Parainen, which until 2009 was an independent town, and now a part of the town of Weståboland, is located south of Turku, with a town centre 23 kilometres from Turku. It is the home of 12 000 people. This archipelago town with its canals provides an idyllic setting for a holiday. A wide range of services, shops and boutiques, classy restaurants and cafés are located in the town centre, within walking distance from one another.
Overnight Accomodation: there is a good choice of places to stay overnight: a hotel, a hostel, a holiday cabin village, a camping /caravanning site. You can go in for boating, tennis, golf, miniature golf, horseback riding, orienteering and fishing.The beautiful natural environment of the archipelago offers a range of opportunities for hiking and biking. In addition the annual summer events and exhibitions offer visitors a lot to see and to experience.
There are several
unique attractions in Parainen: the most beautiful archipelago in the world, the largest opencast limestone quarry in Finland, the medieval greystone church of Parainen, the old town quarter Vanha Malmi, Skyttala museum, Local heritage museum, Industy Museum, Fredrika’s cottage, the medieval Quidja manor castle, Stentorp sheep farm, Lofsdal manor with its antique furnishings, Lenholma nature reserve with its oak trees and shore meadows, Sattmark cottage, an 18th- century sailor’s croft housing a café, Tammiluoto wine-making farm at Lemlahti, Cigar Factory J. Sundqvist, the only one of its kind in Finland and Viola Renvall’s rose garden next to the town hall.
Parainen offers a
large number of cultural and other events and happenings: the market event Saaristolaistori, Parainen Week, the organ music festival Paraisten Urkupäivät, Vanha Malmi Kutsuu,, Teatteripuulaki summer theatre, Rowlit-Party in Rock, Maalaispirssi tai Kiva i Pargas, Culture Week which culminates with Muinaistulien Yö (night of the bonfires of yore), the opening of the Christmas Street, and Christmas Market in Vanha Malmi
In Parainen you can pursue a large number free-time activities: sailing, rowing, canoeing,fishing, golf, tennis, miniature golf, horseback riding, soccer, orienteering, crosscountry skiing, Finnish baseball, taekwondo, biking, jogging, hiking, dancing reading, scuba diving, floorball, rinkball and choir singing.
The connections to Parainen/Pargas are very good: by car from Turku 22 km, Kaarina 15 km. Salo 60 km, Helsinki 167 km, Nauvo 26 km; there is a cable ferry and ferry service to the outer archipelago.
Nagu
DO NOT DRIVE PAST THE LOVELIEST PART OF FINLAND!
Nagu The center of the archipelago
Rest on the warm rocks or in a soft hotel bed. Bathe in a peaceful bay. Enjoy fresh smoked fish in the small boat harbour or have a juicy steak and good wine in a restaurant. Nagu offers you many enchanting alternatives in the most beautiful archipelago of the world.
Korpo
The Archipelago Tourist Information: Strandvägen 28 21600 Pargas, +358 (0)400 117123
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Info point: Restaurant Hjalmars, +358 (0)2-4631202
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In the middle of the Åboland Archipelago
Korpo, which is a part of the town of Weståboland, offers you a wide range of possibilities to spend your holiday. We can offer you the clean waters and fresh breezes of the sea and a world-famous natural landscape. Depending on the season you can swim, fish, ski, go for a row or a sail, go hiking enjoying your holiday to the full.
If you’ re looking for history, there’s the medieval church dating from 1300s, the local museum or the Utö lighthouse. Galtby is the place where the first passenger and car ferry service to Sweden started in 1959. Four times a day, at Galtby, you can watch the big car ferries passing by on their way to Sweden. There are popular guest marinas at Verkan and Korpoström. The best seascape views are found in the outer islands where Jurmo and Utö are located. The ship to these islands starts from Pärnäs. The newest attraction is the Archipelago Centre Korpoström with a brand-new hotel.
Houtskär
Houtskär turistinformation
FIN-21760 Houtskär, +358 (0)400 117123
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Houtskär is a part of the town of Weståboland. It has a total of 1680 islands and skerries surrounded by blue expanses of the sea and separated by green straits. Finland’s South-Western Archipelago has often been referred to as ”the most beautiful beautiful archipelago in the world”. Houtskär is located in the middle of this paradise. The forest-covered major islands (20 of them are inhabited) and bare outer islands, wide open seas and lush sounds contribute to the diverse scenery in Houtskär. There are plenty of rare plants and birds.
About 670 islanders form a lively community providing a variety of services. Local cultural life in Houtskär is particularly active, the only folk high school in the archipelago is in Houtskär. Houtskär is the only municipality in the Turku Archipelago where Swedish is the only official language. However, people speaking only Finnish get along well.
First of all - in Houtskär you will find unspoiled island nature.
Annual events
Local heritage celebration, Houtskär Day celebration, The Night of the Ancient Lights
Iniö, which is a part of the town of Weståboland, is located at the border of Åboland and Åland. Its population, normally only 250, is multiplied during the summer. Eleven of the islands are inhabited.
The Archipelago Trail runs through Iniö. There is a choice of places to stay the night from holiday cabins to bed&breafast accommodation and several cafés and eating places. Iniö Church standing in the middle of Norby Island is a spectacular sight.
During the summer in particular, there are a number of events in Iniö, arranged by the local people for the delight of visitors and locals alike.
