Day tour to Porvoo and Helsinki with private transport
Private guided day tour with transport to medieval town of Porvoo and Helsinki, the capital town of Finland. Tour includes pick-up from hotel or cruise port and 6 hours of private guide services to both Helsinki and Porvoo. Transport will be done with our private 6-seater MB Vito Van.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At your hotel or cruiser port
- Meeting point will be decided during booking
Helsinki
We will meet you at your hotel or at specially determined location in Helsinki. The day tour includes driving with an 6 seat van around Helsinki to visit the most visited tourist attractions like the Rock Church, Sibelius Monument, Market Square and the Dome Church. In the afternoon we will drive to medieval town of Porvoo, drive there takes 50 minutes on both directions.
Helsinki
Tour continues to Porvoo town, located appr.1 hour of driving to the east from Helsinki.
Porvoo
Porvoo is the most idyllic and medieval town in southern Finland. There we will visit the local cathedral and walk around the city cobble-stone alleys, admiring old wooden houses and visit local cafe's and shops. Time in Porvoo approximately 2 hours.
Porvoo
Return to Helsinki driving appr. 1 hour.
Helsinki
Day tour ends at your hotel or other agreed location in Helsinki city area.
Ending Point
At your hotel or cruiser port
Want to personalize this tour?
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This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee, private transport van, pick up and return service, driven mileage
Entry tickets to the Rock Church (8€ / pax)
Personal Expenses
Souvenirs
Food, Drinks, Snacks
Tour Important Information
Tour includes both driving with a van and walking. Please be informed that some streets and alleys in Porvoo town are cobble-stone alleys, and require good quality shoes.
Also, the weather in Finland can change from sunshine to rain without warning.
As this tour is available also during winter time, good quality and warm clothing may be required.
Important message from the supplier
All days available.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
About Tour Guide Timo R.
Hi, my name is Timo, your local private guide in Helsinki.
I am an easy-going and open-minded person. I like to interact with people from across the world and to know about their culture, language, travel interests. I am passionate about nature. In my free time I enjoy outdoor activities of all kinds. In the summer amongst other things, I love to hike, mountain bike and go kayaking. In the winter, I love to snowshoe and watch the northern lights.
My professionality is also based on a long career in information technology, serving in an international company as a technical specialist. This has given me the opportunity to travel around Europe, the USA and Asia.
As well as being an experienced Nature and Wilderness Guide, I am also a Golden Badge Guide (the ultimate qualification in guiding in Finland). I am also a Licenced City of Helsinki and a Licenced Suomenlinna Unesco World Heritage Guide, the City of Hyvinkää and Tuusula Guide, so wherever we go you'll be in good hands. My aim is to provide you with enthusiastic informative private tours which ensure that your Helsinki and Finland experience will be the best.
My bespoke tours include walking tours or biking tours, tours by a private car, a van or a minibus. Within Helsinki we can cover the major sites or explore less well-known districts in the countryside like Nuuksio or Sipoonkorpi Wilderness areas, the picturesque small town of Porvoo, nearby towns like Tuusula and Hyvinkää are a few of the many wonderful places that can be easily reached in a day trip.
My tours are very flexible in content and timing and I can adapt easily to your preferences and suggestions.
For me, the best reward for guiding guests is the fun I have sharing the beauty of the place.
Let me be your local guide and I will share with you not only my knowledge and expertise but my enthusiasm as well.
Reviews
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Suellen A.
“Wonderful custom tour”
Timo is knowledgeable, flexible and clearly enjoys being a guide. I told him the things we wanted to do and he customized the day, adding in highlights about Finland I didn’t know about. He is a native Fin and knows a lot about nature as well as the history of Finland. You can’t go wrong with Timo!
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Timo R.
Thank you for being my customer, I really enjoyed being your guide!
Bhadra T.
“A memorable experience with our personal guide”
We went with Mr Timo for our tour of Suomenlinna Fortress on the 25th of December. We had our seven-year-old boy with us on tour. Our meeting made it very apparent that Mr Timo belongs to Helsinki and knows the city properly. He knew a great deal of history and geopolitics. He kept the tour lively, with just enough history and a good deal of Finnish culture. Conversation with him was relevant and we never got bored. I strongly recommend him as anyone's tour guide.
$360/ per group
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