The tour opens with a night in a 4-star hotel in Tallinn. On day two you collect your bikes and follow the EuroVelo route out of the city along the northern coast, with optional stops at the Rocca al Mare Open Air Museum, the Türisalu Cliffs and the Keila-Joa waterfall before reaching Padise and its monastery ruins. From there it is small asphalt roads through forest and meadow to Haapsalu, a wooden-house seaside resort with castle ruins and a promenade.

The island section is the heart of the trip. A short ferry from Rohuküla takes you to Hiiumaa, where you ride to Kärdla and then across to Kassari — an old wool factory and the Hiiumaa museum are both on the way. A second ferry from Sõru harbour lands you on Saaremaa, the largest island, and the route to Kuressaare passes the Angla windmills and the Kaali meteorite crater. Kuressaare itself has a 13th-century bishopric castle, and day seven is left free: swim at Järve beach and its dunes, or ride out to the Sõrve peninsula.

A 3 km dam connects Saaremaa to Muhu, and day eight crosses it towards Koguva village, with the Maasi fortress ruins, small windmills and an ostrich farm along the way — and homemade bread to buy. A third ferry from Kuivastu returns you to the mainland, and the last two riding days follow the coast through a nature reserve to Varbla, then past a golf course and the sandy Valgeranna beach into Pärnu, Estonia's summer capital.

What separates this from a generic Baltic bike tour is the island weighting: three ferry crossings and two full islands plus Muhu, rather than a straight line between cities. It is also genuinely self-guided — you get maps, a route description or GPS tracks, and a 24-hour hotline, but no guide riding with you and no luggage transfer on this route, so you carry what you bring.

The operator, Baltic Bike Travel, runs bike tours across the Baltic States, Finland and Poland and also rents bikes from its base in Klaipėda, Lithuania. Bike hire is an optional extra rather than included: trekking bikes, e-bikes and Merida Silex 300 gravel bikes can be added for the nine riding days, each supplied with a repair set, an Ortlieb handlebar bag with a map or phone holder, and collection in Tallinn and drop-off in Pärnu.

What's included

- 11 nights' accommodation in hotels, guesthouses and tourist farms, all rooms with private shower/WC or bath - 11 breakfasts - 24-hour service hotline - Individual information package, one paper copy per room, with maps and route description, or electronic GPS tracks

What's not included

- Arrival and departure transfers - Lunches and dinners - Bike rental - Luggage transport (not possible on this route) - Train and bus tickets - Ferry crossings, paid locally - Tips