Estonia

By plane

Tallinn is Estonia's main international gateway. In addition to direct daily flights to/from all major Scandinavian Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Oslo and Baltic cities Riga and Vilnius, there are direct flights from all major European hubs like London, Paris, Frankfurt, Brussels and Amsterdam and regional hubs like Prague and Warsaw. Eastward connections are from Moscow, [St. Petersburg] and Kiev. Local carrier Estonian Air (http://www.estonian-air.e...) provides half of the services and the rest is provided by Finnair, SAS, Lufthansa, LOT, CSA, Air Baltic, Ryanair and others. Easyjet is one of a few low-cost carriers that provide service between Tallinn and major European cities. Travelers can pay as little as EUR 120 US$160 or £80 Sterling to fly roundtrip from London to Tallinn.

From London's Stansted Airport, Easyjet provides nonstop service to Tallinn. From Frankfurt, choose from Lufthansa and Estonian Air. From Brussels, select from KLM, Estonian Air, Finnair, SAS, RyanAir, Lufthansa and Czech Airlines. From Amsterdam, choose from KLM, Lufthansa, SAS, Czech Airlines, Finnair, LOT Polish and Estonian Air. From Rome's Fiumicino Airport, select from Alitalia, Czech Airlines, Estonia Air, KLM and Finnair. From Helsinki Vantaa airport select from Estonian Air, Finnair, FlyBE.

Close proximity and excellent ferry services with Helsinki allow for combination of open-jaw air travel.

Daily domestic flights are from Tallinn to Tartu, the islands of Hiiumaa Kärdla and Saaremaa Kuressaare.

Tartu is Estonia's oldest city and a key to South-Eastern regions of Estonia, ancient Russian Pskov or further to Latvia. Flights map of the local airport includes Helsinki by FlyBE airline and Tallinn by Estonian Air, which makes a roundtrip Helsinki-Tallinn-Tartu very easy in any combination.

Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport

or Ülemiste Airport (http://www.tallinn-airpor...) IATA: TLL ICAO: EETN, about 5 km from the city center, is increasingly becoming an airport hub of the Baltics. Estonian Air (http://www.estonian-air.e...) provides good quality services to a series of European cities. Other major airlines include Finnair, SAS and EasyJet. Bus line 2 runs from the airport to downtown Tallinn and taxis are also available.

Tartu Airport

or Ülenurme Airport (http://www.tartu-airport....) IATA: TAY, ICAO: EETU is located 10km from Tartu centre. The airport's bus stop is located in front of the terminal. Bus travels on the route Ülenurme - Tartu City Centre. The bus fare is about 1EUR and tickets can be bought from the bus driver. There is also the airport shuttle service at 3EUR from/to any location in the city.

Kuressaare Airport

(http://www.eeke.ee) IATA: URE, ICAO: EEKE is situated 3 km from the town of Kuressaare on Saaremaa island and offers regular flights to Stockholm and domestic flights.

By ship

Ferry lines connect Tallinn with Sweden Stockholm, Finland Helsinki, Mariehamn and also with Germany Rostock during the summer months. Tallinn-Helsinki is one of the busiest searoutes in Europe and has daily 20 ferry crossings and nearly 30 different fast-boat and hydrofoil crossings the latter do not operate during winter. For details see Port of Tallinn passenger schedules (http://www.portoftallinn....).

Minor international routes include recently re-established connection between Latvia port of Ventspils and the island of Saaremaa and Paldiski - Kapellskär Sweden with two different operators.

By car

Good road connections are to the south Via Baltica routing Tallinn-Riga-Kaunas-Warsaw and east Tallinn-Saint Petersburg. The domestic road network is dense and covers all regions of the country.