Clients love the Stockholm, Viking Line, Helsinki and Tallinn combination.
This spring and summer we were contacted by many people looking for city breaks who following our advice took the opportunity of using the excellent Viking Line services to experience several Baltic capitals in one trip. For many the overnight cruise between Sweden and Finland was a highlight of their trip. We thought you might like to hear a little more about it in their words.
“ I am writing to thank you for your seamless organisation of our Baltic trip.
We enjoyed our stay on the boat from Stockholm to Helsinki and the hotel in Helsinki was excellent and I would recommend it as convenient for the city and the port.
The Tallinn hotel was also good and altogether it was a very enjoyable break”
Julia Lecky
Neston
South Wirral
Image by Nicho Sodling.
We had done the usual city break locations, Paris, Amsterdam, Prague and Barcelona. When we started to look for somewhere new a friend recommended Stockholm. After doing some research it sounded brilliant so we decided to give it a go.
When we called Emagine and started to talk through the various options Loraine suggested that we
might want to combine Stockholm with an overnight sailing through the archipelago on Viking Line to Helsinki and if we had time to do a day visit to Tallinn. Our planned short break had now transformed into a fabulous long weekend all of which you kindly arranged.
We took the morning flight to Stockholm and reached our hotel, Scandic Malmen, just after lunch. The welcome was friendly, location good and room clean and bright. We dropped our bags and headed off on foot to the Old Town. Stockholm is a beautiful city and the weather was very kind. We spent the next 2 days hopping on and off boats, visiting amazing museums, eating picnics in the parks and enjoying the local nightlife. The hotel had quite a few bars and restaurants close by which was perfect.
The next afternoon we boarded the Viking Line ship. We certainly weren’t prepared for something so grand, I guess we just thought it would be like the ferries at home but this was more like a cruise ship. The three of us shared a cabin which was fine for one night. It had its own toilet, sink and shower. After a quick tour of the ship we knew we wouldn’t be spending much time in our cabin. We started the evening with the buffet dinner (thanks for the recommendation Loraine), so much great seafood and wine included. The rest of the evening was a blur of listening to live bands, in the many bars and then rounded off until the small hours in the brilliant nightclub. We did keep popping out onto the deck to take in the views, especially as it remained light nearly all night!
We were a bit slow at getting started and were still relaxing over breakfast as the ship arrived in Helsinki. We decided to let the crowds get off before disembarking. It was perfect that our hotel, Grand Marina, was just a minute away. It was great hotel and our room had lots of character. We then spent the remainder of the day pottering around Helsinki which is lovely and surprisingly compact. The weather was once again kind so we watched the world go by from one of the many pavement cafes, in between sightseeing, perused the market and joined the locals enjoying ice-cream in the park. We ate dinner in a roof top restaurant with views across the city, these long days are amazing.
The last day was manic. We packed our bags and left them at the hotel. We then hopped on the hydrofoil to Tallinn with Nordic Jet. The journey was smooth and fast, only 1 ½ hours. You arrive quite centrally. As we had limited time we did the sightseeing bus tour from the hydrofolil which was a great way of getting to know the city. After this we had a couple of hours to explore the old town and grab a bite to eat before it was back on the hydrofoil. Tallinn was really interesting and had a great buzz about it. We all agreed we would go back for longer, even a full day may have done the trick but we are glad we went. Once in Helsinki it was a taxi to the airport and our flight home…….
Thanks so much from all of us for arranging such a brilliant holiday. We are now telling all our friends about our adventure and will be in touch to arrange that crazy weekend on Viking Cinderella that you recommended as our next girls get together.
L..P. and friends.
Manchester.
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