"NARVA - border city of EU" Narva by sihi

Narva Travel Guide: 17 reviews and 27 photos

Narva is the town in North-Eastern part of Estonia in Ida-Virumaa county. (210 km from Tallinn, 50 km from Johvi and 150 km from St. Petersburg)

Narva is the most eastern city of Estonia and it is fourth largest town in the country.
Much of population of the town speaks in Russian. It is very difficult to find & hear Estonian language there.

Narva is known as border city with Russia.

Castle of Narva

At the time of World War II Narva was destroyed. At Soviet period Narva developed as industrial city. Also today Narva is more city of industry then tourist city. Although it is worth a visit, becouse there are some interesting sites.
Narva castle is one of the TOP strongholds in Estonia.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Castle, bastions, river
Cons:ugly block houses

Last visit to Narva: Mar 2006
Intro Updated Mar 14, 2006
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Reviews (16)

Soviet nostalgy Restaurants (1)

Vana Mölder tavern restaurant near the centre of city. Interesting thing about this restaurant is that it is very Soviet... more travel advice

Central hotel in Narva, Ida-Virumaa - Narva

Central hotel Hotels (1)

A good hotel in the centre of the city. Building was created more then 100 years ago. Inside hotel is nice and... more travel advice

Tank T-34, WW II Off The Beaten Path (3)

under construction more travel advice

Lenin in Narva, only 1 in Estonia? - Narva

Yo Vladimir Lenin ...CCCP Local Customs (1)

On the castle territory you can see statue of Vladimir Lenin that was brought here from some main city square in Narva... more travel advice

Shopping (2)
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Things to Do (7)
See All Centre of the town

Favorites (1)
View to Ivangorod castle
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CatherineReichardt Sep 11, 2012 at 1:38 PM

Hi Jevgeni
Lovely page! My husband is particularly keen to visit Narva - now all we need to do to make this an ambition a reality is to plot a return visit to Estonia!
Regards
Cathy
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HORSCHECK Mar 5, 2012 at 4:12 AM

Fabulous page about Narva, which has always been on my must visit list for Estonia. Unfortunately, I never made it there. Interesting to see that they still have a Lenin Statue there.
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Raimix Mar 21, 2011 at 9:57 AM

Nice page! In Estonia also I want to visit Parnu, Saarema and Narva :) I wonder if Estonian and Russian castle staff attacjed each other? Ir it was just for protection? :)
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wroclawiak Sep 18, 2007 at 1:23 PM

Nice winter pictures of Narva. I missed Narva during my visit to Estonia in 2001. Maybe I will be travelling in this part of Europe one day. I am sure I will visit Narva. The castel is marvellous. Greetings.
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LanaFromRiga Mar 4, 2007 at 5:36 AM

Hi! Narva is in my future travel list. I'll get the driver licence and will go there by car. :-)
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diocletianvs Jan 20, 2007 at 1:51 AM

That is one huge church for 3000 people! The tower overshadowing the historic buildings on Peetri square looks quite confusing.
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Ekaterinburg Dec 14, 2006 at 2:50 PM

I'm hoping to go to Estonia before toolong and your intro photo makes me want to go right now. Beautiful ! Katherine:)
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ZiOOlek Jun 4, 2006 at 3:13 AM

Great info abour this "paradoxal city".;) Hope to see more pages about Estonia soon.:)
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khyatt May 13, 2006 at 7:27 PM

Thanks for the tip on travel from Peter to Narva. This page of pics is great. I am supposed to come up with some things I want to see there and now I know what to ask for! Beautiful.
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King_Golo Apr 24, 2006 at 12:37 AM

great narva page! and you're right, it's really paradoxical up there!