Cycling - Turku Archipelago Short Break

A wonderful way to visit Finland´s unique Archipelago in three days and combine it with one of our other tours like Helsinki Weekend cycling holiday.

Welcome to the oldest part of Finland. Turku, the seaside city and former capital has a unique sea area of thousands of islands – The Archipelago – often discribed as the most beautiful of its kind in the world. The winding roads and numerous ferries enable You to ride through loop tour, which combines citylife and island hopping.

TIP! This tour can easily be connected to HelsinkiWeekend cycling holiday with short 90 minutes trainride and a day off in Helsinki before the start of that weekend tour.

Turku Archipelago Short Break:

5 days / 4 nights

Dates: 5.6.-21.8.2021

Arrivals: on saturdays

Total: 140km

Level: Easy

Guaranteed departures:
Self-guided departures:

Rates (per person and doubleroom): Starting xxx euros (self-guided) or xxx euros (guided)

Including: Accommodation and breakfast in a shared double room or single/single use room (supplement), luggage transfers, boat/ferry rides during the tour

Not included: Flights, transfers from and to Turku, meals (except breakfasts),

Single supplement: xxx euros (for 4 nights)

Bike rental: xxx euros (touring bike) xxx euros (eBike)

Accommodations (4 nights)

Turku (2 nights) 1st and 4th night
Nauvo Island (1 night) 2nd night
Naantali Spa (1 night) 3rd night

Itinerary, (3 days cycling)

Day 1: Arrival Arrival to Turku, tour info and bike rental + fitting.

Day 2: Turku-Parainen-Nauvo Island (58km)

Start of the tour takes you riding through the most beautiful parts of Turku city area and further to lush nature of Archipelago. Enjoy the lunch in the seaside town Parainen and visit the viewpoint of it´s famous limestone pit.

Day 3: Nauvo and Seili Island-Naantali (36km)

Feel the beauty of the sea. Today´s stage starts with a ferry ride to small Seili island. The fragile natural beauty of the island is protected in many ways. Seili Island has also a gloomier past. For more than 300 years until as late as 1962 this remote island was the place where lepers and mentally ill were expelled and treated. Once you get in the saddle again you ride thru the green island of Rymättylä to Naantali. This beatiful seaside town is one of the oldest and most visited in Finland and summer residence of the president of Finland.

Day 4: Naantali – Ruissalo – Turku (46km)

The last stage leads towards island of Ruissalo with its unique natural beauty and lush vegetation seen nowhere else in Finland. Ride the short ferry connection to the neigbouring island of Hirvensalo. Quiet country roads of the island don´t give even a hint of the nearby vibrant city. Our tour ends to banks of Aura River the mainstream of Turku full of life.

Day 5: Individual departure or additional nights in Turku