Traveling across the Baltic Sea aboard a cruise liner is a very popular type of holiday in Finland. Throughout the year there are many options for traveling around the Baltic Sea aboard the liners of famous cruise companies. Cruise routes connect Scandinavia, the Baltic States and Europe. Cruises are carried out on fast and comfortable ships, and on grandiose floating five-star hotels. The main cruise companies working in this direction are Tallink Silja Line, Viking Line and Finnlines.
Popular routes
The company Tallink Silja Line carries out cruises on the routes Helsinki - Rostock, Helsinki - Stockholm, Helsinki - Tallinn, Turku - Stockholm and Turku - Åland Islands - Stockholm / Kapelscher. Viking Line: Helsinki - Stockholm, Helsinki - Tallinn, Helsinki - Marienhamn and Turku - Marienhamn. Finnlines: Helsinki - Travemünde, Naantali - Kapelscher.
Types of cruises
All cruises from Suomi can be conditionally divided into day cruises, cruises with an overnight stay on board and seasonal ones. An example of a day cruise can be swimming from Helsinki to Tallinn. In the morning, tourists leave Helsinki, spend half a day in Tallinn, and return in the evening. A cruise with an overnight stay on board is a trip with a return to the point of departure the next day, for example, a Helsinki-Stockholm-Helsinki cruise.
Seasonal cruises, as you might guess, operate only at certain times of the year, for example, regular Christmas and New Year cruises from St. Petersburg with a call from Helsinki. For Christmas and New Year's, ferries are decorated in festive decor and are decorated with garlands, and restaurants offer traditional national Christmas dishes.
The standard duration of cruise programs is from one to three days, but there are also five-day cruises. Swimming can be combined with rest in Stockholm, Tallinn, Turku and the Åland Islands.
On board
Cabins on cruise ships for comfort, as a rule, are not inferior to the numbers of first-class hotels. On board, tourists are offered a wide range of entertainment - restaurants, saunas, shopping centers, music programs. Children on cruises also do not have to be bored: they have playrooms and entertainment programs.