Helsinki and Suomenlinna Sightseeing Tour
Description
Discover Helsinki and Suomenlinna during this 5-hour tour. With a professional guide, visit Helsinki's most famous sites, including Sibelius Monument and Esplanade Park. Next, take a ferry to the Suomenlinna Island and continue your walking tour through Suomenlinna church, Jetty barracks and Dry dock, etc. Round-trip ferry tickets and pickup from central Helsinki are included. The tour will end at Market Square, you will have time to enjoy the local restaurants/cafe or shop on your own after the tour.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Visit Olympic stadium, look from outside the stadium. Take picture with flying Fin Paavo Nurmi.
Visit Sibelius Park and Monument, you will also see one of the most famous Coffee shops near the park it. it decorated as a Finnish summer cottage.
Pass by National Museum of Finland
Pass by the Parliament of Finland
Pass by Mannerheim Statue
Pass by Helsinki Railway station.
Uspenski Cathedral is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki.
Go inside the Helsinki Cathedral and take a close look of the biggest cathedral church in Finland.
See Senate Square and hear the history from your guide.
See the local's life from the old market hall.
Walk through the Esplanadi Park and feel the life of locals.
After a lunch break, you will continue on a ferry from the Helsinki Market Square to Suomenlinna, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is one of the world's largest sea fortresses that sprawls across a series of six small islands.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up from selected hotels in city centre area. Please specify which hotel / accommodation that you stay, we will check the pick-up point that is the most convenient for you. The tour will end at Market Square, and you will have time to enjoy the local restaurants/cafe or shop on your own after the tour. :)
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum passenger requirement applies. There is a possibility of cancellation or rescheduling if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of cancellation due to passenger requirement, you will be refunded fully.
- Very important: Please select one of the following meeting point and send it to us by email after you made a booking. In this way your guide knows where to look for you.
- Please note that some sites might be closed on public holiday or weekend, we will show your other sites which is not in the visit list as complementary.
- Please note the departure schedule and and the route might be due to the site opening time.
- Not recommended for traveler with walking issue.
Reviews(281)
Right from the time I made the booking till the time I finished the trip, there was continous support and someone was always guiding and keeping in touch. This is very important and helpful.
I chose this tour because it included both Helsinki and the Suomenlinna fortress. The fortress was so beautiful and picturesque. It’s just a short 15 min boat ride to get there. It was nice to walk around the fortress and just soak in the exquisite scenery. The city tour was also well done. We saw all the highlights that I wanted to see and our guide, Francisco, did a great job. He was knowledgeable about each site and maneuvered us around the crowded areas well. There was a guy on the tour who had physical pains, and Francisco handled that well. He was able to accommodate the guy when he could, and that was nice to see.
What a wonderful way to experience the history, culture and key sights. Harry and Rachel exuded passion for Finland and the culture. They are excellent guides. We never felt rushed, information was great and the pace and selection of sights perfect. Highly recommend this tour and really hope you get Harry and Rachel as guides. Five star all the way.
We had a fantastic day with Helsinki Tours and their guide Francisco! They picked us up at the hotel right on time after allowing us to join this tour after having to cancel the Tallinn tour due to medical issues. We very much appreciate Ulla’s help and going above & beyond in making this work for us on very short notice!!! Francisco did a great job showing us around the city. The ride-around part was good and we got to see a good bit of the city (Helsinki Library was actually the most interesting to us as it offers so much to the City). The walking portion was even better as Francisco walked with us explaining the city’s history and allowing time for pictures. After a quick lunch in Market Square (salmon soup with fish & chips), we took the quick ferry to Suomenlinna where Francisco walked with us around the island explaining its history along. With that of Finland. So fascinating!! What a great resource this island is; you could spend all day here and there are restaurants & ice cream shops. This tour was well-strucutured and felt like a private tour as Francisco took great care of us.
Super fun and informative tour. Our guide was great and it was a perfect way to spend time in Helsinki. Highly recommend!
This tour was entertaining, educational, fun and went at a wonderful pace for our group! Harry was our guide and he was extremely knowledgeable, thoughtful and kind. We could not have asked for a better day!
Our guide Cesar was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable and funny too. We liked the wide variety of sites we saw on the tour. If you have a short time in Helsinki, we highly recommend.
We can highly recommend the Helsinki and Suomenlinna Sightseeing tour. Our guides were great and gave us good insights and information. Visiting Suomenlinna is the highligt of the tour, such interesting history.
Sanna was great. She was very knowledgeable and shared a lot of information with us. She answered all questions and gave us great insight into life in Finland
We had a great day seeing the sights of Helsinki and suomenlinna. Our driver was great and we visited the main sights and had a great time at the markets. Paula was our guide and she was fantastic. She provided excellent information and insight about the various locations. Special mention for her recommendation to try salmon soup at the market place. We did and it was delicious. Short boat ride to suomenlinna and experience significant history at this sight. Highly recommend this trip. Bring your walking shoes and all types of weather.
