Old Town

Our "Central Hotel" has pleased us not only a cozy room and convenient location, but also an excellent breakfast.
After breakfast, on Thursday morning, August 11, 2016, we went to the "Old Town" of Tallinn.

The "Old Town" is the oldest part of Tallinn. Its history.
But thanks to this part of the city - Tallinn is known all over the world.
Thousands of tourists come here to see the narrow crooked streets, squares and medieval buildings and churches.

The "Old Town" of Tallinn was conditionally divided into the Lower Town and Upper Town - Toompea, which is located on the hill of Toompea, behind the fortress wall.

Noble people, knights and clergy lived on the hill of Toompea...

Merchants, artisans and ordinary people lived in the Lower Town.

From the hotel to the "Old Town" we reached in 10 minutes.
Here is the Viru Square, and here are the old city gates on Viru Street - "Viru Varavad" (Viru Gate).
These are the two towers that remained from the old gate...

The Viru Gate was built at the end of the 13th century...
In 1843 the Gate was destroyed and only two towers remained.

Unfortunately, there was a road construction and it was difficult for us to make good photos.

A large number of tourists and narrow streets also create difficulties for such novice photographers like us.

We moved towards Niguliste Street...

Here, in house # 2, there is an information tourist center, where you can take a map of Tallinn and buy a guide to the city.

We took a map and went to the "Upper Town" - Toompea.