Top Finland Day Trips - page 3

Quintas and Jeff were awesome! Personable, professional, and on-time. They went out of their way to engage with everyone, work through any language barriers and anything else needed to ensure all had a great experience. The terrain is not very taxing, the food is tasty, and the sauna is…well, it’s an experience you really shouldn’t miss. We did not have much time in Helsinki and, when asked, they offered other interesting things to do that we would never have known about. Please make the time to do this tour. It is absolutely something you are unlikely to do any other way.

Terrific tour for our three-generation trip to Finland! Darius picked us up promptly and his van was roomy (seats 6 passengers comfortably plus room in the trunk for bags). He has a microphone and speaker to make it easy for people in the back to hear him clearly – nice touch, especially for those hard of hearing! The 40-minute trip to Porvoo included his rich history of Finland which provides context for the current Finnish culture, food, religion, and more. This was our third tour, and we learned a lot that was not covered in other tours! Porvoo itself is lovely – a beautiful and typical Finnish town with a rich history. Darius moved comfortably at our pace – 3 generations means we can be very slow on uphills (and there are a few hills here!) – and stops included a coffeehouse with the top-rated Porvoo cake (we also stopped at a second shop for gluten-free goodies), the beautiful and typical church, the standard views of Porvoo, a chocolate/candy shop and more. Highly recommend this tour! Wear good walking shoes (all cobblestones!) and layers for the Finnish weather!

We loved this excursion. Jeff, our guide, was so knowledgeable about nature in the Finnish forest. We had delicious Finnish fish soup, Finnish bread and blueberry juice for lunch. The views of the Baltic Sea were beautiful. In spite of a brisk wind, the sunny day made the experience really enjoyable.