Lutepää is a small village on the Värska-to-Saatse road in southeast

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. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Lutepää is one of the few villages in the

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that can only be reached by travelling through

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. The one and only road through Lutepää cuts, on either side of the village, through Russia's Saatse Boot area, making Lutepää a

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. No Russian visa is required to drive the road to Lutepää, but those in transit by car though the territory of the

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are not permitted to stop en route.

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Lutepää
at Hidden Europe {{DEFAULTSORT:Lutepaa Villages in Võru County Estonia–Russia border crossings