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• Helsinki & Porvoo in a nutshell

  108lornab,,Feb 10, 2026

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  4.00

  Great info packed tour of main sights and Finnish culture. Really interesting to hear Finnish history. Porvoo is magical.

• Beautiful old town

  Culture47505223580,,Feb 6, 2026

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  It's was a wonderful trip and very well conducted by the guide. Just the vehicle had been more comfortable, it would have been great.

• Day tour around Helsinki.

  scotthO742GD,,Feb 6, 2026

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Finba was our driver for the tour. He was very pleasant and knowledgeable about the area. We had lots of time to see the sites along the way. This was certainly good way to see the local landmarks and history of the area.

• Perfect guide

  edwingP6291YH,,Feb 5, 2026

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Finba was amazing--Sharp, knowledgeable, efficient, a perfect tour guide for our first visit to Helsinki and Provo. His understanding the history is fascinating, and his clear appreciation of the City's architecture and highlights was fascinating

• Excellent trip on Helsinki and Porvoo Tour by Private Car with Personal Guide.

  George C,,Feb 4, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  We have wonderful and Excellent trip experience on Helsinki and Porvoo Tour by Private Car with Personal Guide. Finba did such awesome job to show us the highlight of Porvoo and Helsinki. Highly recommend this trip.

• What a wonderful,...

  Renee T,,Jan 27, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  What a wonderful, charming city! Our guide was very knowledgeable and considerate. Would go to Provoo again

• Private tour of Porvoo

  Dalane C,,Jan 12, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Finbar was a great tour guide. Very informative and entertaining. Definitely recommend him!! He was very accommodating to what we wanted to do

• Great for a cold day!

  antoniogC8715VD,,Jan 9, 2026

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Great experience on a cold day. The tour was balanced for seeing sights outside and sharing insights during the drive. Learned and saw so much.

• Not A Private Tour

  Michael W,,Jan 7, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  2.00

  It was not a private tour or a private vehicle. There were 3 others (2 and 1 group) in the vehicle. I brought it to the attention of the driver before the tour, but he insisted it was his options.

• Disappointed on several levels (only highlight was the chocolate)

  Tom M,,Jan 4, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  1.00

  We did not have a great experience, and even requested a refund (which I don't remember ever doing) which was ignored. I generally write positive reviews. The minibus was really a European minivan. I'm only 5'10" and my knees were cramped. We only went with one other couple but it was 1 in front and 3 of us in the middle. We had already learned quite a bit about Helsinki as we had been there a couple days, but we were expecting more as we love to learn the history. In reality it was a bit of time driving around Helsinki and pointing out a few things...but nothing in-depth or new for us. "Look down that road, those are all Russian buildings". "Look there, that is the train station". The travel there was ok, was raining and it felt like we hydroplaned a few times. When we go there we discovered it was a flat tire (which is why we slid a bit on the highway). So our guide explained a few minor things about Porvoo and let us wander on our own. We came back 45 minutes later and the driver advised he couldn't get a tire replacement and was waiting on a service truck, so we went back on our own for a bit. After we got back he said the service truck couldn't fix it because the hole was too large, but we could stop and pump the tire from time to time. He called his boss and other co-workers and none of them picked up their phones to help. It then took us almost 2.5 hours to get back to Helsinki as he road on the highway until the tire got squirrely and stopped at the side of the road to pump it up...which was about every 3-5km. We didn't feel safe and we asked to get to some public transportation and he disregarded that, saying they weren't running (but they were). He continued to call at several stops but didn't get any support, they just told him to keep going and didn't offer another car to get us or him. All in all, we got a ho-hum tour of Helsinki, no real tour of Porvoo, and the ride home was sketchy and not fun at all. The owner texted us the next day saying the driver advised we had a few minor issues and apologized. I texted back describing it in more detail and asking for a refund in the politest way possible...and it's been crickets since. In hind sight...would have gotten one of the tours where you take public transportation as the public transportation is good and fast. If there wasn't a flat tire issue, I'd likely still only rate this as a 3-star. Not as a pricey as some other tours but you get what you pay for. I'd either going higher quality/price or simple with the public transportation option. We did like the town of Porvoo...not crazy exciting...but get yourself some chocolate truffles from Brunberg. Making chocolate since 1871 and even though many look like tootsie rolls they melt in your mouth...so good.

  
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