Otepää Apartments

We have a motorized raft that can be used for a trip on Värska Bay. The raft can carry 15–20 people. It has chairs and a barbecue. You can steer the raft yourself.The use of the raft costs €30/h.

Veski Sports and Holiday Centre is located 2 km from Otepää on the shore of Lake Kaarna.A favorite place for tens of thousands of campers and an idyllic holiday complex next to Otepää!Depending on the season, you can swim in Lake Kaarna, walk or run in the forest, make a bonfire, ride a canoe or a boat, play different ball games or have fun at the playground. In winter, we will build a 3 km long ski trail, and if the ice on the lake permits, you can also skate. The territory has a beach volleyball court with sand, a ball court with artificial grass, and a football field. No event or camp is impossible for us!

Pühajärv, with its picturesque winding shoreline and four islands, is the largest lake in Otepää Nature Park. At the northern tip of Pühajärv, there is a beach area with a beach house, ball courts, a children's playground, recreation areas, a café, and a boat harbor. At the southern tip is the Kooliranna recreation area, and from there begins the Väike Emajõgi, which meanders through Valgamaa. Pühajärve Park is the starting point for the Murrumetsa hiking trail, and around the lake runs the 12 km long Pühajärve hiking trail, which passes by the lake's most famous spring, the Armuallikas. In winter, when weather conditions are suitable, an ice trail is created on the lake for hiking, and a winter swimming area is open at Pühajärve Beach.Pühajärv has provided plenty of inspiration for writers and artists. For example, Fridebert Tuglas and Eino Leino have vacationed here. Information about Konrad Mägi's Pühajärv paintings can be found on an info board by the lakeshore near the GMP Pühajärve restaurant. In 1991, the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, visited Otepää and blessed the lake, an event commemorated by a wooden sculpture on the shore of Pühajärve Park.

The Art Studio sells great Estonian oil paintings and graphic art, high-class leather and wood goods and high temperature ceramics by Aivar Rumvolt. Please do not hesitate to call on us, if you need a special gift for your guest. The Avatud Ateljee Studio organises different courses: you are welcome to sign up for pottery, calligraphy, binding or leatherwork classes. In addition the studio organises poetry reading nights and meetings with artists. Groups can also visit Aivar Rumvolt’s pottery shop in Kubja by previous appointment. In summer there are workshops both for grown-ups and the young.

The Kambja health trails offer everyone the opportunity to be active in nature all year round. The health trails are located near the small town of Kambja, near Kopsumäe and Köstrimäe. The trail offers wide views, forest roads, and some ups and downs.In addition to the marked trails that start and end in the car park (5 and 7.5 km trail), everyone can choose a trail that suits them best!There is a MOBO trail with 15 checkpoints for orienteering enthusiasts. The health trails are also great for Nordic walking and cycling. In snowy winters, everyone is welcome to the cross-country skiing trails and the Kambja–Pangodi ski trail.

Athletes have access to eight sports halls of different sizes and versatile opportunities, as well as a 193 m long running track for both training and competition activities.The sports hall can host spectacular performances, concerts, gymnastics and dance parties, corporate events, and other gatherings. It can also be rented to simply have a nice and sporty time.There is also a café.

When in Kasepää Village near Lake Peipus, go and visit the prayer house of Russian Old Believers, which has been operating without interruption since the 18th century.The current prayer house was built at the beginning of the 20th century. It was designed by the governorate architect Wilhelm Schilling in 1902. The Florov school masters renewed the icons of the iconostasis in the prayer house before the Second World War. Some of the icons in the chapel date back as far as to the 17th century.Prayers are held in the chapel in Russian on Sundays at 10 a.m.

Cyanotype is the process by which an image is produced to fabric by the combination of chemicals and UV light. The result is an image with white lines on a blue background. Make an exciting gift and produce a photo, drawing, or silhouette of a dried plant on a T-shirt or a cloth bag. Fabrics with a thinner texture which have been washed without conditioner and ironed beforehand are suitable for this. It is also possible to buy a cloth bag on site.If you want to produce a photo, send it to us in digital form no later than one day before the workshop. We will help you with the rest.