Terme Kuressaare

Kuressaare is the capital of Saaremaa island in western Estonia, the largest island in the country, a flat, windmill-dotted agricultural island in the Baltic Sea where iodine- and chloride-rich Baltic coastal waters are used in thalassotherapy alongside the Estonian therapeutic mud tradition in the spa complex attached to the historic medieval castle. The Kuressaare Episcopal Castle, the only surviving medieval stronghold in the Baltic states built entirely of dolomite, was completed in the 14th century by the Teutonic Knights and remains one of the best-preserved medieval castles in northern Europe. Saaremaa is also home to the Kaali meteorite crater — a series of nine impact craters created approximately 3,500 years ago when a meteorite broke apart over the island — the youngest and best-preserved meteorite impact site in Europe, making Saaremaa simultaneously a thermal wellness destination and one of the most geologically dramatic islands in the Baltic.