Waide Motel, lunch buffet

In the heart of Tartu Old Town, a door opens to a world where everything is made with love. Restaurant Pompei draws inspiration from Italian cuisine. High-quality ingredients and good flavours are the most important to us. Our cheeses are always fresh and made from the best Southern Estonian milk, which comes straight from a farm. Our pasta is made by hand and with love, changes with the season, and is definitely worth trying! Our wide selection of bubbly and wines includes the best and the most interesting drinks from around the world. You can also order Pompei's craft wine.

Tartu Toy Museum, situated in the Old Town of Tartu, takes adults back to the brighter days of their childhood and offers children plenty of interesting things to see and do.The permanent exhibition displays toys that Estonian children have played with throughout the years. Artist-made dolls, souvenir dolls of different nations, and Finno-Ugric traditional toys are also exhibited. Playrooms and workshops are also open. You can see puppets from Estonian puppet films and temporary exhibitions in the outbuilding. The museum also has a theatre building named ’Teatri kodu’ (The Home of Theatre) with a theatre hall, a museum of puppets, and a children’s studio.

Tartu Festival Arena is a concert venue for up to 15,000 people. It was opened with the 125th Song Festival in 1994. Every year, up to 20 big concerts take place here: for example, Depeche Mode, Manhattan Transfer, and José Carreras have performed here.An activity centre has been developed around the Festival Arena, with a children’s park, a skatepark, a sports park with health trails and disc-golf courses by the river. You can rent sports equipment from the park. The halls in the Festival Arena can be rented for birthdays, seminars, or dance training. A free skating rink is open in winter. Concerts are usually with tickets and entrance is for a fee.

Rest and celebration – you will find them at Haanjamehe farm! Located among the hills of Haanjamaa, Haanjamehe farm is the best place to celebrate the important events of your life. The farm features seven tastefully renovated farm buildings, a village swing, and opportunities for leisure activities. As additional activities, you can participate in various workshops in the forest, on the farmyard, or in the farm buildings, hike with a guide, or engage in teamwork training in collaboration with different partners. For families, there are comfortable family rooms, and children will enjoy the playground. The accommodation offers beautiful views of nature, the garden, and the surrounding landscape, ensuring privacy for a peaceful stay. If ancient Estonians had motels, the best ones would have been just like this. Good to know: well-behaved pets are also welcome.

If you want to enjoy an active vacation or diverse entertainment in the evening, then Tammekännu Holiday Houses are right for you. The beautiful Taevaskoda, which offers different hiking opportunities (with bikes, scooters, kick sledges, skis), is nearby. The River Ahja isn not that far either, and this is one of the best and most beautiful canoeing rivers in South Estonia.There are two holiday houses with a sauna, WC, kitchenette, fireplace, refrigerator and TV. There are also four huts, two for two people and two for three people (shower and toilet in a separate building). We also have a camping and caravan site, barbecue facilities and a smoking oven. You can pre-order catering.

A visit to the Tartu Observatory Visitor Centre in Tõravere represents one of the places worth exploring in South Estonia, marked with a yellow National Geographic window. It is highly recommended for space enthusiasts. What you can see at the observatory: An outdoor area and the Stellarium with space attractions The hilly landscape of Tõravere through the yellow window The largest telescope in the Nordic countries, with a 1.5 m mirror Exhibitions and activities for schools and businesses. Come and visit us; we've got the cosmos here! In autumn, winter, and spring, tours are by appointment only. They are held on weekdays for a minimum of ten people.

Carl Schmidt's House is located in Central Estonia, right in the heart of Põltsamaa, where everything you need is within reach. This means you don't have to worry too much about packing your travel bag. In this old house, not everything is like in a modern glass hotel. It is a historic hotel where you can smell the wood, the walls breathe, grandma's lace doilies adorn the tables, ventilation systems don't hum, and sometimes the walls talk instead... It has been a post office, a secondary school, a hospital, and in the 1960s, it was also a hotel. On the first floor, a cozy café-restaurant, a reception desk, and a hair salon await you. On the second and third floors, there are rooms in three price categories. Additionally, the complex includes the Hullava Naise Pub next to the guesthouse. The unique name and the surrounding imagination are topics of conversation among locals. The pub's menu offers homemade dishes, including daily specials and soups that satisfy even the biggest appetite. Visit Põltsamaa, the pearl of Livonia — a town of history, roses, and wine!

Mooste Manor, established at the time when the Nolcken family ruled the area, lies on the shore of Lake Mooste. Beside the beautiful manor house you will find the pride of Mooste Manor, one of the most impressive auxiliary building ensembles built in the historicist style. Most of the buildings are constructed from stones and decorated with brick. An English-style park adds to the appearance of the manor. The manor house accommodates a school, and the former woodworking workshop has been renovated into the Mooste Manor Guest House. A restorer’s workshop operates in the old workhorse stable, and the Centre for Arts and Social Practice occupies the steward’s house, while the former barn has been transformed into a 500-seat concert hall.