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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We visited both with our kiddo when she was a toddler. Sofia is nice, and within a few hours you could also visit parts of Serbia or north Macedonia. We did that and enjoyed it, but overall, they weren’t the most fun locations for a toddler.

During a different trip, we went to Estonia and loved Tallinn. Age 5, your child may really like the history, and there are great castles to explore, cool cobblestone streets, and also some pretty nice shopping and interesting restaurants. They’re also very close to the sea, which is an added bonus. During that trip we did three days in Estonia and traveled on to do a few days in Latvia and Lithuania. You could easily add on one of those if you’d like to see more than one location. Also, you can take a high-speed ferry across to hell think he, which might be fun.

Or, as another suggested, you could do a longer trip and include St. Petersburg. That may be more difficult to coordinate given the visa situation, unless you take an overnight ferry cruise, where Americans can avoid requiring a visa, if you visit STP for under 48 hours. It’s not super luxurious, but I did this (but before kids) and it was quite doable. Can give more detail if you’d like. [/quote]

Thank you! We have also been considering adding Latvia and/or Lithuania or just exploring more of Estonia (outside of Tallinn). What are your opinions on Latvia and Lithuania. Better to save for their own trip or add on to Estonia? I worry we'll be too rushed and if we stay in Estonia we can enjoy more that the country has to offer.  Many thanks![/quote]

PP here. We liked Latvia (stayed in Riga) but found Lithuania (we stayed city center in Vilnius) to be the more enjoyable of the two. Vilnius is bigger, had tons of great restaurants and shopping, and a lot of green space and playgrounds. The historic sites were pretty easy to navigate with a stroller too. If I were you, I’d go to two locations: Tallinn and Vilnius or Tallinn and Helsinki. The former is a one hour flight between cities, but if you base yourself in Vilnius you can just take the high-speed ferry across to Finland and not have to deal with another airplane. Our style of travel is about three days max in a main city, usually with at least one side trip, so we typically would fit two countries in a one-week timeframe. I know others don’t like that, but the Baktic The former is a one hour flight between cities, but if you base yourself in Vilnius you can just take the high-speed ferry across to Finland and not have to deal with another airplane. Our style of travel is about three days max in a main city, usually with at least one side trip, so we typically would fit two countries in a one-week timeframe. I know others don’t like that One of the best benefits of visiting the Baltic states is having pretty easy transit times between countries![/quote]

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