Finland Summer Adventure – 8 Days

Upon arrival at Helsinki Airport, transfer to your hotel and check-in. Helsinki, the capital is a vibrant seaside city of beautiful islands and great green parks. The city is laid back yet active in the number and quality of restaurants and nightclubs. Walk around Töölönlahti Bay in the heart of the city surrounded by beautiful parks and have a relaxed evening!

Overnight.

Breakfast. Take the Seat-in-Coach tour and see the main highlights which include Helsingin Tuomiokirkko, Market Square, Temppeliaukio Church, Uspenskin Cathedral, Sibelius Park. The historic quarters between the Market Square and Senate Square are home to numerous cafés and restaurants.

Overnight.

Breakfast. Enjoy a day trip to Tallinn. Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn and on your own wander around the romantic Old Town and visit small boutiques, stop for a cup of coffee or enjoy a pint in a beer cellar. Also get to know the new trendy districts like Kalamaja and Noblessner with interesting sights, shops and restaurants. In the evening, take the ferry back to Helsinki.

Overnight.

Breakfast. Check-out and transfer to the airport for your flight to Rovaniemi, the official hometown of Santa Claus. Arrive, transfer to your hotel and check-in. In the evening, experience the midnight sun arctic picnic. The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle when the sun remains visible at the local midnight. The tour takes you up to the top of the Santavaara Hill.

Overnight.

Breakfast. Visit Santa’s Village, the most exciting, popular destination in Finnish Lapland, located in the Arctic Circle, north of Rovaniemi. The place gives you a cheerful feeling of Christmas all year round. Explore the village, take home Christmas and Lappish products and greet Santa Claus in his office! Join the elves working in Santa’s post office, send postcards to all your friends with a special stamp on them.

Overnight.

Breakfast. Experience the wild Arctic and its species in the Ranua Zoo tour, an hour’s drive from Rovaniemi. See the only polar bears living in Finland, as well as 50 other Arctic and northern animal species. This is the world’s northern most wildlife zoo.

Overnight.

Breakfast. Visit the Reindeer Farm & Husky Park and engage in the local reindeer herding and husky dog mushing traditions. Learn about reindeer herding and feeding. Take a drive to meet Siberian huskies and learn from the guides at the Husky farm ways to take care of the huskies, start preparing them for the winter.

Overnight.

After breakfast, check-out and transfer to the airport and board your flight. Your Finnish holidays end here!