Finland-Baltics-Poland Fly&Drive 12d/11n
CX Note: THE ITINERARY IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE, DUE TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE FERRY LINE BETWEEN GDYNIA and HELSINKI
Day 1. … – HELSINKI (Finland)
Day 2. HELSINKI - TALLINN (Finland – Estonia)
Day 3. TALLINN
Day 4. TALLINN – PARNU – Park Gauja – RIGA (Estonia – Latvia)
Day 5. RIGA
Day 6. RIGA – Rundale – Hill of Crosses - VILNIUS (Latvia – Lithuania)
Day 7. VILNIUS
Day 8. VILNIUS – TRAKAI - DRUSKININKAI (Lithuania)
Day 9. DRUSKININKAI – MIKOLAJKI (Lithuania – Poland)
Day 10. MIKOLAJKI – GDANSK – GDYNIA (Poland)
Day 11. GDYNIA – HELSINKI (Poland – Finland)
Day 12. HELSINKI – …
MAY - SEPTEMBER 2013 | ||||
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Car Category | Number of persons per car | Price per person (Eur) | ||
Hotels 2* | Hotels 3* | Hotels 4* | ||
Compact | 4 | 690 | 800 | 880 |
Intermediate | 4 | 740 | 850 | 930 |
Economy | 2 | 915 | 1025 | 1105 |
Compact | 2 | 945 | 1055 | 1135 |
Intermediate | 2 | 1045 | 1155 | 1235 |
Hotels for the tour are beeing chosen according to the price level. In case you would order your prefferred hotels, the price of the tour could change. Though please be sure we always book best available hotels.
Note: THE ITINERARY IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE, DUE TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE FERRY LINE BETWEEN GDYNIA and HELSINKI
COUNTRY | Town | Number of nights |
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FINLAND | Helsinki | 1 |
ESTONIA | Tallinn | 2 |
LATVIA | Riga | 2 |
LITHUANIA | Vilnius | 2 |
LITHUANIA | Druskininkai | 1 |
POLAND | Mikolajki | 1 |
POLAND | Gdansk/Gdynia | 1 |
FERRY | Baltic Sea | 1 |
CX Note: THE ITINERARY IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE, DUE TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE FERRY LINE BETWEEN GDYNIA and HELSINKI
Day 1. … – HELSINKI (Finland)
Arrival in Helsinki. Pick-up your car, transfer to city centre (25 km), free time, overnight in Helsinki.
Day 2. HELSINKI - TALLINN (Finland – Estonia)
Take a ferry to Tallinn (different departure times available). Day for exploring Tallinn.
Day 3. TALLINN
Day for exploring Tallinn. The lower and the upper parts of the old town, the open-air ethnographical museum of ROCCA AL MARE, visit to Kadriorg park (castle museum closed from July in 2012), Pirita (the ancient Convent of St. Bridget – Pirita Klooster).
Day 4. TALLINN – PARNU – Park Gauja – RIGA (Estonia – Latvia)
Drive to hanseatic Parnu, summer capital of Estonia. Then to Latvia with visit to Gauja Park (55 km) and castle with historical museum. Proceed to Riga for overnight.
Day 5. RIGA
Day for exploring Riga.
Day 6. RIGA – Rundale – Hill of Crosses - VILNIUS (Latvia – Lithuania)
Head to Rundale for a visit to the beautiful baroque pearl of Rastrelli. After proceed to Lithuania with a stop at the Hill of Crosses (12 km from Siauliai). Then to Vilnius for overnight.
Day 7. VILNIUS
Day for exploring Lithuanian capital city with gorgeous old town, also called city of churches and famous for the northernmost baroque in Europe.
Day 8. VILNIUS – TRAKAI - DRUSKININKAI (Lithuania)
Visit to Trakai (27 km), yet another ancient capital of Lithuania. Stroll in the town along the narrow streets with typical buildings, kenesa, the praying house of Caraims, the local ethnic minority, the medieval Trakai Castle among the lakes (entrance to Castle Museum 3.5 eur). Trakai is within the Trakai National Park of History. Continue to Druskininkai, the South of Lithuania, near the border with Belarus. Druskininkai is the main thermal SPA resort of the country with wide possibilities for walking and cycling as well. The beautiful National Park of Dzukija with nice pine forests and also ethnographic villages Zervynai and Marcinkonys are also worth visiting.
Day 9. DRUSKININKAI – MIKOLAJKI (Lithuania – Poland)
Possibility to visit the famous open-air soviet sculpture park-museum Grutas (5 km from Druskininkai). Continue to Mikolajki for overnight.
Day 10. MIKOLAJKI – GDANSK – GDYNIA (Poland)
Visit the beautiful city of Gdansk, overnight in Gdynia.
Day 11. GDYNIA – HELSINKI (Poland – Finland)
10:30 departure of overnight ferry to Helsinki (departs on Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays).
Day 12. HELSINKI – …
09:00 ferry arrives to Helsinki Hansa terminal (21 km from city, 25 km from the airport) . Free time, departure to the airport, drop-off the car.
The cars are all new (up to 3 years old) and rented from our trusted and contracted rent-a-car companies. As always at the time of confirmation rental cars are beeing confirmed with category/class and not with a certain make. Rent-a-car company is obliged to upgrade to a higher car category if the booked one is not available at the time of delivery to the customer. Driver must be at least 21 years of age and must hold a valid driver's licence with at least 2 years of experience. Collission and Theft Insurances are included with excess amount of 435 Eur.
Car size ideas of each category:
Economy, e.g. Toyota Yaris
Compact, e.g. Toyota Auris
Intermediate Sedan/Saloon, e.g. Toyota Corolla
Intermediate Station Wagon, e.g. Toyota Verso
Van, e.g. Renault Trafic