The beautiful sandy beaches, numerous sanatoria, hotels, mud and water - cure centers of Estonia attract tens of thousands of tourists and patients annually from various countries.

It is remarkable for such a small country to have so many historically developed resort cities and areas. In addition to Pärnu, Haapsalu, Kuressaare, and Narva-Jõesuu, you are welcome in Tallinn, Viimsi, Toila, Värska, Kubija, and Pühajärve. Quite a range to choose from!

Therapeutic mud is to be found in several parts of Estonia, and its health-giving effects have been known in folk medicine since the earliest times. The first resorts in the current meaning of the term were already well established in the 1820s and '40s. Local sea-water and mud were in use under medical supervision for therapeutic purposes in adapted or purpose-built institutions.