GoodKaarma

Western Estonia & the Islands

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Run by an English-Estonian couple from their farm outside the village of Kaarma, about 15km north of Kuressaare, GoodKaarma makes organic soaps from local ingredients such as juniper, pine and sea-buckthorn berries. If you’re interested in getting your hands dirty (or should that be clean), you can book into a 75-minute soap-making workshop (per person €10, minimum five people).

There's also a pretty garden terrace and cafe-bar, with homemade snacks, organic teas, local beers etc. Besides soap, the shop sells local arts and crafts.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

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  • Muhu Museum

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  • Sääre Tirp

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  • Tagamõisa Peninsula

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  • Mihkli Farm Museum

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  • Suur Töll & Piret

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  • Saaremaa Museum

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  • St Mary’s Church

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    20.2 MILES

    Pöide, 3km south of the main highway, was the Saaremaa headquarters of the German Knights of the Sword and this fortress-church, built in the 13th and…

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