Known as the 'Captains’ Village', from 1884 to 1931 tiny °Ã¤²õ³¾³Ü was home to a marine school that churned out ship captains. At one stage it was said that every °Ã¤²õ³¾³Ü family had at least one captain in their midst, and by the 1920s a third of all boats in Estonia were registered to this village. It lies in a stone field boasting the highest concentration of erratic boulders in Estonia.
°Ã¤²õ³¾³Ü's erratics can be viewed on the walking trails that start at the very end of the road. The °Ã¤²õ³¾³Ü Nature & Culture Trail is a 4.2km, 90-minute circuit, taking in the coast and pine forest. A longer trail starts by the chapel and stretches 15km to Lake °Ã¤²õ³¾³Ü (°Ã¤²õ³¾³Ü järv).
