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Full Day Trips In The South Point of Finland
All trips begin so that a regional guide, who will be with the group during the entire tour, will join you at a suitable place depending on your route.
Life by a castle (Lohja-Fiskars-Tammisaari-Raasepori castle-Fagervik)
The tour begins in the magnificent, medieval church of Lohja. From the church, the tour continues to the Fiskars iron works – the famous artist, design and handy craft-society by a stream. Here we will enjoy a delicious lunch, meet different artists and do some shopping. From Fiskars we will drive to Tammisaari, and there make a tour of the Old Town, visit the church and have a coffee and pastries by the market place. The tour will then continue to the wonderfully preserved iron works milieu of Fagervik. After visiting Fagervik, we will continue to the castle ruins of Raseborg. We will enjoy a light evening meal by the caste before heading home.
The trip takes approx. 8 hours and can be carried out throughout the year with some small changes in the programme.
Historical and charming iron works - Fiskars, Mustio and Fagervik
The tour starts from the Fiskars' renowned artist and handy craft-society by a stream. Here we will meet artists, have lunch and shop. We will continue to Mustio Castle, where we will follow a guided tour in the castle and have coffee in the castle´s old stable restaurant. From Mustio Castle we will continue to Fagervik iron works, where we will see a unique, well-preserved iron works. We will have coffee and tasty pastries before heading homeward.
The trip takes approx. 6 ½ hours and can be carried out throughout the year with some small changes in the programme.
In Mannerheim´s footsteps
Perhaps the best known Finn, Marshal Mannerheim was registered in Hanko Swedish Parrish between 1919-1935. His relatives, owners of the iron works in Fiskars, had, and still have, several wooden villas in Hanko and here you will also find the café, which Mannerheim owned in 1927-1933, called "The House of the Four Winds". The tour begins in Fiskars, where we will meet artists and handy-crafters and hear about the iron works owners’ relation to Marshal Mannerheim. Here we will also enjoy a delicious lunch. In the afternoon we will drive to Hanko via Tammisaari. In Tammisaari we will visit a monument raised in honour of two Knights of the Mannerheim Cross and enjoy a cup of coffee in the 100-year-old summer restaurant Knipan by the sea. The trip then continues to Hanko, where we will look at the wooden villas and hear more about the history of the town and Mannerheim´s relatives. We will finish with coffee at Mannerheim´s former café, The House of the Four Winds.
The trip takes approx. 8-9 hours and can be carried out throughout the year by changing Knipan and The House of the Four Winds in wintertime to other places, offering equally tasty food and coffee.
