Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
To Fat Margaret Tower and Start of Walk:
From the ferry terminals, hike toward
the tall tapering spire, go through a small park, and enter the Old Town through the archway
by the squat Fat Margaret Tower (Paks Margareeta). Just outside the tower on a bluff over-
looking the harbor is a broken black arch, a memorial to 852 people who perished in Septem-
ber of 1994 when the
Estonia
passenger-and-car ferry sank in stormy conditions during its
Tallinn-Stockholm run. The ship's bow visor came off, and water flooded into the car deck,
throwing the boat off-balance. Only 137 people survived. The crew's maneuvering of the
ship after it began taking on water is thought to have caused its fatal list and capsizing.
