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Well worth a road trip! Best part is that Estonia is surprisingly small :)

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Beautiful, too! I'm here from the U.S. on vacation right now and very much enjoying my first visit.

Cool, whole country or some place particular?

Tallinn and Kuressaare.

Enjoy! It's a gorgeous country and one of the few places in Europe that is both beautiful and not (yet) totally overrun by tourists.

All three Baltic states as well as big chunk of Poland (except Cracow) has relatively little tourism. Lots to see all the way from mountains to dunes to swamps and cities as well as manors in between.

Well, except for Tallinn central square.

Don’t miss the museums in Tallinn and the old town. Taxi is cheap if called by phone. Don’t pick one up on the street, more expensive.

use Taxify, local Uber clone or anything else, really. But do not use YandexTaxi

why?

Possibly anti-Russian bias? It's common here. That said, Taxify is pretty good and cheap, and personally I don't bother with anything else.

I live and work in Tallinn as a remote worker for a few clients; internet is cheap and fast. I've half-Australian / half-Estonian, and have Estonian citizenship so I'm not really familiar with the e-Residency program except to the extent that it's clear the government is investing a lot into it.

No, has nothing to do with Russian bias. Their maps use incorrect names. Their app also requires you to pinpoint the exact location to where you are going, as in type it in and you will get a certain price no matter how long the fare takes. Which is great if you have 0 concerns about your privacy. Not very flexible in that regard

Thanks for the explanation. I have no experience with that company, and am unlikely to after that information.

Taxify is awesome. They are giving Uber a hard time in some territories.

Seems to be same amount or more drivers than with Uber in Tallinn.. And well priced too. We were driving in and outside of Tallinn for a couple hours (visiting some suppliers), same driver, waited for us when we made stops. 25 euros on Taxify

Went to Tallinn earlier this year. Old Town Tallinn was beautifully covered in snow. Way more charming than its sister Helsinki. Left by train to St. Petersburg by Narva.

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