Maria Talu — Hotel in Pärnu linn

A conference I attended earlier visited the site which prompted me to bring my wife, children and parents from the US for a stay.||||Maria Farm is a historic over 100 year old family owned farm which offers accommodation in separate cabins. The grounds are very well kept and the nature is all around you. Horses which are available to ride graze leisurely in the pastures just outside the cabins, breakfast and dinner is served inside the 100 year old main building by staff who have been the personal caretakers of the family for almost just as long and often the owner and his family come to the Farm dressed in traditional Estonian attire, not for tourist reasons, but because it's simply what they wear!||||It's back to basics at the Farm which in my opinion is refreshing. The restaurant does not have a menu, you just eat whatever is being prepared for the evening, which is never a disappointment. We had traditional meets and fresh fish for three nights. The breakfast is also done in the same manner with farm fresh duck eggss served with farm raised bacon and other vegetable and chesses. Basically this place is like farm to kitchen without the hype, it's simply how things are done here.||||The Farm takes a little effort to get to but a newly installed bus stop makes it easy to get from Parnu to Maria Farm in 30 minutes by bus. Just tell the bus driver "Maria Farm" Also as mentioned below take the time to go to Kihnu island and discover a UNESCO world heritages site (one of three in Estonia) which is a trip back in time. Don't miss the museum in the island center and if possible rent a bike and explore it on your own, it's the best way.||||Overall if you are on the way to Parnu or just passing through to Tallinn, spend one or two nights the Maria Farm. The nature and genuine character of the people...

My husband and I stayed one night in May. Upon arrival we were greeted by friendly horses. The host lady was very nice, spoke little English. We enjoyed the quiet environment on a farm, an encounter with excited sheep and goats (they thought we would feed them), Finnish sauna and breakfast - oats porridge, bread, boiled eggs, tomato, cucumber, ham and cheese. We did not book well in advance, we made a phone call a day before. Probably because of that and also because we were the only guests that day, dinner was not available, which was understandable. We didn't find anywhere to eat nearby, but a small grocery store. We bought fruits, bread and cheese and ate in the room. Our room seemed to be a self-catering unit, with a kitchen sink and fridge. However there weren't any kitchen tools: no cutlery, plates, mugs, kettle, nor pots/pans. We wondered if the host lady forgot to offer these utensils, or we should have brought our stuff. The room reminded us of school or hospital accommodation: it was very clean and practical. It seems in summer time there may be many guests and lots of fun activities. Overall we had a...

We stayed for one night. The room was clean and warm but very basic and not cosy at all. There's a "kitchenette" but no utensils, pots, pans, nothing. Breakfast was included and the food was very simple and there wasn't much of a choice but the few slices of cheese and ham were tasty. We had dinner there as well which was €10 pp and consisted of some meat, potatoes, and sauce with cake for dessert. We had previously booked horse riding in the forest for 2h but very little information was given. When we arrived we were given horses to clean etc but another guest arrived and it turned out that there had been a double booking so the trainer left with the other guest, first commenting that she's "too tired and lazy to do anything" in a loud voice in front of everybody. We were left with a small year old child about 10-11 years old who, as I understood, rides there sometimes, and took us to a manège where we rode for about an hour. She was friendly though and did what she could. ||||All in all extremely rude and unprofessional staff. Double check and confirm everything to avoid...