lifeisgood1958 Posted May 25, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 25, 2016 We are planning a private tour while in Helsinki. Do you think it's worth it to visit Porvoo and are 5-6 hours enough to see the city and Porvoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted May 25, 2016 #2 Share Posted May 25, 2016 We are planning a private tour while in Helsinki. Do you think it's worth it to visit Porvoo and are 5-6 hours enough to see the city and Porvoo? Welcome to Cruise Critic. You may also want to check out the port of call forum here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=192 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris74 Posted May 25, 2016 #3 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Well I may subjective, but Porvoo has a really nice wooden old town. So I would say yes, but then again my family comes from Porvoo :) 5-6 hours is ok, it is not a big place. Nice shops and cafees. I just love the athmosphere. Old wooden houses built by a river and a small good museum to show how people lived in its hayday. Church has character. Nice place all in all and worth a visit for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N&PJ Posted May 26, 2016 #4 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Well I may subjective, but Porvoo has a really nice wooden old town. So I would say yes, but then again my family comes from Porvoo :) 5-6 hours is ok, it is not a big place. Nice shops and cafees. I just love the athmosphere. Old wooden houses built by a river and a small good museum to show how people lived in its hayday. Church has character. Nice place all in all and worth a visit for sure. It also has a great pub by the road bridge over the river, that serves excellent beers and food. Lovely to sit on the terrace overlooking the river with a good beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abaci Posted May 27, 2016 #5 Share Posted May 27, 2016 We spent a few days in Helsinki last year. I don't know anything about Porvoo, but I was amazed at how we had walked all over Helsinki and saw all the main sites it basically one day. Suomenlinna can take quite a bit of time if you wander all over, but besides that a day is more then enough to see all main sites. If I do Helsinki again I will venture more out of the city. It's a beautiful city, but after spending a week in Stockholm it was much smaller then we had anticipated. If you get a chance find the Bad Bad Boy statue still makes me laugh when I see the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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