Finland Estonia Tour

The tour combines the Finnish and Estonian capitals, two pearls of the Baltic Sea, with the captivating countryside that lies around Helsinki. Your home for four nights will be a centrally located hotel in Helsinki, decorated in modern Scandinavian style. The tour includes three guided excursions featuring Tallin, Helsinki and the historic city of Porvoo.

A trendy, pulsating metropolis, yet a compact city with a welcoming atmosphere, Helsinki is an ideal destination to explore on your own. All major downtown attractions, shopping areas and museums can be easily reached on foot. The city offers a combination of stunning architectural styles ranging from Neo Classical to twentieth-century Finnish Modernism. Boat trips to the islands that lie off the shoreline are a popular pastime among the locals and provide a superb view of the elegant city skyline from the sea.

Tallinn, one of the oldest cities on the Baltic Sea, lies across the Gulf of Finland, just 50 miles to the south. Winding cobblestone streets, massive city walls and mighty towers bear witness to the citys medieval past. Truly a living museum, the Old Town captures the feeling of the medieval era like no other place in the world.

Rich in historical sights, the Southern-Finnish countryside offers fascinating insight into Finlands past. The region is home to some elegant manor houses, picturesque ironworks villages, old greystone churches, and enchanting small towns with wooden houses.

Itinerary

TRENDY FINNISH CAPITAL

Arrival to Helsinki and transfer on your own to the Scandic Hotel Simonkentaa or similar for a four night stay. The hotel is a first class central property situated near the main Railway Station and shopping street.

HIGHLIGHTS OF HELSINKI

Grand Sightseeing Tour of Helsinki, an introduction to the most essential sights of Helsinki such as the Senate Square, Sibelius Monument, Finlandia Hall, Temppeliaukio Church, the colorful Market Square.

TREASURES OF MEDIEVAL TALLINN

Early morning crossing by a high-speed vessel to Tallinn, where you arrive in less than one and half hours. Explore the Old Town, Northern Europes best-preserved medieval city, on a walking tour. Sightseeing tour by motor coach features modern Tallinn with traces that the Czarist and Soviet eras have left in Estonias history. Lunch is served in medieval ambience in the Old Town. Return to Helsinki in the evening.

QUAINT WODDEN HOUSES

Todays excursion takes you to the small town of Porvoo, which has preserved much of its quaint atmosphere with narrow cobblestone lanes and wooden red warehouses that line the riverbank. Sights include a medieval church, Town Hall Square, the home of the Finnish nationa poet, J.L. Runeberg and the old red riverside warehouses (Mon.Wed.& Fri).

DEPARTURE

Arrangements end after breakfast. You may want to consider adding arrangements to St. Petersburg, Russia.

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