Customized private tour in Helsinki

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any
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Private Tours
Customized private tour in Helsinki

Make most of your visit to Helsinki with our fully customizable private tour. Choose what and when you want to see, and our expert managers will help you put together your perfect itinerary. Highly professional private tour guides, expert drivers, and fast-track admission to museums will make your trip to Helsinki a truly memorable one!

       

Highlights
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  • Central Train Station
  • Church in the Rock
  • Esplanadi
  • Helsinki Cathedral
  • Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum
  • Mannerheimintie
  • Market Square
  • National Museum
  • Olympic Stadium
  • Opera House
  • Parlament Building
  • Porvoo Village
  • Senate Square
  • Seurasaari Island
  • Sibelius Monument and Park
  • Uspenski Cathedral

The Central Train Station of Helsinki is a large impressive building, decorated with the massive statues on both sides of the entrance. It was chosen as one of the world's most beautiful railway stations by BBC in 2013.

 
20 min

Temppeliaukio Church is often called the church in the rock. Finland uses the natural landscape of the region to create a beautiful urban environment, and this is the best example of it. The church is built into the huge granite rock. It’s simple but exquisite with granite walls and a glass ceiling. 

Services are daily.

30 min

Esplanadi is a beautiful wide boulevard with the big park on in, located in the center of Helsinki. It begins at the Market square and goes all the way to Mannerheimintie street. Esplanadi is an excellent place for a leisurely walk under the old linden trees. There are numerous coffee shops at Esplanadi, located in the buildings on both sides and in the park itself. The West end of Esplanadi is called the Erottaja square, which was selected as the official geographic "zero point" of Helsinki. Distances to all other cities in Finland are measured starting from here.

20 min

Helsinki Cathedral is a Lutheran church, also called the Cathedral of St. Nicholas. It's the main church of the town. The church was opened in 1852 and dedicated to the name saint of Nicholas 1st, the Russian emperor, as Finland was the province of Russia at that time. The impressive white structure stands on the natural hill, connected to the Senat square by the granite steps, that make you feel the church is even higher.

30 min

Kiasma is a large museum of contemporary art located in the center of Helsinki. It's one of the most famous museums in the city. The sizeable modern building mirrors into the surrounding landscape. Kiasma park is a favorite place for the locals to enjoy the afternoon outdoors.

1 hour

Mannerheimintie is the main street in Helsinki, as well as the longest street in the city. It follows the path of the old road to Tampere, Finland's former capital. Mannerheimintie begins at the Esplanada street and goes all the way north to the city limits. The House of Parliament, the main post office, the Kiasma modern art museum, the Finlandia Hall, the National Museum, the Helsinki Opera House, Kampi bus station, and many other famous buildings can be found on Mannerhermintie.

15 min

Market square in the center of Helsinki is the most exciting place in the city. It’s located on the seashore next to the city ferry station. You can find everything there. All sorts of season fruit and berries, mushrooms, smoked fish, flowers, souvenirs, traditional clothing, furs, leather, name it. One can spend hours digging through the carved bone statuettes or enjoying the beer with fresh grilled salmon.

40 min

The impressive building of the National Museum stands on Helsinki's main street, Mannerheimintie. It features Finnish history from the Stone Age to the present day. The appearance of the building reflects Finland's medieval churches and castles. The entrance hall ceiling has ceiling frescoes in the national epic Kalevala theme, which can be seen without an entrance fee.

 
1 hour

The stadium was the main arena for the 1952 Olympic Games. The construction of the stadium was completed in 1938. Since then, it has been frequently used for local, European, and world athletic competitions as well as music concerts. The height of the tower 72.71 meters (238.5 ft) celebrates the world record of Finnish athlete Matti Järvinen in javelin throw of 1932 Summer Olympics.

15 min

Opera and ballet are quite young in Finland, as both companies were formed at the beginning of the 20th century only. The Opera house opened in 1993 and since then became home to both. The theater promotes national art. National Opera stages four to six premieres a year, including a world premiere of at least one Finnish opera.

15 min

The building for newly independent Finland's Parlament was inaugurated in 1932 and became the home to the Parlament offices that moved here from the Senat square. The Parlament is a masterpiece of architecture with five floors all different in design and layout. The visits to the Parlament building are organized through the visitor's center.

15 min

Porvoo is one of few medieval towns of Finland, dating its history back to 14th century. It preserved a lot of the old buildings, like the Porvoo cathedral, old town hall, or the brick storage complex. It brings you into the unique atmosphere of the old Scandinavia.

3 hours

The Senat square is a large central square of the city. The impressive white Helsinki cathedral crowns it. The center of the square if a memorial to the Russian emperor Alexander 2nd. The Helsinki's oldest building, Sederholm's house, is still located in the south part of Senat square.

15 min

Seurasaari island is the largest open-air wooden architecture museum in Finland. It features the wooden houses gathered from the area, carefully preserved and displayed to show the rural architecture of the region. 

2 hours

Jean Sibelius is a prominent Finnish composer and musician, respected all around Europe. The memorial in a unique park commemorates the life of this great person. The organ pipes dance in the air to the music, and the face of the composer looks at his music from the stone.

30 min

Located on a hill above the Helsinki harbor, red brick Uspensky cathedral can be seen from far away. It's the largest Orthodox Church of Northern Europe, built in 1868 by one of the most prominent Russian specialists. The style of the cathedral is a tribute to the Russian Revival period when the best of the old times architectural ideas were used to create the magnificent constructions. The church is worth going inside to see the impressive iconostases

40 min

Detailed Program

Time Description
Meeting place: Daily, in the lobby of your hotel.
09:00, 09:30, 10:00 or 10:30 Meet your guide in the lobby of your hotel. The guide will have a sign with your name on it.

According to your pre-selected museum preferences, your guide will already have a fully customized tour program that you will follow during your private exploration of Helsinki

   We will happily customize each tour to include the sights that interest you the most and will provide skip-the-line admission and special arrangements to maximize your experience. We care about our clients and want to make sure their tour time is used wisely and effectively.

Each day your tour will end at the location of your choosing - either back at your hotel or anywhere in the city where you desire to stay after the tour.
Evening tours We will be happy to assist you with planning your evening activities; please contact us for ideas!


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  • Professional tour guide 
  • Choose your language: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Mandarin
  • Other languages are available on request
  • Comfortable A/C vehicle with a private driver
  • Admissions to selected museums with Skip-the-line where available
  • Audio head-sets for groups over 6 people to hear the guide clearly
  • Smiles and positive experience
  • Food & drinks
  • Gratuities / Tips
  • Evening entertainment (can easily be arranged on request as well)
Suitable for people with limited walking ability and wheelchair users.
  • The benefits of a private customized tour is that we can plan anything! 
  • Realize your tour dreams and make your visit to Helsinki a perfect one! 
  • Skip waiting lines, learn interesting facts, explore off the beaten track places!
  • Our professional private tour guides are highly experienced in dealing with the most sophisticated clients, families with little children, clients with special needs and those needing special assistance.
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