Private Tours in Tallinn & Estonia — your driver, your route, your pace.
Private tours in Tallinn and day‑trips across Estonia · Licensed operator YTL001272
- Format Your own vehicle and driver — not a shared bus
- Cruise Port pickup, port return before all‑aboard
- Day trips Lahemaa, Pärnu, Tartu, Haapsalu, Saaremaa
- Licence YTL001272 · Cert. 4‑3/633/2024
Private tours
One vehicle.
Your own itinerary.
SoloTransfer runs private tours in Tallinn and day‑trips across Estonia under international passenger transport licence YTL001272. A private tour means exactly that: one vehicle, one driver and one itinerary built for the people in the car — not a coach on a fixed loop with forty strangers and a schedule nobody chose. The route, the stops, the time spent at each of them and the pace of the day are set by the guest, and adjusted on the day as the guest wishes.
Tallinn rewards this format. The Old Town is compact and best walked, but the city around it — Kadriorg, Pirita, the Seaplane Harbour, the television tower, the Song Festival Grounds — is spread across a wide arc that is awkward on foot and slow by public transport. A private vehicle stitches it together: the driver drops guests at the edge of the pedestrian zone, waits or repositions, and collects them at the far side. No car parks to find, no timetables to read.
For cruise passengers arriving at the Old City Harbour, the same logic applies with one hard constraint — the ship leaves on time whether or not the passengers are on it. SoloTransfer’s shore excursions are timed backwards from all‑aboard, with the driver tracking the vessel’s schedule and the return to the pier guaranteed with a margin. Five packages below are pre‑built for cruise calls; every one of them can be changed on request.
The fleet covers every group size from a couple in the Mercedes‑Benz EQE to a family or friends’ group in the V‑Class and larger private parties of up to 22 in the Sprinter Minibus. Pricing is per vehicle, not per person, fixed at booking and confirmed in writing. There are no add‑ons on the day, no fuel supplements and no charge for changing the route as you go.
Cruise shore excursions
Five packages
for cruise passengers.
Priced per vehicle · port pickup and return included
- Small group · 3–4 h
Tallinn Small‑Group Shore Excursion for Cruise Ships
A private vehicle collects your party at the cruise terminal and covers the essentials of the capital in one relaxed loop: the Toompea viewpoints over the Old Town roofs, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, a guided walk down through the medieval streets to Town Hall Square, then Kadriorg Park and the seaside promenade at Pirita. Time on foot in the Old Town is built in; the driver waits at the agreed exit. Return to the pier well before all‑aboard.
- 4 hours
4‑Hour Tallinn Tour for Cruise Passengers
Designed for calls with a short window. Four hours from terminal to terminal, with the vehicle doing the distance and the guests doing the sights: the upper town, the lower town, the city walls and towers, the Rotermann quarter and the Seaplane Harbour waterfront. The stops and the time at each are agreed in the vehicle on the way in, not fixed in advance.
- Off the main route · 4–5 h
Tallinn Gems Tour Designed Especially for Cruise Passengers
For guests who have seen the Old Town before, or who want the city beyond the postcard. Kalamaja’s wooden streets and Telliskivi creative quarter, the Seaplane Harbour, Pirita convent ruins and the beach, the Song Festival Grounds and the Kadriorg palace park. A driver who knows where to stop for coffee and where the view actually is.
- Essentials · 3 h
Tallinn Highlights Shore Excursion
The core of Tallinn in three hours with nothing left out: Toompea Hill and its two viewing platforms, the cathedral, the Danish King’s Garden, Town Hall Square, St Olaf’s Church and the Great Coastal Gate, then a drive along the bay to Pirita for the panorama of the city from the water’s edge. The right package for first‑time visitors with a mid‑afternoon departure.
- City sightseeing · 5–6 h
City Sightseeing Tallinn with SoloTransfer
A full shore day for calls with a long window. Everything in the Highlights package plus Kadriorg Palace and KUMU art museum, the Estonian Open Air Museum at Rocca al Mare or the television tower at Pirita, and a lunch stop of your choosing. Suitable for families and multi‑generational parties: the vehicle is the base for the day, and nobody has to keep up with a flag.
Port timing
Back at the pier
before all‑aboard.
“A shore excursion has one hard deadline. The whole day is planned backwards from it.”
Every cruise package is scheduled from the ship’s published all‑aboard time, not from the departure time on the itinerary. The driver holds the vessel’s schedule, tracks it on the day and builds a margin into the return leg. If a ship’s call is shortened or a berth changes, the operations coordinator adjusts the route before the guests notice. Tallinn is a compact city — the furthest stop on any package is under twenty minutes from the terminal — which is exactly why a private vehicle makes a short call feel unhurried.
Pickup is at the cruise terminal with a name board. Passengers who prefer to book through their ship’s concierge or a travel agent can do so; the booking is confirmed in writing in either case, with the vehicle category, the package and the fixed price stated. For ships calling on consecutive days or lines with a regular Tallinn rotation, a standing arrangement is available.
Day trips
Beyond Tallinn,
across Estonia.
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Lahemaa National Park
An hour east of Tallinn: the manor houses of Palmse, Sagadi and Vihula, the fishing villages of Käsmu and Altja, bog boardwalks and the Baltic coast. The classic full‑day trip from the capital.
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Pärnu & the west coast
Estonia’s summer capital, two hours south‑west — the beach, the resort villas and the spa town centre. Combined on request with Haapsalu’s castle and seaside promenade on the way back.
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Tartu
The university city, two and a half hours south. Town Hall Square, the university quarter, the Estonian National Museum and the Supilinn wooden district. Return the same evening or overnight.
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Haapsalu
A quiet resort town on the west coast with a medieval bishop’s castle, a wooden railway station and a seafront that Tchaikovsky wrote about. An easy half‑day from Tallinn.
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Saaremaa & Muhu
The islands by ferry: Kuressaare castle, the Angla windmills, Kaali meteorite crater and Muhu’s village churches. A long day or, better, an overnight; the vehicle crosses with you.
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Narva & the east
Three hours east to the river border with Russia: Narva Castle facing Ivangorod, the Kreenholm textile district and the Baltic resort of Narva‑Jõesuu. A different Estonia from the capital.
For families, hotels
& travel planners.
Hotel guests & private travellers
Guests staying in Tallinn book a half‑day or full‑day with the vehicle and decide the route in the car. Multi‑day programmes across Estonia — Tallinn, Lahemaa, Tartu, the islands — are planned with the operations coordinator, with hotels booked by the guest or arranged on request. The driver stays with the party for the full programme; the same face every morning. Child seats are provided at no charge and confirmed at booking.
Travel agents & concierge desks
Hotel concierges, cruise‑line shore teams and travel agents working with SoloTransfer receive a written confirmation for every booking, a fixed per‑vehicle price and one operations contact for changes on the day. Standing arrangements with preferred pricing are available for agents with a regular Tallinn volume. Compliance documentation — licence YTL001272, insurance and driver certification — is provided on request for agents whose clients require it.
Service area
Tallinn and
all of Estonia.
Private tours operate from Tallinn to any destination in Estonia, with the vehicle and driver assigned to the party for the agreed period. Cross‑border day trips to Riga and Helsinki are available under the same licence YTL001272, in the same vehicle, without a change of operator. Multi‑day tours across the three Baltic capitals are planned as one booking with one coordinator.
- Tallinn Old Town · Kadriorg · Pirita · Port
- Lahemaa Manors · coast · ~1 h
- Pärnu Beach · spa town · ~2 h
- Tartu University city · ~2.5 h
- Saaremaa Ferry · Kuressaare · full day
- Riga · Helsinki Cross‑border day trips
FAQ
Frequently asked
questions.
How are private tours priced?
Per vehicle, not per person. The price depends on the vehicle category, the duration and the route, and it is fixed at booking and confirmed in writing. Fuel, the driver, waiting time and standard operational costs are included. Entrance tickets, ferry fares and a licensed tour guide, where requested, are itemised separately so the total is clear before the day.
Is a guide included, or is it just a driver?
Every tour comes with a professional chauffeur who knows the city and the routes and is happy to explain what you are looking at, in English, Russian or Estonian. For a fully narrated experience, a licensed tour guide — including specialist historians for heritage tours — is arranged on request and joins the vehicle for the duration.
What happens if our cruise ship is delayed or the call is shortened?
The driver tracks the vessel’s schedule on the day. If arrival is late, the pickup moves with it; if the call is shortened, the coordinator trims the route so the return to the pier keeps its margin. The price does not change. Port return before all-aboard is the one fixed point of every cruise package.
What group sizes can you take on one tour?
From a single passenger or a couple in the Mercedes‑Benz EQE, through family groups of up to seven in the V‑Class, to private parties of up to 22 in the Sprinter Minibus. Larger groups travel in the 55-seat touring coach or in a convoy of vehicles coordinated by one contact.
Can we design our own route instead of choosing a package?
Yes. The five cruise packages exist because they save time for passengers with a short call. Any tour — in Tallinn or across Estonia — can be built from scratch with the operations coordinator, or simply decided in the vehicle on the morning. The driver adjusts as the day goes.
Direct enquiry
Plan your private tour
Tell us your dates, the size of your party and what you would like to see — or your ship and its call times. One coordinator replies with a route and a fixed per‑vehicle price.
No booking platform, no automated reply. A direct response from the operations team.