Guided tours

The Red Tower of Pärnu holds the story of medieval Uus-Pärnu and the tower itself. However, navigating the narrow medieval tower with a group on your own can be quite challenging, and some of the stories it hides might be overlooked.

Museum workers and certified guides of the Red Tower are here to tell you its stories and help you to get around. We recommend to book a guided tour, which can be tailored to your group’s time preferences and interests.

Our certified guides

During a tour in the Red Tower, the tower is open to your group only. We kindly ask you to arrive on time.

The tower can hold approximately 20 people at a time, so for groups of 21-40, we recommend to book a parallel tour in the city. It is also possible to arrive in parts.

For children’s groups, we kindly ask to bring one adult chaperone for every 9 children.

WELCOME TO THE RED TOWER!
A tour introducing the Red Tower
No. of participants: up to 25 people
Duration: 30 minutes
Fee: 35 € per group + museum tickets per person.

We will examine the model of the Red Tower to get acquainted with the tower’s history and construction, and take a peek at the medieval items on display.

We will also give a brief overview of how the medieval town of Uus-Pärnu developed, and watch the animation 'In the Red Tower through 15,000 years' about the history of the region.

CITY WALLS AND TOWERS
A tour introducing the medieval town of Uus-Pärnu and the Red Tower
No. of participants: up to 25 people
Duration: 60 minutes
Fee: 45€ per group + museum tickets per person.

We will examine the model of Uus-Pärnu and learn about the development, size, location and the most important buildings of the medieval town.

We will speak a bit about what life was like in a medieval town and tell some real-life stories. After that, we will use the model of the Red Tower to get acquainted with the tower’s history and construction.

We will also attend the panoramic cinema, of course, and watch the animation 'In the Red Tower through 15,000 years' about the history of the region.

FORGOTTEN TOWN
A walk in the medieval town will end in the Red Tower. 
Duration: 1.5 hours (of which approx. 1 hour is the tour).
No. of participants: up to 25 people
Fee: 55 € per group + museum tickets per person.

The walking tour in the city introduces the medieval Uus-Pärnu. The erstwhile Hanseatic town is not noticeable in the modern cityscape, since most of the historical city centre was destroyed in World War II. The only surviving medieval building is the Red Tower, which used to stand in the southeastern corner of the city wall. Nevertheless, many street names, markings of wall elements and locatsions of former buildings can give us some idea of the bygone Uus-Pärnu (New-Pärnu).

The tour begins either in the courtyard of the Red Tower or in front of the main building of Pärnu Museum (Aida 3), and ends with a session in the panoramic cinema of the tower.