The Hampton by Hilton now open for business in Tallinn, on the corner of Tartu maantee and Jakobson streets, is the international chain’s first property in Estonia’s capital. 

The new hotel makes a homage to Estonian culture and former President Lennart Meri. “The hotel’s location is historical – Meri spent his early childhood in a wooden house formerly in this location. It was also the home of Marie Under, who hosted gatherings of some of the leading lights of that era and the literary society Siuru. That house was torn down back in 1980 to make way for the Eha Cinema ahead of the Tallinn events in the Moscow Olympics.

The hotel’s architecture and interior design in its entirety tip their hat to Estonian culture. Take the concrete external facade, which draws on Estonian national imagery, and the sidewalk slabs are decorated by lines of verse by Under. The links to Estonian cultural heritage continue in the hotel’s interior.

The brand-new 184-room hotel is mainly aimed at business travellers and families, and is logistically convenient for arrivals by air, road and sea alike.

Most of the hotel is five storeys in height, with one part rising to six storeys. It has a restaurant serving American cuisine and a bar, two conference rooms for 60 and 10 people, respectively, and a gym. It is the only Hampton by Hilton hotel in any city to have a sauna.