The Otepää hills: Tartu – Otepää – Puka

Best Biking Roads ranks this route first among roads in Estonia. They describe Otepää – Puka like this: first wide, flowing bends through the fields, then forest and a run of sharp corners, some tighter than they look. At the end, hills again and a fast stretch.

The road used to be gravel, and at one tricky corner, people say, the recovery trucks’ phone numbers were posted. Now the asphalt is good. Tartu to Otepää is about 50 km through hills and forest, according to Visit Estonia.