Kadriorg and the Kumu museum

From the gentle rise of Toompea it’s a precise 2.6 km down Narva Road to Kadriorg, the park laid out from 1718 around Peter the Great’s summer palace for Catherine I. Flat ground, a salt breeze off Tallinn Bay: ponds and the revived French parterre lead on to Kumu, Estonia’s art museum opened in 2006 and award‑lauded for its Saaremaa limestone and glass shell. Inside, the arc runs from 18th‑century works to contemporary pieces, including Soviet‑era art seldom shown abroad.

For this half‑day, your driver collects you at the hotel with a Mercedes on standby, timing flexed to your pace: a pause at the palace, independent browsing at Kumu, then a detour to Pirita. With a private chauffeur in Tallinn, you tour, take photos, maybe try a kohuke at Reval Café while parking and access are handled. The return loops by the Pirita memorial complex (built 1960–1975) and the bay to glimpse St Bridget’s Abbey ruins and, in the right light, the medieval skyline from the marina.