TRAVEL REPORT IN THE BALTIC AREA IN FINLAND, ESTONIA AND POLAND

 

1)    Orio al Serio Airport (Bg) - Terminal 2 of Tampere Airport (Finland): Euro 32.99 including taxes, with the airline Ryanair; 2) Terminal 2 of Tampere Airport (Finland) - Terminal 1 of Tampere Airport (Finland): a few minutes on foot; 3) Airport (Terminal 1) of Tampere (Finland) - Tampere center (Finland): 18 km (20 minutes) by bus of the Paunu Company. There is a bus every 45 ', 1 hour, 1 hour and 30' approximately depending on the time. On Saturday and Sunday the frequency of the same decreases significantly. Tickets can be purchased directly on the bus; cost: Euro 4.30 one way (price updated to autumn 2010); 4) The center of Tampere is small and can be easily explored on foot; 5) Tampere center (Finland) - Helsinki center (Finland): from 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours by train with one-way costs varying from Euro 22 to Euro 29 depending on the time you leave and the train you are traveling to takes (there is an average train every half hour approximately), or from 2 hours and 20 minutes to 2 hours and 50 minutes (186 km) by bus with the Express Bus Company or Paunu with one-way costs varying from Euro 24 , 60 to 28.40 Euros depending on the time of departure. Tickets can also be bought on the bus. There is a bus every half hour on average (price updated to autumn 2010); 6) Helsinki port (Finland) - Tallin port (Estonia): about 1 hour by fast ferry with the Linda Line Express Company. The ticket can also be purchased via the internet: minimum price Euro 42 round trip (price updated to autumn 2010). There are also high companies that practice this route with even lower prices but with longer times; 7) Tallin port (Estonia) - Tallin historical center (Estonia): in a few minutes on foot; 8) There are many cheap hotels and hostels in the historic center of Tallin: one of these is the Old Town Alur Hostel at the minimum price of Euro 10.00 per night. 9) The historic center of Tallin is small and can be easily explored on foot; 10) Tallin port (Estonia) - Helsinki port (Finland): about 1 hour by fast ferry from the Linda Line Express Company. Tickets can also be purchased via the internet: price Euro 42 round trip (price updated to autumn 2010). There are also high companies that practice this route with even lower prices but with longer times; 11) The center of Helsinki (Finland) can be easily explored on foot; 12) Helsinki marina (Finland) - Suomenlinna Island (Unesco heritage) - Finland: about 15 'by ferry. Tickets can be purchased at the port's automatic machines: price Euro 2.5 one way (price updated to autumn 2010). There are many ferries per day. 13) The historic center of Tallin is small and can be easily explored on foot; 14) There are not many cheap hotels and hostels in Helsinki: the cheapest I found is the Stadion Hostel, inside the stadium, logically on the outskirts (but easily accessible by tram and bus) at the minimum price of Euro 20.00 per night. 15) Central Helsinki (Finland): - Central Turku (Finland): from 2 hours to 2 hours 45 'by train with one-way costs varying from Euro 22 to Euro 29 depending on the time you leave and the train you arrive takes (there is a train on average every scarce hour or so). Or from 2 hours and 10 minutes to 2 hours and 50 minutes (160 km) by bus with the Express Bus Company or Pohjolan Likenne with one-way costs varying from Euro 24.60 to Euro 28.40 depending on the time of day. part. Tickets can also be bought on the bus. There is a bus every half hour on average (price updated to autumn 2010); 16) The center of Turku (Finland) can be easily explored on foot, while the Castle is outside and reachable from the center by bus n. 1, at a cost of 2 Euros one way. The ticket can be bought on the bus; 17) Turku center (Finland) - Turku airport_terminal 1: reachable from the center by bus n. 1, at a cost of 2 Euros one way. The ticket can be bought on the bus. The service is also available at night at a cost of 3 Euros (price updated to autumn 2010); 18) Turku_terminal Airport 1 - Turku_terminal 2 Airport: in a few minutes on foot in the woods. 19) Turku Airport_terminal 2 - Gdansk Airport (Poland): Euro 20 including taxes, with the airline Wizz Air; 20) Airport of Gdansk (Poland) - Railway station of Gdansk (Poland): 12 km, 20 minutes by bus. Frequent buses. Tickets can be purchased directly on the bus; cost: 3.00 Zloty (just under 1 Euro) one way (price updated to autumn 2010); 21) Railway station of Gdansk (Poland) - Old town of Gdansk (Poland): a few minutes on foot. 22) There are many cheap hotels and hostels in the historic center of Gdansk (Poland): one of these is the Gdanskhostel at the minimum price of Euro 10.00 per night. 23) Gdansk Airport (Poland): - Orio al Serio Airport (Bg): Euro 16 including taxes, with the airline Wizz Air;

 

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