Tallinn is a great city. I found the mixture of Russian and Estonian culture very interesting. The city is a bargain for Westerners. The Estonians and Russians were very helpful and friendly. It is a safe city. Westerners don't need a visa to travel there!
Oldhouse Hostel in Tallinn … I stayed in this hostel during Easter 2005. It has an absolutely friendly staff, it's newly refurbished, very nicely decorated and right in the old town. Great value for the money!! Highly recommended!
Tallinn Backpackers Hostel in Tallinn … This hostel is just amazing -- the staff are friendly and get the parties going, the price is good at just under £10, as is the location near the ferry terminal, yet within the beautiful car-free zone of "Old Town" Tallinn.
HI - Tallinn - Tallinn Backpackers Hostel in Tallinn … An awesome hostel, brilliant location in the old town, a really really friendly place! the staff are all young mostly backpacking themselves so really go out of their way to help you and have fun, the kitchen is very well equipt, the lounge/communal area is comfortable and extremely sociable so you'll meet loads of people, and the bathrooms -- ok so there's only two but they're really clean and one is absolutely enormous, total luxury with an awesome shower. Would definitely recommend this hostel!
Old Town Alur Hostel in Tallinn … Super hostel with a perfect location! You can walk to the city center! It is also a cheap hostel, but it is nice and friendly.
City Bike Nunne Hostel in Tallinn … This small hostel on the fourth floor of an old house is an excellent place to stay in Old Town Tallinn. Close to many bars and restaurants. Offers several interesting tours; inexpensive; friendly, helpful staff; and is a quiet place to stay in the winter. The only drawback was the extremely almost-vertical stairs! I was there for a week in November 2008. Would recommend to friends.
HI - Tallinn - Academic Hostel in Tallinn … Well run hostel with really good facilities - newly done rooms, very clean, pleasant 24h reception, Internet connection available in each room, very secure. It is a bit outside the center but bus connections are convenient to both old town and the bus station - worth the extra bit of effort!
Old Town Backpackers in Tallinn … This is a small hostel with ten beds only but it is very nice. It feels like a home almost and the guy who worked there was very friendly. It has a great location in the center of Tallinn. I really enjoyed my stay here and can certainly recommend it.
Vana Tom Hostel in Tallinn … Okay, the place has a great location so that's a big plus. The free breakfast is perhaps the worst thing I have ever eaten (and I've eaten it all). I think it's a bit expensive, and the rooms have way too many bunks. I advise you to stay out all night partying, because sleep is impossible in the hostel. The street below just echoes with loud drunks parading around until the wee hours of the morning. Honestly, you should rent a room from a local in the old town. You can have your own room in a local's house for the same price as this hostel. Enjoy!
HI - Tallinn - Merevaik Hostel in Tallinn … Hmmm... This hostel was the cheapest I could find, but for a reason. A fair distance out of town meant there was no popping back for that forgotten camera. There was no kitchen, and I slept on an uncomfortable and narrow sofa-bed. If sleep and hot water is all you're after, this place is for you. It was quiet, too. Next door supermarket was also very handy.
Al-Express in Tallinn … This hostel is above Tallinn's LOUDEST gay club, pounding out unbearably loud house music til 4am. Fortunately I could sleep through civil war so I was fine, but the rest of my party spent a very sleepless night here! The heating in our room was also really really hot, and the shower kinda cold/weak/dirty. Location is superb: in the middle of Old Town, and the staff were kind, but if it's restful sleep you're after, I suggest you look elsewhere...
EuroHostel in Tallinn … Don't go to this hostel!! Never! I have been stolen there by the manager of Eurohostel. She and her worker Natalia is f***in' crazy! They are coming to your room without knocking and are very, very rude! Never give them money! Thieves! Don't believe them!
HI - Tallinn - Tatari Hostel in Tallinn … This is a terrible hostel! The staff are rude, not service minded and the cleaning woman stole my soup container in the shower!! The staff are Russian, but if you speak to them in Russian they will treat you even worse! Don't bother to go there, there is no reason to.
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