Helsinki VIP City Tour and Medieval Porvoo by Private car with Personal Guide
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Helsinki VIP City Tour and Medieval Porvoo by Private car with Personal Guide
By Scandinavian Experts
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€250.00
Lowest price guaranteeReserve now & pay laterFree cancellation
Ages 1-95
Duration: 4–5 hours
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German, English, Italian, French, Spanish
- Snacks
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
- WiFi on board
- All Fees and Taxes
- Air-conditioned vehicle
What's not included- Entry/Admission - Temppeliaukio Church
- Departure details
- Traveller pickup is offered.
- We pick up from any location
- Airports:
- Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Vantaa 1531 Finland
- Ports:
- Port of Helsinki
- Hotel pickup is offered. View the hotel list on our checkout page to see if yours is included among the pickup points.
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 171209P64- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travellers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
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- Helsinki VIP City Tour and Medieval Porvoo by Private car with Personal Guide price starts from €258.24. Discover and book Helsinki VIP City Tour and Medieval Porvoo by Private car with Personal Guide on Tripadvisor
- What is the Helsinki VIP City Tour and Medieval Porvoo by Private car with Personal Guide cancellation policy?
- Helsinki VIP City Tour and Medieval Porvoo by Private car with Personal Guide cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Helsinki VIP City Tour and Medieval Porvoo by Private car with Personal Guide on Tripadvisor
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- Helsinki VIP City Tour and Medieval Porvoo by Private car with Personal Guide is hosted by Scandinavian Experts. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact Scandinavian Experts on Tripadvisor. Discover and book Helsinki VIP City Tour and Medieval Porvoo by Private car with Personal Guide on Tripadvisor
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- You'll get picked upSee departure details
- 1Helsinki CathedralStop: 30 minutesSee details
- 2The Esplanadi ParkStop: 15 minutesSee details
- 3Sibelius ParkStop: 15 minutesSee details
- 4Uspenskin Cathedral (Uspenskin Katedraali)Stop: 15 minutesSee details
- 5Porvoo Old TownStop: 60 minutesSee details
- 6Porvoo CathedralStop: 30 minutesSee details
- 7Temppeliaukio ChurchStop: 20 minutes - Admission excludedSee details
- 8Central Library OodiStop: 30 minutesSee details
- You'll return to the starting point
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- Archana S00Short and sweet, highlights of StockholmWonderful short 4-hour highlights tour with the City Hall and Vasa Museum. Kate is an excellent and experienced guide and Mark is a great driver with a fantastic voice. Love the tour, the commentary, and all the local spots with their history. Short and sweet tour. We were in Stockholm only for two days and this tour made our day.
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- Journey4275554882100Worthwhile private city tour and Vasa Museum experienceGustov and our driver gave us an amazing informative and interesting comprehensive city tour of Stockholm, including a private guided tour of the Vasa Museum. The tour of the Vasa gave us so much insight we would not have learned on our own. The overlooks of the city and its history captured in a nutshell so much history. Eager to answer our questions and navigate the city traffic made this a great learning experience. Exceeded expectations.
- Lobsterlover9900Not really worth the moneyTo be honest we had a nice time. Not really wow but pleasant time. The driver sadly only the person in front seat could hear. Andrew was really very nice but as I said information couldn’t be heard. The reindeer farm was very nice except the toilet which frankly is a risk to health, truly rustic and horrible. Cannot recommend the trip as it was so expensive for basically a taxi ride to a park we had to pay for when we got there
- m_star8800Awesome Stockholm taster from great tourI had great experience with Kate and Mark! Got to see the city from lovely vantage points where I would not know as first timer. Also learned good insights about how the city and the people evolved. The atmosphere of the tour is relaxed and friendly, not too rigid as well. We made some adjustments based on my preference as well. Thank you to this awesome couple guide, I was able to plan my next day well.
- J4781VZlaram00A must do...Loved this tour. We kind of booked last minute but it was worth it. You see all the highlights, get a wealth of information, and great conversation! Truly a must!
- Mb M00Amazing trip from start to finishThis is a great way to spend the evening! its start off with being picked up in rovaneimi (thanks again for the patience as our flight was delayed) you are then wisked away to the wilderness and land at the glass igloo, its very cool and nice and warm, the food was amazing and local. after 3 courses you go out on the lake on snow scooters and if u dont have the right clothing they have you covered.. no aurora but as u know its like a lottery and one of the previous posters below that gave a 1 star review should have done their homework. Thanks again guys!!
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- yzaatar00Great tour guides and great tourWe used this private tour and we are really extremely please because Igor and Cornelia were very friendly, knowledgeable, accommodating, that made our tour very very memorable. Both of them had great communication skills and friendly company. They were also were very flexible with the route and the tour and accommodating to our needs. Absolutely recommended.
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Brad
Bel Air, MD3 contributions
Jul 2023 • Couples
Do not book with Scandinavian Experts. I paid for a10 am tour and they changed it to 11:50 less than 24 hours before the tour was scheduled to start. No communication since and only a 50 percent refund. I would really recommend a different excursion. Buyer beware.
Written 18 July 2023
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Igor S
Thank you for your review.
You made your reservation with NOT PROVIDING US any information of palace, time or even ne of the ship. You Just wrote PORT OF HELSINKI. We have 5 ports in Helsinki area with different ferry and Cruise ship time arriving. We did try to contact you several times by email and phone number which you provided in itinerary but no answer from you. We did set 11:50 Just to make sure youll show up in any place before noon. And Just on the Day of the tour at 10:15 you called us and informed us about your location and name of the ship. We informed you that car and guide can be there at 11:00am earliest for you but you reject this offer. According to VIATOR policy All bookings cancellations less 24 hours non refundable. We did arrange from our side 50% of refund anyway even it was't our fault.
Please pay attention for the phone and emails. Phone number and email Adress always needed for the booking for this kind of issues. And of course please fill up FULL AND CORRECT INFORMATION about pick up place in itinerary.
Written 18 July 2023
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aldalwaddell
Kuwait City, Kuwait13 contributions
My layover in Helsinki Finland became an unexpected first visit to Finland but as I only had 48 hours I had to make the most of my valuable time. I booked the VIP tour and Igor and Christine took me in absolute luxury to all the amazing slight seeing places.
Medieval Porvoo, Olympic Stadium, rock Church and many many more.
Friendly, knowledgeable and exceptional service!!
Highly recommended!!! Thank you Igor & Christine 😊
Medieval Porvoo, Olympic Stadium, rock Church and many many more.
Friendly, knowledgeable and exceptional service!!
Highly recommended!!! Thank you Igor & Christine 😊
Written 20 April 2022
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benjaminf978
Miami, FL7 contributions
Jun 2022
Our Tour Guide was Very professional and the same time personal.
Our tour around the Helsinki was excellent. I would not go to Porvoo if it would be my choice.
Not much to see. Rather stay in Helsinki there are a lot to see for one day.
Our tour around the Helsinki was excellent. I would not go to Porvoo if it would be my choice.
Not much to see. Rather stay in Helsinki there are a lot to see for one day.
Written 31 July 2022
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Andrew S
3 contributions
Sep 2023 • Couples
This tour exceeded our expectations. We learned so much about so many aspects of Finnish history, society and politics. Parvoo was beautiful. We loved the Sibelius monument. Surprisingly our highlight was the library : it should be a template for every library! Cornelia is a really great guide.
Written 23 September 2023
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Ellen W
Annapolis, MD37 contributions
May 2023 • Couples
We had a very relaxing, informative tour with Andrew and his wonderful driver. We left the city of Helsinki with all sorts of historical facts and traveled to the quaint old town of Porvoo which the Tsar AlexanderI had discovered. We walked the town and visited the church and tried some goodies along the way. Then we headed back to Helsinki and found the wonderful Helsinki library Oodi which was amazingly interesting! Then we went to the Cathedral and ended up at the old Market Place.
Andrew left us with a great suggestion for lunch.
It was a grand tour!
Andrew left us with a great suggestion for lunch.
It was a grand tour!
Written 2 June 2023
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Varun G
Singapore, Singapore7 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
Well covered trip - we went through main places in Helsinki city and then to Porvoo which is very nice. Also loved the chocolate shop in Porvoo.
Written 28 December 2019
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STM0041
Bullard, TX726 contributions
Jul 2023 • Couples
My wife's and my first cruise into Helsinki. I thought a private tour with personal guide would be a nice, stress-free way for us to be introduced to the city. I booked this tour 3 months before arrival knowing that a 10AM start would allow us ample time for this 4-5 hour tour within the time we were to be in port.
The day before our ship arriving to Helsinki, I receive an email from Sophia at Scandinavian Experts asking if we could move the start of the tour up to 8AM as our ship was due to arrive at 7 AM. I agreed to the change.
The morning of our excursion, we set the alarm to wake at 5:30 AM so we had ample time to shower, dress and have breakfast before meeting our guide. During that morning process, I opened another email from Sophia asking us to change the start of the tour to 10:30-11:00 AM. So much for being stress free. Since we had to be back onboard by 3:30PM, I realized that either we would not be getting a 5-hour tour or we could be rushed through the tour to see all the sights. I responded to Sophia that they either needed to start the tour at 10 AM or refund the tour for non-performance. They opted to cancel the tour and refunded our fee.
We found transportation to Helsinki on our own and explored the city.
Why these "experts" could have not worked out the tour as they agreed to do three months before is beyond me. I have booked numerous tours/excursions through Tripadvisor/Viator in the past and never had an experience like this.
The day before our ship arriving to Helsinki, I receive an email from Sophia at Scandinavian Experts asking if we could move the start of the tour up to 8AM as our ship was due to arrive at 7 AM. I agreed to the change.
The morning of our excursion, we set the alarm to wake at 5:30 AM so we had ample time to shower, dress and have breakfast before meeting our guide. During that morning process, I opened another email from Sophia asking us to change the start of the tour to 10:30-11:00 AM. So much for being stress free. Since we had to be back onboard by 3:30PM, I realized that either we would not be getting a 5-hour tour or we could be rushed through the tour to see all the sights. I responded to Sophia that they either needed to start the tour at 10 AM or refund the tour for non-performance. They opted to cancel the tour and refunded our fee.
We found transportation to Helsinki on our own and explored the city.
Why these "experts" could have not worked out the tour as they agreed to do three months before is beyond me. I have booked numerous tours/excursions through Tripadvisor/Viator in the past and never had an experience like this.
Written 23 July 2023
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Igor S
Thank you very much for your review.
Reason was a visit of Mr.President of US to Helsinki and All the ships and ferrys had to change scheduel of arriving and leaving our ports. We are really sorry but nothing was in our hands. We tryed to do our Best. Our tour is 4 hours so if you would agree to start 10:30am it means 14:30pm back to the ship. But it was your decigion to get refund. Anyway we Glad you got it back immediately and found opportunitie to see Helsinki in your own way.
Written 24 July 2023
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Dave R
Las Vegas, NV35 contributions
Very interesting tour! Saw so much and had a great tour guide. Porvoo is a hidden gem of tourism. Rock Church is amazing! Highly recommend.
Written 17 June 2023
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Nancy D
3 contributions
Jan 2023 • Friends
Very knowledgeable guide, flexible to our desires and restrictions. Particularly enjoyed the city library tour.
Written 17 January 2023
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