Harry our guide was very informative and due to the cathedral being closed to tourists & not knowing this prior, he was able to swing us towards some other buildings that weren’t necessarily normally part of the tour. He looked after us whilst walking around the town, getting on/off the ferry to the island and headed us in the direction of food for lunch prior to catching the ferry The only minor negative comment I would have is that he didn’t get us together as a group at the end of the tour coming off the ferry so that we could say farewell to both he and other participants and thank him.

Standard Helsinki top sites tour with a friendly and relaxed guide. Going on a Saturday both churches were closed at the time we arrived and we went inside a café instead. Be aware that while the tour provides pick up at some hotels it ends on the Suomenlinna island. You will get a ferry ticket to go back yourself and should plan about 1 additional hour before you are back at the hotel. The last hour of the tour was a standard tour offered on Suomenlinna and our guide dropped us there handing us the tickets and said good bye. 30mins later at 2pm the regular island tour guide started the island tour with a larger group of tourists (but still below 25 as promised). The mini van used was a taxi and we did not need it after the cathedral from where we could walk to the ferry. The market is.a very touristic market next to the ferry.