Technical visit on 12 February at 09:00-12:00
Pärnu Spa Hopping: From Resort History to Spa Culture
Explore Pärnu as a historic resort town on this guided spa-hopping experience. Learn about Pärnu’s resort history, distinctive resort architecture, and wellness traditions such as mud bathing and spa culture.
We will visit Hedon SPA & Hotel (the former Mud Baths building) and Tervise Paradiis (the Estonia´s biggest water park, recently awarded as best family and spa hotel at the European Hotel Awards 2025), discovering how spa culture has shaped Pärnu’s identity from a 19th-century resort to a modern wellness destination.
This is a walking tour both indoors and outdoors – dress warmly, no bathing suits needed (although if you like the spas, we recommend visiting them later on).
Evening programme on 12 February at 16.00-20.30
Exclusive guided visit to Pärnu Museum and Jaanihanso cidery including dinner
Visit Pärnu invites you to an exclusive guided visit to Pärnu Museum, offering a special sneak peek into the museum´s new permanent exhibition opening on 21 February. You will discover colourful historical journey through four distinctive stories that have shaped the region: “The Source of Our Story”, “A Tale of Two Towns”, “The Birth of a Nation”, and “Estonia’s Summer Capital - Pärnu”.
Afterwards we will drive just outside the town to Jaanihanso Cidery. Jaanihanso is a family-owned cidery and orchard making champagne method ciders, ice cider and eau de vie. You can enjoy a guided tour with a curated tasting of their drinks, together with a dinner later on.
Price: 75 € per person
Price includes:
- Exclusive visit at Pärnu Museum
- Transport
- Jaanihanso cidery guided tour with tasting
- Dinner at Jaanihanso
- Services of a certified tour guide Veronika Meibaum
NB! The tour will take place when at least 15 people have registered. In case the tour is canceled the fee will be refunded or an alternative activity will be offered.
Post Tour to Soomaa National Park on 13 February 10.00-17.00
Programme:
- 10.00 Pick-up from the hotel in Pärnu. Drive to Soomaa National Park.
- Guided nature tour - snowshoeing or kicksledding, depending on the weather conditions.
- 13.00 Lunch at the Visitor Center of the national park and the story of „haabjas“. The building and use of expanded dugout tree boats (haabjas) in Soomaa is added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding list.
- Pancake baking/eating workshop together with Soomaa jam tasting at Levikivi Stonemasonry.
- During the tour you will also hear about the citizen-science trail at restored Kõrsa bog and about Sindi Rapids - the largest dam demolition in Europe. Sindi Rapids project is one of the Green Destinations TOP100 stories (2023).
- 17.00 Back at your hotel in Pärnu.
Price: 87€ per person
Price includes :
- Transport
- Equipment for nature trip (snowshoes / kicksleds )
- Lunch and desert making workshop
- Guiding in English by Aivar Ruukel – the expert and biggest fan of Soomaa, a nature guide, founder of soomaa.com, Green Destinations auditor, dugout canoe builder and promoter.
PS! Dress warmly - hat, scarf and gloves compulsory, wind- and waterproof clothes and boots are recommended (as everywhere in Estonia in February).
Suggested group size - 15 participants.
