallinn for an afternoon at Balti Jaama Turg, browsing produce, fish and the food-hall street.
    Evening
    Dinner at Tuljak on Pirita tee from 19:00, the 2026 Bib Gourmand for Nordic cooking in the postwar Pirita Yacht Club building.
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