TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE DIARIES

If you are like me when travelling who is constantly on the lookout for lovely historical places to have a cup of coffee or tea and elegant hotspots to hangout, then you have come to the right blog! In Tallinn, Estonia I am sure you will want to visit Maiasmokk Cafe. The cafe is owned by the confectionery company, Kalev and in their branch in Tallinn Old Town, they have a Marzipan Museum Room and a candy shop as well. The little terrace on the entrance in Suurgildi Plats (a small corner square). The main entrance of the cafe is on Pikk Street, just behind this building. Kalev Marzipan Museum Room Website: Kalev Marzipan Museum Room Adjacent to Maiasmokk Cafe is the Kalev Marzipan Museum Room. The museum is tiny sharing with the Kalev confectionery shop which sells mostly marzipan candies. Visiting is free of charge and when a crowd gathers, there is someone from the shop who gives a short lecture about the history and making of Marzipan. What is interesting about t...

The resident jewel of the Kadriorg Park is of course the Kadriorg Palace and its gardens. This is the grandest palace Estonia has. Kadriorg Palace | Kadriorg Art Museum Website: Kadriorg Art Museum The Kadriorg Palace is a Petrine Baroque palace built for Catherine I of Russia by Tsar Peter the Great as a summer residence for the royal couple. The palace nowadays acts as a museum of art, called the Kadriorg Art Museum and is devoted to foreign art mainly Western European Art and Russian Art. I have a thing with museums if they are only showcasing paintings, but I came here as well for the palace’s architecture and interior design, which did not disappoint. It was a shame though that there were no flowers in bloom in the gardens. Perhaps I was too early in May? Nevertheless, the gardens still made a lovely impression. They said that they are similar to the Strelna in Russia and Versailles in France.   Perhaps I came too early, the flowerbeds were still sleeping....