Porvoo Tour: Historic Journey from Helsinki, Exploring Finland's Medieval Architecture

Embark on a historic journey from Helsinki to Porvoo, Finland’s second oldest city. Explore the medieval architecture, wooden houses, and cultural aspects of the Finnish nation.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Simolin Oy Ab - The oldest supermarket in Finland
  • Cathedral of Porvoo - Medieval church
  • Castle Hill - Iron age castle hill
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Guide
Additional Information

The journey to Porvoo is roughly a 40-minute drive. During the trip, we will share with you about Finland’s history and the cultural dynamics of its people. Porvoo holds the title of Finland’s second oldest city and is best known for its ‘Old Town’ which features wooden houses placed closely together in a medieval style. Famed personas such as Johan…

Location
Simolin Oy Ab
Simolinintie
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Guide17334141795
Jul 8, 2025
Visiting Porvoo - Local guide was very knowledgeable, and he gave us plenty of time if we wanted to shop at some of the local stores or try one of the restaurants.
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Jacqueline_e
Jul 2, 2025
Darius was a wonderful... - Darius was a wonderful guide, very knowledgeable but also made the tour fun. A lovely town to visit away from the city.
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Robert_h
Jun 21, 2025
Porvoo a quaint place - Peter a terrific Guide Infirmative personable and friendly Was really interesting well balanced tour
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Clair_l
Jun 18, 2025
Nice tour - Darius was an excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and walked at a great pace. Made sure we had time to stop and look in the shops that were run and had products made by Porvoo locals. Total time of the tour - picked up at 9 dropped off just after 1pm.
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Coastal06355034727
Jun 15, 2025
Beautiful porvoo - Relaxing trip, drinking good coffee, seeing the beautiful scenery, thanks to the guide detailed explanation Polvo was once a trading center, it is one of the six medieval towns in Finland, the tour guide said the town's house is divided in colors, there is yellow, green, red, yellow is the wealthy area, red is the general labor, the restaurant in the town can eat a package as little as 13.8 euros, very budget!
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Heather_c
Jun 7, 2025
We had a great experience... - We had a great experience with Darius. He picked us up as planned and was very informative on the way to Povoo. Povoo is a cute town and it was nice to see since we’d been to Helsinki before.
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John_c
May 28, 2025
Great place to visit - Great place to visit. The town has a fascinating history. The guide was knowledgeable, informative and very helpful.
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Ednarsouza_l
May 17, 2025
History and fun - Great experience in Porvoo . Our guide Darius was excellent, gave us real history lessons of Finland . We love it
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Fiona241
Jun 12, 2025
Porvoo is a quaint town, very different from Helsinki - Porvoo was an interesting town though not in the league of Tallin for historic appeal. A well paced tour with Darius keen to pass on a wealth of knowledge about Finland.
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Joralemon
Jun 7, 2025
Porvoo Tour - This is a very good tour with a chance to visit Finland's second oldest town and to see a little of the area beyond Helsinki. Darius is a good guide. He has an excellent approach to touring the town. He gave us some background and walked us through the town. We stopped for local coffee and a special Porvoo pastry as well as entered some of the shops. We finished up at the cathedral which is a beautiful old wooden structure. We were given time to ask any questions that we had. The reason for a 4 and not a 5 is that I felt that it was somewhat flat or rote. I got the feeling that he had done this tour many, many times and there was no energy behind it but perhaps it was just an off day. I would recommend it.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).