Porvoo Old Town: Private Guided Day Tour from Helsinki｜Finland

Step back in time on a private guided day tour to Porvoo, Finland's second-oldest town, with your own local guide and door-to-door travel from Helsinki. This is a private experience created for travellers who value comfort, space and someone else handling every detail — not a mass-tourism coach trip.

Your day is yours alone — a fully private tour for your group, never shared with strangers. Your guide shares the history, legends and everyday stories of medieval Porvoo at a relaxed pace built entirely around you. The whole day flexes to your group: families with children, older travellers, a slower or fuller pace, even your dog — tell us and we tailor it.

After a scenic drive from Helsinki (around an hour, your guide setting the scene along the way), you reach Porvoo's enchanting Old Town. Wander narrow cobbled lanes lined with brightly painted wooden houses, stand before the 15th-century Porvoo Cathedral, and discover the Old Town Hall Square and Finland's oldest town hall. Your guide leads you down to the Porvoonjoki river to see the iconic ochre-red shore houses — once merchants' storehouses, today the postcard image of Finland — and across the Old Bridge for the classic view. Along the way there's time for coffee, a local chocolate maker, or artisan shops and galleries, with your guide's insider tips.

Travel in comfort and style: your private Mercedes is selected to match your group — an elegant sedan for a couple, a more spacious car for up to six — with bottled water and wi-fi on board. We collect you wherever suits: your hotel, the airport, the harbour or the railway station — and can drop you somewhere different at the end, so a tour can run, for example, hotel in the morning to the airport in the evening.

Your guide speaks English; on request we can arrange a guide in other languages, subject to availability — just tell us your preferred language after booking.

One private price covers the whole group, so the more of you travel, the less it costs each — from around €210 per person for a group of six, and the same private price simply shared between fewer of you.

Choose the 5-hour tour for the essentials, or the 7-hour Grand Day Trip for a relaxed pace with extra time in the Old Town, the riverside and a leisurely lunch. Several start times run through the day and other times can be arranged on request — ideal for early arrivals or evening explorers between flights.

We are Helsinki Airport Taxi — a private chauffeur and guided-tour service that has looked after travellers across Finland since 2008. We collect you from anywhere in the greater Helsinki region, including the airport, harbour and railway station, for layover travellers and visitors alike.