South-Estonia Den Haag April 2012

South-Estonia South-Estonia offers you an enchanting and wonderful, fairytale land – the landscape becomes hilly and climbing to the top of higher hills you can enjoy the beautiful view of rolling hills and valleys and the deep blue lakes hidden in this magnificent landscape. Also, the local architecture, especially the churches, manor houses and ancient fortresses of Southern Estonia, are worth having a closer look at, in order to better perceive the flavor of the times gone past and of the people that lived here.

Here we are

Family tourism – AHHAA centre in Tartu Fun and science together

Family tourism -Toy museum in Tartu -Vudila theme- and water park – 30 km -Elistvere Animal Park – 30 km -Ponyland – 35 km -Otepää Adventure Park – 40 km -Road Museum – 55 km -Lake Tamula beach and Võru promenade – 65 km

Family Tourism

Nature

We have the highest top of Estonia – Suur Munamägi (316 m) We have the deepest lake – Lake Rõuge (38 m) We have our own “sea” – Lake Peipsi, the 4th largest lake in Europe The longest river of Estonia is Võhandu river (168 km) Our landscape is formed by iceage – drumlins in the north and hills in the west and south, with lakes and rivers in between

Nature

Local Food

Local food Old believers at Lake Peipsi – local fish, onions and vegetables from their own gardens Setomaa – mix of traditional Estonian and Russian cusine with the touch of different seasons (a lot of berries, mushrooms from the local forests) Mulgimaa – the source of traditional Estonian cusine Fresh and green Locally produced

Dank U well! Kontact: Kätlin Kuznetsova Tuuli Elstrok Foundation South-Estonian Tourism Vaksali 17a-207, Tartu 50410, Estonia Tel: