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Pärnu Estonia is the Summer Capital of Estonia. It is a seaside resort city with the warmest climate in Estonia. Its location is on the southwestern part of Estonia. There are active recreation and holiday facilities, housing spas, theatre and wonderful places for staging concerts. Historical and rich vibrant Hanseatic cities during medieval period -Unspoilt nature, clean air and delightful views, photo: zannnie  -  2.7.2016 @ Pärnu, Estonia. www.travelzin.com


Getting there:

Map of the public transport routes
(12,8 MB, .pdf) 


Timetables
Bus info: +372 447 1870; 12012 (priced)

Tickets:
Tickets can be bought at newsstands/R- kiosks and bigger shops and food stores or from the driver. Buying a ticket from the driver please enter at the front door; tickets are only sold at stops, not while the vehicle is moving. Tickets bought from the driver are more expensive than those bought at a newsstand.

Punch your ticket right after entering at a machine located in the bus. Note that you must punch your ticket immediately upon entering. The ticket is valid one hour.

Passengers traveling with false tickets or without tickets will be fined.

Prices:
* From trade outlets 0.64 € 
* From the driver 1.00 € 
* 10 day ticket 7.67 € 
* 30 day ticket 14.06 € 

See more:
* peatus.ee - public transport timetables and map in Estonia
* visitparnu.com - transportation

Source: http://www.parnu.ee/lang/eng/transport.htm

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Everyone wants to see how Anne Frank lived in her last two years in that house. Everyone who visits Amsterdam. Almost.


Perhaps this particular place of interest in Holland has already been long well-known for its super long queue. The Hollanders tell you to be aware of the lines way before you get there.


Indeed it was so unbelievably long. Its queue was as far as 200 people, and counting.


It almost brings you to a shop (two streets away from the Anne Frank House/Prinsengracht) with a sign that says 'Discounted Tickets No Waiting'. Right next to it, is printed on a small piece of paper 'not for Anne Frank's House'.

It would have seemed to be so effective, I mean this signage. The words itself about 'no waiting' just contradicts the actual situation, an irony that makes it so tempting for you to get nearer into the store.


Hey, it's just a shop that sells souvenirs of Amsterdam. I supposed they do have 'discounted tickets' but not for Anne Frank's house. That's almost sure as even the 'iamsterdam tourist card' issued by their official tourism board does not entitle you to any discount at the Anne Frank's House either! Even it's also an Amsterdam Museum!!

I must admit that this 'souvenir shop' has a clever way to entirely entice tourists who are there for the Anne Frank's House museum visit.

We were one of them who wanted to see the Anne Frank's House. Slightly disappointed.

We had looked and even booked a hotel that is five minutes walk from the Anne Frank's House. So we may attempt to queue from very early morning or be one of the last few visitor to see the museum. However, this arrangement was insufficient. As one day before we arrived to Amsterdam, we tried to book online tickets for the entrance to the Anne Frank's House. It was already SOLD OUT!

It wasn't an exaggeration but I read online on a forum that these online tickets were even sold out one week ahead!!

I told Zsolt that Anne Frank's Diary was the first English book which I picked in my primary school library. (In Singapore, we were 'forced' to cultivate reading habits for about 20 minutes before our recess time. And I picked the 'Anne Frank's Dairy' for my first book.)

So we saw lots of people taking photos outside the house like this:

It also led us to the Homomonument which takes the form of three large pink triangles made of granite, set into the ground so as to form a larger triangle, on the bank of the Keizersgracht canal, near the historic Westerkerk church.


We decided to buy tickets for the Canal Bus which offers 4 fabulous Hop-on-Hop-off tours instead. Traveling along the waterways is not just romantic but this service though cost 22 Euros per person allows you unlimited use of the Red, Green, Orange and Blue Canal Bus routes.

Turned out, it was a better idea!


Besides, there was a pleasant multilingual recorded commentary on the Canal Bus (in English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Italian).


Thank you Gessell!

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