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The Estonian hotel chain Hestia Hotel Group started operating the four-star Hotel Radi un Draugi in the Old Town of Riga by June 10th. This is the second Hestia hotel in Riga - the Hestia Hotel Jugend is located in the city center.

By the beginning of June Tallinn hotel scene will welcome a new 3-star ibis Tallinn Center Hotel. The modern hotel will have 190 guest rooms including 95 standard double rooms, 65 standard twin rooms, 25 triple rooms and 5 premium rooms with double bed and sauna.  All rooms will be equipped with air-condition, smart TV, WIFI and private facilities with shower and hairdryer.

The new 3-star Ibis Tallinn Centre Hotel is scheduled to open in July 2019. It will be a modern hotel in a new 6-storey building. The hotel will have 190 guest rooms and a restaurant with 120 seats. Located in the city centre in walking distance to the Old Town it is a very welcome addition to the Tallinn hotel scene.

A new four-star business-class spa and conference hotel, the Metropol Spa Hotel, opened its doors on July 15. Located right next to the three-star Metropol in the Rotermann Quarter, it has 137 modern and spacious rooms with a Scandinavian design and features an a la carte restaurant with 130 seats, an urban vintage restaurant with 160 seats.

Estonia is increasingly offering unique accommodation in redeveloped castles and manors. Recently, Taagepera Castle was renovated and extended and will be reopened in July under the name Castle Wagenküll Spa Hotel. The mansion’s history goes back to the 16^th century, while the current castle is one of the best-preserved examples of the art nouveau style in Estonia.

Hestia Hotel Group, one of the largest hotel groups in Estonia, has been operating two new hotels in Tallinn since beginning of March – Hestia Hotel Barons and Hestia Hotel Maestro (formerly the Old Town Maestro). The group is now providing 800 hotel rooms, the biggest number of rooms in Estonia.

In 2018, the Republic of Estonia celebrates its 100^th birthday, and one of the highlights will definitely be visiting the new museum and history discovery centre at Maarjamäe Palace, which will be reopened after extensive renovation on February 1.

The brand new four-star Centennial Hotel Tallinn has celebrated the official opening on the 23rd of November. Many guests from state institutions, corporate sector, media and tourism companies have honoured this event.

Every year Lonely Planet’s writers and staff are requested to nominate destinations and consult their travel community, asking them to specify why each place would be worth visiting in next year based on current travel trends, upcoming events, attractions and more.

A newly built Liivarand SPA Hotel was opened beginning of September in Narva-Jõesuu, a resort town on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, only 12 kilometres from Narva. The hotel has totally 70 cozy guest rooms, free wi-fi, Italian style restaurant, conference centre and banquet room.