Photos - Baltics 2006
Comtourist usually flies to a destination in the former communist world, travels around by Taxi, Train, Boat or aircraft and stays in Soviet style hotels. In 2007 the time had come to explore the three Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and we decided to make it a camping holiday this time.
We took a ferry from the former GDR port Rostock to Estonia via Helsinki and would from there drive back to Amsterdam. The Baltic countries have excellent camping facilities both in the capital cities and in the beautiful nature reserves. Our four week Baltic tour would take us trough six former communist countries, and many beautiful and interesting places. Both Rostock and Helsinki are places of interest with communist architecture and monuments. In Estonia we camped in beautiful Tallinn and the Island of Saaremaa. In Estonia we canoed and relaxed in Gauja national park and enjoyed the capital Riga. Then we visited Vilnius, Trakai and the Curonian Split in Lithuania. The most extraordinary part of our trip was the three day stay in Kaliningrad, a piece of Russia inside the EU. After brining our way out of Russia we drove back to the Netherlands via Poland and East Germany.
Rostock - Baltics map
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Germany
Rostock
04-Aug-2007
Our route by ferry and car trough the Baltic countries in 2007
Rostock - Lange strasse
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Germany
Rostock
04-Aug-2007
Hochhaus building from the fifties at Rostock’s main street
Rostock - Fountain of joy
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Germany
Rostock
04-Aug-2007
Brunnen der Lebensfreude (fountain of joy) a 1980 GDR fountain
Helsinki - Helsinki ferry
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Finland
Helsinki
06-Aug-2007
Tallink ferry Superfast VII docked in the Helsinki harbour
Baltic Sea - Ferry breakfast
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Poland
Baltic Sea
05-Aug-2007
Ferry breakfast looking over the Baltic Sea with coffee and toast
Baltic Sea - Baltic sunset
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Poland
Baltic Sea
05-Aug-2007
The sun sets over the Baltic Sea, seen from the ferry to Helsinki
Helsinki - Czarina Stone
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Finland
Helsinki
06-Aug-2007
Monument for the 1835 visit of Czar Nicholas and Czarina Alexandra
Tallinn - Tallinn harbour
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Estonia
Tallinn
07-Aug-2007
Ferries and Cruise ships with old Tallinn in the background
Tallinn - Tallinn City Camping
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Estonia
Tallinn
07-Aug-2007
Estonian breakfast in front of our tent on Tallinn city camping
Tallinn - Tallinn City Walls
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Estonia
Tallinn
07-Aug-2007
Guard towers at Tornide valjak part of the Tallinn City Walls
Tallinn - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
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Estonia
Tallinn
07-Aug-2007
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral on Toompea hill in Tallinn
Tallinn - Patkulie viewpoint
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Estonia
Tallinn
07-Aug-2007
View on the old city of Tallinn from the Patkulie viewpoint
Tallinn - Raekoja Plats
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Estonia
Tallinn
07-Aug-2007
Tourists enjoying terraces and shops on Raekoja Plats in Tallinn
Tallinn - Toompea hill
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Estonia
Tallinn
07-Aug-2007
Narrow streets with cobblestones on Toompea hill in Tallinn
Tallinn - Tallinn KGB HQ
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Estonia
Tallinn
07-Aug-2007
Building of the former Estonian KGB headquarters in Tallinn
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In 2007 Comtourist camped a month in the beautiful Baltic countries Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and the Russian enclave Kaliningrad
We started our 2007 Baltic Journey in Estonia, the most Northern of the Baltic states, visiting Tallinn, Paldiski and Saaremaa Island
In Latvia we spend most of our time near Sigulda on a camping near the Gauja river, we did a canoe trip and visited the town of Cesis
In Lithuania we visited the famous hill of crosses, went to Trakai were we camped for a view days to visit Vilnius and Grutas Park
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