Võru County: stories, campsites, saunas and trails
Things to see and do in Võru County: 166 stories tied to real places – legends, history and lost places – and 80 places to camp, sleep, walk and warm up in the forests.
Stories from Võru County
Ghost story 17 all over Estonia →
- The blue nun of Rogosi manor
- The black rider and the dead maiden of Vastseliina castle
- The drowned master of Verijärv
- The sunken church of Uhtjärv
- The Devil's servants at Ilumetsa craters
- The night-riding baron of Rõuge manor
- Madame Krüdener's rooms at Viitina manor
- The dancing dead man of Höörämägi spring
- Jüri's head in Lake Ähijärv
- The dead lord who walked to his widow at Mõniste
- The dead baron's dancing horses at Tsooru
- The miller's wife taken from the Kasaritsa mill
- The baron's night flight from Vana-Antsla
- The whipping spruce behind Urvaste manor
- God's Hill, where souls board the carriage to heaven
- The man in black on Kerikuniit, Ruuksu
- Lost on Kalmemägi, the graveyard hill of Põru
Legend 16 all over Estonia →
- Kalevipoeg's death in the Kääpa river
- The quarrelling hills: Munamägi and Vällamägi
- The coachman's revenge at Verijärv
- The devil's stone in Lake Uhtjärv
- St John's stone at Miikse, Setomaa
- The fire spirit in the Tamme-Lauri oak
- Gold and a wandering cross at Sakalovapalo
- The church that sank into Jakapi ravine
- The pot of gold on Vaskna's island
- Tsolgo, the Devil's mess
- Kunnimägi, the Devil's unfinished fortress
- The Devil's church site at Villa
- Paganamaa, the Devil's land
- Lake Ratasjärv and Kalevipoeg's overturned cart
- The Devil's hazelnuts at Kõrgepalu
- The Devil's church site at Vana-Roosa
Smugglers, spies & escapes 6 all over Estonia →
Battle or uprising 5 all over Estonia →
Fire, flood or disaster 4 all over Estonia →
Famous life 3 all over Estonia →
Film or book location 1 all over Estonia →
Remembered by people who were there 1 all over Estonia →
Castle or fort 4 all over Estonia →
Ancient hillfort 2 all over Estonia →
Manor 13 all over Estonia →
Folk song 29 all over Estonia →
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Kari kaugel”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Käte käskimine”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Kasva karjaseks!”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Ann läks aita”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Parmu matus”
- Folk song from Urvaste: “Rikka härg ja vaese vares”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Peigmees tuuakse laua taha”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Ehi, veli!”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Mõrsja itkeb vennale”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Tütar itkeb ema”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Neiud itkevad sõpra”
- Folk song from Urvaste: “Oma ema ja võõrasema söök”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Kalajärv”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Vöökudumine”
- Folk song from Setomaa: “Käsikivi”
- Folk song from Urvaste: “Hobusemäng”
- Folk song from Urvaste: “Leigarimäng”
- Folk tune from Setomaa: “Karjapasun”
- Folk tune from Setomaa: “Sarvepill”
- Folk tune from Urvaste: “Viiuli duett: “Vir-ver-vidis” (polka)”
- Folk song from Värska: “Rahvapidu Värskas”
- Folk song from Lompka: “Mardi- ja kadrikommetest räägib Julie-Marie Abel”
- Folk song from Värska: “Setu ekspeditsioon 31. august 1973 - Darja Hirv”
- Folk song from Olohhova: “Esineb setu kandlemängija Ivan Jürisaar. 01”
- Folk song from Kalatsova: “KODUKANDI LOOD. Setumaa”
- Folk song from Meremäe: “RAHVAMUUSIKA POOLTUND. Setu laul”
- Folk song from Värska: “ESIVANEMATE VAIMUVARA. Kuues Värska leelopäev”
- Folk song from Meremäe: “ESIVANEMATE VAIMUVARA. Meremäe naiste ja meeste ühislaulud”
- Folk song from Meremäe: “ESIVANEMATE VAIMUVARA. Setu meestelaul (Meremäe)”
Ancient site 8
Historic town 2
Landscape 5
Memorial or cemetery 18
- Rõuge old cemetery
- Antsla cemetery
- Urvaste manor cemetery
- Monument to the War of Independence in Võru
- Obinitsa Cemetery
- Võõpsu Cemetery
- Värska Cemetery
- Miikse graveyard
- Monument to the War of Independence in Rõuge
- Monument to the War of Independence in Vastseliina
- battle of Misso monument
- battle of Sänna monument
- battle of Munamäe monument
- Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald monument
- Monument to the War of Independence in Krabi
- Monument to the War of Independence in Sõmerpalu
- Monument to the War of Independence in Antsla
- Värska War of Independence memorial
Sacred stone, spring or grove 10
Protected tree 1
Church or chapel 7
Lost village 1
Erratic boulder 2
Historic recording 5
Archive documentary 6
Camp, sleep, walk and warm up
Campsites 1 all over Estonia →
Free forest huts 3 all over Estonia →
Forest houses to rent 6 all over Estonia →
Saunas 11 all over Estonia →
- Hobessaare smoke sauna
- Rõsna Holiday Centre smoke sauna
- Hämsa sauna complex
- Andsu smoke sauna
- Uhtjärve Ancient Valley Witch's Republic smoke sauna
- Ööbikuoru Villa smoke sauna
- Mooska smoke sauna farm
- Suitsusanna talu (Smoke sauna farm)
- Uue-Saaluse winery smoke sauna
- Piusa Ancient Valley holiday complex smoke sauna
- Ilmaveere Nature Spa smoke sauna
Hiking trails 13 all over Estonia →
- Karula long hiking trail (36 km)
- Kirikumäe hiking trails (3.2 km)
- Kisejärve hiking trail (6 km)
- Kütioru hiking trail (9.6 km)
- Kütioru short hiking trail (2.8 km)
- Lake Kavadi hiking trail (2.2 km)
- Lõunalaagri hiking trail (1.8 km or 2.3 km)
- Ööbikuoru short hiking trail (450 m)
- Piusa hiking trail (1.4 km)
- Piusa river valley hiking trail (15 km)
- Rõuge primeval valley hiking trail (10 km)
- Vällamäe hiking trail (3,3 km – red indication)
- Verijärve hiking trail (1 km)
Nature study trails 8 all over Estonia →
Cycling trails 3 all over Estonia →
Observation towers 2 all over Estonia →
Viewpoints 4
Campfire sites 23 all over Estonia →
- Alakonnu campfire site
- Haanja campfire site
- Härma campfire site
- Kirikumäe campfire site Võrumaa
- Kublitsa campfire site
- Lake Ähijärv campfire site
- Lake Kavadi campfire site
- Lake Vaskna campfire site
- Lindora campfire site
- Lõunalaagri campfire site
- Luhasoo campfire site
- Mäekonnu campfire site
- Make campfire site
- Paganamaa campfire site
- Paidra campfire site
- Peräjärve campfire site
- Piusa campfire site
- Poogandi campfire site
- Saunamaa campfire site
- Ubajärve campfire site
- Värska campfire site
- Verijärve campfire site
- Veski campfire site
Rest stops 4
Visitor centres 2
Photo spots
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