Fun things to do in Parnu: 20 fun attractions and activities

Nice beach. Probably great during the summer. Tons of people wind surfing.

Cool beach to spend your summer holidays! It has a perfect infrastructure, nice sand, warm water. For us, it's the nicest beach in Europe.

Long straight beach with white sand. Easy on the feet. The water is shallow so very suitable for kids. Coffee shops and others along the shore. I traveled there in Autumn.

I love it 🇪🇪💙 so pure and crystal clear water, soft sand and large beach. There is also nice bar and very best big sweet drinks /smoothies and great music and children were dancing also friday night .

It's not quite summer, but -18°c in deep winter! There is a lot to see on Pärnu beach, the bay is frozen, people are walking and enjoying the sunset!

Long, clean beach. Was completely empty in September. The water is very shallow: after 20m, my ankle was not completely under water. Probably a good thing if you want a photo of you walking on the water.

Nice beach, the sand is clean. there are plenty of parking spots available around, There is also a restaurant along the beach, kids activities to play with, beach volleyball or soccer infrastructures are available.

Nice building. Big contrast in style and color with the newer addition.

Cool building

It's not the most exciting of places, but the wall-top view in the newly renovated garden adjacent is wonderful - worth your time and a wonderful bit of history The soviets made sure to build the Nevsky cathedral a "screw you" distance from it. You'll see what I mean

(Translated by Google) Real beautiful and pleasant city. Fantastic stop if you are traveling between Tallinn and Riga. A small and cozy center, park resources and if you are lucky (and win) a nice beach to swim on. (Original) Ciudad real bonita como agradable. Fantástica parada so estás viajando entre Tallinn y Riga. Un centro pequeño y acogedor, recursos parques y si tienes suerte (y ganas) una bonita playa en la que bañarte.

(Translated by Google) The city of Pärnu is a wonderful seaside resort that can be proud of the honorary title "summer capital of Estonia". Its beginning can be connected with the 13th century. and the establishment of a new bishopric, which had its headquarters here. Unfortunately, the bishop was only there for ten years, before the city and the bishop's residence were conquered and burned down by the Lithuanians. In the same period, a new town was built under the Crusader fortress, a short distance from the old one, and from that time until 1599, two separate Pärna were distinguished, the new and the old. Thanks to the trade route to Russian Novgorod, the city developed well and grew rich. Although it often fell into the clutches of rival armies through its wealth and was burned several times, it always recovered and rebuilt. In the 18th century Tart University moved here for a short time. In the 19th century Pärnu was so important that it competed with Tallinn itself for the importance of the most important city in Estonia. This was amplified after the city became the center of Estonia's national revival in the same century. In the second half of the 18th century Spas also developed in the city, and Pärnu is still the largest resort in Estonia. Thanks to this rich past, you will find a number of churches, beautiful buildings and the remains of a massive bastion fortress in Pärnu. A long promenade stretches along the beach with a number of businesses and hotels of various offers and qualities. In the center there are also a number of restaurants and bars for every time of day. (Original) Město Pärnu je nádherné přímořské letovisko, které se může pyšnit čestným titulem "hlavní letní město Estonska". Jeho počátku lze spojit s 13. stol. a založením nového biskupství, které mělo právě zde sídlo. Bohužel tu biskup byl jenom deset let, než město i se sídlem biskupa dobili a vypálili Litevci. Ve stejném období vzniklo i nové město pod křižáckou pevností, kousek od toho starého a od té doby až do roku 1599 se rozlišovali dvě samostatná Pärna a to nové a staré. Díky obchodní stezce do ruského Novgorodu se město dobře rozvíjelo a bohatlo. I když častokrát padlo díky svému bohatství do spárů soupeřících armád a několikrát bylo vypáleno, vždy se vzpamatovalo a obnovilo. V 18. stol. se sem i na krátko přesunula Tartská univerzita. V 19. stol. bylo Pärnu tak významné že soupeřilo se samotným Tallinnem o význam nejdůležitějšího města Estonska. To bylo umocněno poté co ve stejném století se z města stalo centrum národního obrození Estonska. V druhé polovině 18. stol. se ve města rozvinulo i lázeňství a dodnes je Pärnu největším letoviskem Estonska. Díky této bohaté minulosti, najdete v Pärnu řadu kostelů, nádherných budov a zbytky mohutné bastionové pevnosti. Podél pláže se táhne dlouhá promenáda s množstvím podniků a hotelů nejrůznějších nabídek a kvalit. V centru je taktéž řada restaurací a barů pro každou denní dobu.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful historic building with great architecture and atmosphere. Central location in the city, perfect for photos and walks. (Original) Красивое историческое здание с отличной архитектурой и атмосферой. Центральное место в городе, идеально для фото и прогулок.

(Translated by Google) Cool, awesome (Original) Прикольно, классно

Many museums in Estonia used to just be dusty rooms with someone's old crap on display and old ladies guarding the coats. Sadly, the downstairs gallery at this museum is still that way. I went to the "Metslased" exhibit, because I'm a major fan of Kaupo Kikkas's photography. But this "gallery" turned out to be just an old bank which has never been renovated--security cameras still hang above the filthy, worn carpeting where the tellers stood. The lighting has never been updated, which hardly matters since the staff did not turn on the lights even after we asked. The art is poorly displayed and difficult to see in the cave-like darkness of this, um, gallery. Kikkas' photos are great as expected, but the others on display, while they may have historic value in cataloguing trees, are not worthy of an art gallery. Their reproduction quality is poor and they are cheaply mounted on foamcore and stuck to the wall with nails. Things used to be cheap in Estonia, and so it wasn't a big deal if you paid for something and were disappointed. But things have changed now. They should pay you to visit this gallery, not the other way around. What can I say that's nice? The lady selling tickets was nice, but the downstairs gallery is a ripoff that the City of Pärnu ought to shutter.

I'm not saying that I hate all the art that is exhibited, but the quality of the collection does not merit 9€ entrance. For a few euro more, you can get into the national art museum in Tallinn or to the national museums in Latvia and Lithuania. Unless you really don't care about money at all, skip this one.

Rather overpriced admission (9 euros) for a museum that took me literally 10 minutes to look around, and I was having a proper look at the exhibits. The staff were unfriendly and all looked like they would much prefer to be somewhere else.

The new location in the very center of Pärnu is excellent, and so are this little museum's temporary exhibitions. I enjoy a visit almost every time I'm in town, and suggest you try it out, too. I't not expensive, either, and so visitor friendly in all aspects.

For the small gallery it is super well curated.

Not many things to see. 30mn to 1 hour required.

Great art, but not a big museum.

Very nice old and historically precious church Unfortunately now it's have been restored, but inside it's all beauty.

Awesome church, quite spacious and pretty unique interior. Very nice organs. Went to the organ fest, was wonderful.

Very beautiful. Attend the annual Organ Festival in summer if you can.

Very cold. There was a music performance there and performers were freezing during their performance.

Beautiful old church. Not in so good condition from outside but beautiful inside. It has interesting shape. Worth to visit. No entrance fee. Worth to visit.

Full of light,nice church that making perfomans/concerts some times.

Beautiful small church in the town centre.

What can I say, it’s a beautifully restored tower. The main attraction is the 360 movie on the top floor, takes about 10 minutes and off you go. Basically there’s nothing much more… Not 100% sure if it’s well spent ticket money but you can think of it as a support of the culture, makes you feel good.

Friendly customer service. Great air conditioning. The 8 euro informational film was not worth it. It was a 360 degree film about local history, but you had to constantly turn back to the monitor to read the description. Perhaps hire a voice over artist to record the text so one can listen while enjoying the 360 movie. Or just pay someone to stand there and read it out loud. I can do it on Sunday’s as I have nothing else to do.

It was closed the day we visited Nevertheless it was an interesting place to visit since it has a lot of history attached to it

Loved the tower. Great place of history in town. Great movie, but I missed the over reading, would be great to voice it. And I wish jail part was restored. Very friendly staff.

I liked the 360 degrees movie through history, the maket of Pärnu. Museum attendant was so nice, explaining everything. Thank you.

Short interesting animated video about history of Pärnu from the ice age to the present time.

It's worth visiting the Red Tower for the panoramic cinema experience. Great fun.

East of the centre of Pärnu is the Issandamuutmise kirik (Transfiguration Cathedral) of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church. The church was built between 1902 and 1904 in the Russian Revival style. The iconostasis of the church dates from 1927 and was made by V. Melnikov and P. O'Connell. When the Diocese of Pärnu and Saare was established in 2008, the church was given the status of a cathedral. In 2009, Aleksander Hopjorski was consecrated in this cathedral as the first bishop of Pärnu and Saare.

Worth a visit.

Very nice and quiet Orthodox Church

Good architecture.

Prayers in Estonian.

Beautiful!!!

A beautiful and interesting church, it's always one of the first things I see after leaving the bus station in Pärnu - and it always makes me want to stop and have a look at it.

For a theatre its fine, but half time is too crowded (and if youre with a partner toilets are too far apart.)

Best thetare in Estonia. Nice place.

Ok!👏

Decent theatre but only two cafes, so if it' crowded, you cannot rely on having a coffee during the break. The rows on the balcony are narrow for tall people. The wardrobe was understaffed, we had to wait forever for our coats and there were almist no places to put your things while you get dressed to go out.

A cosy place, very friendly staff. Super comfortable seats, we really enjoyed the show. A bit longish queue for refreshments but still all OK. Recommended!

New year opening 2019.

The best theater in Estonia, very interesting and funny shows. Ticket costs are reasonable. Recommend it!

Cute elefants everywhere, nice playgrounds, a beautiful park on the way to the beach. However, in the evening or when the wind blows less strong, mosquitoes become quite a problem...

Lovely park, with lovely benches, small fountain, birds singing, clean, even some games that can be played (checkers). Beautiful place near the seaside to read a book on the bench and enjoy the birds singing.

Beautiful park, with restaurant in park heart. I don’t like to walk, so I rented a bike.

Park is clean, and there is plenty of room to chill. Special events in the park form time to time. This time, there was the ending of the motorcycle season, which happens every autumn.

A peaceful green escape perfect for a quiet moment.

Pärnu Beach Park is on your way when you walk from the center and old town to the beach. It's a part of the beautiful beach area, a must visit place! There are places for a picnic, on hot summer days you can enjoy the shadows of big trees.

Days like that (hot&sunny) Rannapuisto is like Spain🥰 We rented a bikes that was brought to our hotel and with 10€/ day we saw hole Pärnu inside out, front and back. All nice and beautiful🥰

Lovely park. 1 side water fall and lots of green space & boats on river and 1 side for kids skateboard ring slides and hills. Worth the walk

Peaceful and romantic place for a walk.

A huge park in center city with a separate skate park, basketball court, and children's play area. There are numerous structures to climb on with slides and climbing ropes. There's a jumping court and plenty of covered seating for patient parents.

Lovely park. I came here for the hanseatic festival which had brilliant themed entertainment, market stalls and food/drinks. Nice lake and greenery for walks.

Beatifull place, nice weather and great peole

A nice park that has been restored to a really nice condition - it used to be a really desolate place a decade ago. Enjoy the fountain, the paths along the shoreline, the playground and or the marina - it's awesome!

Cool looking gate with a pretty design

Good place to have a bear and dance, always has a good crowd. Don't order cocktails as they are telerible. And live concerts start late, last one started after 01:00.

Messed up order and made us pay extra at table for food we didn't order

Love it!

It took more than 1hr to bring onion rings and then it turned out that there was a mix up and I’m not getting my main dish. After 1 HOUR! Had to eat my friend’a food, which wasn’t tasty at all. Waiters looked 16 y.o. and didn’t seem to care about anything. Surprised to find such a bad place in the middle of Pärnu.

Looks real nice,i shall return

Really slow service and salty food. Its like eating in the basement. Really dark. Good thing is alcohol tastes better when you're hungry.

We was here many times in last years and it was the best. Now something is changed, maybe owner. Menu was cut in half etc.

I loved it. Owner tells facts about his animals in interesting manner. You can eat one of cockroaches, if you are up to. Exotic animal such as small crocodile (not really a crocodile, but similar), lizards, snakes, turtles. It was super experience:) For family ticket - 18 Adult-7

Excellent place!!! Owner showed us everything, he in Latvian told each snake and retail name, was chance to hold a snake (even the most poisonous, of course we said no), to eat cockroach (thanks, no).

What you see is what you get and more. For only 14 eur for two adults (a price that didn't seem to change for 6 years!!) you get to experience the most enthusiastically driven minizoo I have ever seen. A surprisingly diverse amount of species (snakes, turtles and tortoises, lizards, etc). The owners speak a plethora of languages, drown you in interesting trivia and really seem to have passion for what they are doing. If you are around and you have a thing for crawling and slithering things, certainly a place worth visiting.

What a great place! I got so much fun there. You can touch and pet snakes, turtles, and small crocodiles. Also, you can even buy a little snake. Iris (lady that works there) knows a lot about all the animals she keeps. If you are lucky to spend there some hour or two (especially in the morning), you will catch the moment when Iris feeds the animals. If not, you can ask this lady to show you how one feeds a spider or a snake. Still feeling only positive emotions!

Very nice small terrarium with snakes, spiders, turtles, alligators, lizards etc. Very helpful owner speaking at least Finnish and Estonia, possibly English also. ( We did not try ) 2 year old liked dolls and teddy bears etc. available to play with while 7 years old toured the terrarium.

Intense and close up with the snakes! I would call this a tropical mini-zoo as it has mostly reptiles, some spiders and fish too. Staff are very involved and friendly, bringing out scream snakes for people to handle, if they wished.

Very small, 2-3 room, exotic animal exhibition, not really a zoo. But the owner is very passionate and answers any questions and is very friendly. Close to a very beautiful parc.

Beautiful place to walk around, however its kinda small

Nice little boardwalk, plenty to see. Well kitted out beach nearby too and parking is free off season (1.09 to 30.4). Good toilets at car park.

Thoughtfully built over the marshland, allowing you to take a stroll while getting close to nature. Beautiful views of the sunset from here.

A lovely wooden walkway by the beach, above the marshes. It gets you from the city directly at the beautiful Parnu beach.

Just a basic almost circular walkway behind the beach. You can circle it for less than 10 mins.

Beautiful place for enjoying sunset or sunrise 😍

Pärnu, a wonderful sea side resort with a long tradition. Beautiful long beach, lovely cafés on the beach, charming old town. Go there. Can really recommend the place.

The acoustics are wonderful. It's a smaller concert hall with an intimate atmosphere and a wonderful staff.

Fantastic place, extremely good acoustic 👌 I will definitely come back 👍

Gorgeous venue for opera and other musical arts. Beautifully designed, modern, and excellent acoustics. A real gem!

Modern concert hall in the heart of the Estonia's summer capital Pärnu that hosts a wide variety of quality concerts throughout the year.

Nice summer concert hall

Great venue, excellent acoustic and outstanding programming.

Beautiful concert hall. Backstage is well renovated, audience side quite as well too, but the auditorium is a bit old fashioned. Otherwise love that it has a shopping mall so close, very handy.

This is a beautiful city park on one of the harbor inlets. The Tallinn Gate overlooks the Kohu boat dock and the newly renovated pedestrian bridge. This park has plenty of bench seating along the water front and houses the PÄRNU word sculpture.

Pretty little building in nice colors.

Beautiful park. Peaceful place at Pärnu centre to relax and to take a moment for youself. Different open air concerts and festivals are held there during spring and summer. There is small marina at the backside of the park in channel.

Nice fountain (apparently the highest in Estonia), slightly damaged town model and the beautiful Tallinn town gate. Good to sit down and relax, enjoying the sunset

👉 Tallinn Gate, it is the only surviving 17th century gate in the baltic countries, is the only part of the fortification left in Pärnu the rest was removed in the 19th century. ▶️ The gate was designed by the Swedish fortification architect Erik Dahlberg. In old days it was named Carl Gustavs gate after the Swedish king.

Nice park behind the gate, a bridge over a river, great houses across the road.

Nice place to walk and there are often events, concerts etc.

Stumbled onto the ladies beach. Great! Had a titillating time!

Super.

Nice 🏖

Ok

Not bad

(Translated by Google) Beautiful beach, close to the women's beach (nudist beach), better space. The sandy beach is as good as the crowded one on the other side of the beach. (Original) Kaunis ranta, lähellä naisten rantaa (nudistirantaa) paremmin tilaa. Hiekkaranta yhtä hyvä kuin tukkoisessa toisessa puolessa rantaa.

(Translated by Google) Nice beach, nearby parking, changing rooms, toilet, water, cafe. (Original) Хороший пляж, рядом парковка, переодевалки, туалет, вода, кафе.

Amazing memories at this club when I played the ITF Futures event here in 1997 or 1998. Hope the club is going well now

(Translated by Google) A pleasant location in the greenery and in the middle of the Pärna Mountains, but not very spectator-friendly in terms of its architecture. (Original) Sümpaatne asukoht roheluses ja Pärnade keskel, aga mitte kuigi pealtvaatjasõbralik oma arhitektuurilt.

(Translated by Google) A historic tennis club between the alleys of Pärnade, where you still want to play. (Original) Pärnade alleede vaheline ajalooline tenniseklubi, kus ikka mängida tahetakse.

(Translated by Google) Nice, excellent fields in a great location. (Original) Hienot, loistokuntoiset kentät hienolla paikalla.

(Translated by Google) A tennis club with long traditions in the city center (Original) Pikkade traditsioonidega tenniseklubi kesklinnas

(Translated by Google) Awesome place (Original) Äge koht

(Translated by Google) Excellent, I recommend 😊 (Original) Suurepärane, soovitan 😊

Nice place for kids. Lots of activities for children. Playing area is free and You can pay and enjoy as well Mini golf, cart riding, bouncy castle R-kiosk serving good foods

Excellent playground near the sea. There are swings, a slide, a sandbox. The child really likes it here, likes to spend time here.

Lots of things to do, lots of tempting pay to play toys as well. And a cute kiosk in the middle.

Great for young children. Pedal and electric cars, bouncy castle, trampoline, radio control cars on top of the beautiful sandy shallow bay and a great free play area. Pricing on the cars was unclear and changes announced last minute, so could be better sign posted, but great to have them available.

Really good attractions. But make sure to read the infotainment table which will show you the colors on the ground mark the age difficulty of playground objects. Also you can get ice cream from the centre.

One of the best playgrounds in Pärnu! There are swings, slides and other attractions for kids in different ages.🎈

A nice playground area, with many activities, though quite crowded. Also quite limited for toddlers.

Nice playground but no protection from the sun

The child really likes this playground.

A sea-themed children's park with a pirate ship, is a good place for children to play.

The place was nice and quiet, and all and it was a nice experience

Its ok, a bit small

Nice park for kids

My son's favorite playground 🛥