Description Saaremaa, Estonia
Saaremaa - the biggest island of Estonia and the third largest island in the Baltic Sea after Zealand and the islands of Gotland. Symbols of Saaremaa - juniper, dolomite and windmills. The island is a nature reserve of national identity, which perfectly preserved in folk traditions. If the capital can often hear Russian speech, then in Saaremaa in Russian express himself only by foreign tourists. At all times local places famous for its healing mud. Now on the spot opened up sources of modern health centers. Administratively, the island of Saaremaa is a county of Saaremaa, consisting of 16 municipalities: 15 counties and one city government. The structure also includes the county of Saaremaa Island Muhu, Abruka, Vilsandi, Ruhnu and other smaller islands.
Second largest Estonian island of Hiiumaa is 6 kilometers north of the northernmost point of Saaremaa, Peninsula Pammana. The size of the island from north to south about 88 kilometers from west to east - 90 miles.
Saaremaa is connected to the neighboring Muhu dam, on which paved the way, but from Kuivastu on Muhu been established ferry to the port Virtsu that on the mainland. The capital of the island and the county is the town of Kuressaare, with a population of about 16 thousand people standing in the bay of the same name in the south. The second largest town of the island - it Orissaare in the north-east.
In Saaremaa everything breathes history. On the farms have been preserved houses with thatched roof and stone walls, and the local elderly people are kept in chests of clothes and speak their own dialect.
On the Estonian islands dominated relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Recently there actively developing tourism and resort business. Saaremaa a luxury hotel and spa, offering quality care and a pleasant stay.
The coast is mostly rocky beaches. In some places there are rock cliffs, such as the 22-meter sheer cliff Panga Punk Bay Kyudema or steep bank Undva Punk, located on the peninsula Tagamyyza in the north-west of the island.