Hotel St. Petersbourg

The St. Petersbourg has been receiving guests on Rataskaevu street since the 1850s, which makes it the country's oldest hotel still in business, and its position—one street back from Town Hall Square, beside the photogenic lanes of the upper old town—remains among Tallinn's finest. The sister house to the grander Schlössle around the corner, it offers similar old-town intimacy in a slightly lighter, more playful register: jewel-toned fabrics, marble bathrooms and art-nouveau flourishes behind a pastel facade.

Rooms are snug in the manner of a genuinely old building, but comfortable and individually dressed; deluxe categories gain sitting corners and rooftop-and-gable views over the medieval quarter. Service shares the group's practiced, personal warmth, and guests may use facilities across the sister property.

Dining has long been part of the address's identity, with a kitchen that leans into Baltic and Estonian tradition—game, fish, seasonal produce—served in an intimate ground-floor room. With Town Hall Square, Toompea and the city walls all within minutes, the St. Petersbourg suits travellers who want the Schlössle's location and lineage at a gentler price.