The Finnish city of Turku is a port located at the mouth of the Aura River in the southwestern part of the country. The airport in Turku is located near the city - just 8 kilometers away. It is landing the aircraft of domestic flights from various Finnish cities - Helsinki, Oulu, Mariehamna and Tampere. Filnia flights are carried out by Finnair aircraft. Time in the way between Helsinki and Turku is 35 minutes. You will need to pay from 25 euros per ticket. Airplanes are sent 6 times a day.
In addition to them, the Turku is associated with international flights with the largest European cities, like - Budapest, Riga, Warsaw, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Tallinn and Gdansk. The Turku's central market square from the airport building regularly leaves bus number 1.
Also in Turku can be reached by train VR. From the capital of Finland - Helsinki in Turku, the time spent on the way will be 2 hours, and the ticket will pay from 30 to 35 euros per ticket; From the city of Tampere - on the way you will spend 1.5 hours, the cost of the ticket - 25-27 euros; From the city of Peksymyki you will get in 6 hours, the cost of the ticket will be 50-60 euros; From Kolio can be reached in 7 hours, the cost of the ticket - 60-67 euros.
I must say that besides these trains, night trains go to Turku, depart from Rovaniemi. The building of the railway station in Turku is located in the northern part of the city, however, some of the trains can take you straight to the port.
From St. Petersburg, the Russian transport company "Sovatto" is carried out bus transportation on the route: St. Petersburg - Helsinki - Turku.
You will need to pay 50 euros for a ticket one way, if you purchase a ticket "There and back", you can save a little - such a ticket will cost you in 80 euros. Flight buses of this company on the border are skipped out of turn.
The Turku daily in the morning and evenings from Stockholm are ferries - "Viking Line" and "Silja Line".
For such a trip, depending on the cabin class, you will need to pay from 40-45 euros. During the trip, the morning flight you can enjoy picturesque views, if you leave the evening flight, then on board you will be expecting entertainment in a nightclub.
The car from Helsinki to the Turku can be reached on the E18 highway approximately 2 hours, from Tampere, it is necessary to follow the E63 highway, and from Pori - on the E8 highway. From the last two cities on the road it will be necessary to spend a few more time.
In the city tourist bureau you can completely offer a map of the city, where the routes of cycling tracks will be marked. The cost of renting bicycles to the Turku is - 12 euros per day or 59 euros per week. Ferry Föri will be completely free to transport you along with a bike across the river. It runs, starting from 6.15 in the morning and ending at 23.00, in the summer. Over the remaining months, steam finishes its work at 21.00. Cars ferry does not transport.
Almost all city buses Turku leave from Market Square. There are no buses that would move in a circle, so to go to another direction, you will have to go back to the square, and then recover the bus you need. By a ticket worth 2.5 euros you can ride different buses within 2 hours. Or you can buy a ticket for the whole day worth 5.5 euros.
But moving around the taxi to the Turku is convenient, but somewhat expensive. The supply of the machine costs 5-8 euros, and then it will be necessary to pay for each mile 1-2 euros.