• Food & drink
  • Restaurants

Café Seto Tsäimaja

Pikk tn 56/1, Setomaa vald, Võru maakond, 64001

At Seto Tsäimaja, you can eat Seto food from handmade earthenware and listen to Seto songs and musical instruments. You can also practice Seto by reading from the menu. The restaurant is next to the Värska Farm Museum — combine your dining experience with a visit to the museum and explore the local craft and souvenir shop.
On the second floor of the building, there is a classroom suitable for organizing seminars and meetings or seating for smaller groups.
Prior arrangements should be made for catering for groups, party catering, meeting room use, events in cooperation with Setomaa Museums, etc.

Mugavused

  • WiFi
  • Free parking
  • Seminar room
  • Group catering

Vaata lisaks

  • Monuments

The steam engine monument

The year 1886 when the plan to build the Pihkva-Riga railway with a branch from Valga to Tartu became a crucial year in the development of the little town.The steam engine monument erected near the Valga railway station in 1998 celebrates the 110th anniversary of the Pihkva-Valga-Riga rail connection. Engine SU 251-98 was built in the Sormovo Shipyard in 1949. Interesting facts: * the engine weighs 87 tons and its output is 12 tons of steam per hour; * Riga-Pihkva railway was officially opened on 22 July 1889 in Pihkva.

  • Churches

Tartu Old Believers Prayer House of the Estonian Association of Old Believers Congregations

Tartu Old Believers Prayer House is a small and cosy house of God in the hall under the tower of a large and impressive prayer house destroyed by bombing during the war. This is the only part of the house the congregation has managed to restore by today. You can also see icons from the 19th century and the works of local 20th century icon painters in the Tartu Old Believers Prayer House.Service in Russian takes place at 10 a.m. on Sundays.

  • Guided tours

Cultural-historical walk in Tartu parks and on shores

A peaceful and pleasant guide tour will take us to enjoy the uniqueness of Tartu parks and shores.The parks are enchanting at any time of the year, offering the pleasure of Estonian nature in the spring, in the summer, in the autumn, or in the winter.The walk away from the city noise offers an opportunity to explore the cultural values found in the parks, literary historical connections, and the peculiarities of Estonian nature.The tour is suitable for visitors who want to slowly take everything in, attendant programmes, conferences, corporate or project partners, foreign visitors, and solo travellers and groups.

Weeds for food workshop

In the weed food workshop, we will:- talk about which weeds to eat and which ones to leave in the forest;- study what is good about weeds and how to make the best use of it for our health;- prepare several weed dishes: for example, bread chips with dandelion pesto, mild nettle soup with smoked quail, weed pie with spring salads, and various healthy green smoothies.You can also try out exciting herbal teas and weed chips.Each participant will learn new weed recipes and experience real culinary delights!The workshop will take place at the request of the client in Tartu or Southern Estonia.

  • Guided tours
  • Workshops

Mõniste Museum

The Mõniste Museum is the oldest open-air museum in Estonia; here you can light a fire in a Stone Age tepee or practice archery, slinging or lassoing. You can also learn how to make bone and earthenware objects, weave fishing nets and fabric, grind grain or bake a loaf of Stone Age bread. The threshing barn dating back to Czarist times features the interior of the 19th century building, tools, household utensils and clothing. The farmhouse from the times of the first Republic of Estonia exhibits the tools that blacksmiths used, horse necessaries, handicraft tools, national costumes, folk music instruments, etc. You can also try what farm works felt like at that time.

  • Ruins

12th Century Ruins of the Otepää Bishop’s Castle

Here You can see the ruins of the first known brick building in Estonia on top of the Otepää Hill Fort. Herman I, who became the Bishop of Tartu in autumn 1224, established the first stronghold of its diocese here. A settlement, which was mainly populated by craftsmen and merchants, appeared around the bishop’s castle in the 13th century.Interesting facts: * the oldest traces of a settlement on the Fort date back to approximately the change of the system of chronology; in the 11th century, Otepää was the most important stronghold of the ancient Ugandi County; * a metal map of the Estonian strongholds was installed on the Fort Hill in 1937.

ÖÖD Hötels Rõuge

The cozy ÖÖD Hötels Rõuge mirror house is located in South Estonia on a beautiful hillside by Lake Suurjärv. You can enjoy the sunset from the room or while swimming in the lake. Nearby, you can find the Ööbikuorg observation tower Pesapuu, Hinni Canyon, relaxing hiking trails, and more. The ÖÖD house has everything you need for a holiday — a large, comfortable bed, a fully equipped kitchenette, a spacious terrace with a grill, a toilet, a shower, a cozy interior, and a fantastic panoramic view of nature. This is the place to spend a memorable night alone or with a dear companion!