Swissotel TallinnvsTallinn Backpackers
Swissotel Tallinn and Tallinn Backpackers are both recommended by professionals. On balance, Swissotel Tallinn is preferred by most writers compared to Tallinn Backpackers. Swissotel Tallinn comes in at 81 with approval from 4 sources including The Telegraph, Condé Nast Traveler and Lonely Planet.
Swissotel Tallinn
Tornimae 3, Tallinn 10145, Estonia
From $97/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Condé Nast Traveler
86.1
"Overlooking the city and the Baltic Sea, the Presidential Suite includes touches like chandeliers and a private sauna." Full review
Star Service
"This glimmering, glass-lined business hotel is one of the newer additions to the Tallinn skyline and is the tallest building in the city." Full review
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Request rooms with views of the old town and harbor.
The Telegraph
8.0
"The Swissotel, housed in Tallinn’s tallest building, is perhaps top of the range among the Estonian capital’s large luxury hotels." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Raising the standards at the big end of town while stretching up 30 floors, this 238-room hotel offers elegant, sumptuous rooms with superlative views." Full review
Tallinn Backpackers
Olevimagi 11, Tallinn 10123, Estonia
From $8/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Kitchenette
- Fax / photocopying
Rough Guide
"Welcoming hostel enjoying an ideal Old Town location, with six- to eight-bed dorms, some en-suite."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"In an ideal Old Town location, this place has a global feel and a roll-call of traveller-happy features: free wifi and lockers, cheap dinners, a foosball table." Full review
Frommer's
"Tallinn Backpackers is by far the most popular hostel in the city, and for good reason." Full review