Easy self guided bicycle tour for three days and two nights.
You travel by cruise ship from Stockholm or Turku to the small port town Mariehamn in the Åland Islands, where you have one day to visit attractions like the Åland Maritime Museum, and the impressive and well preserved four masted tall ship Pommern. You'll stay for the night at Strandnäs Hotell on a calm street outside the town centre, and can enjoy your evening strolling through the traditional maritime quarter and restaurants by the Eastern harbour.
Day two you have easy biking to visit the medieval Kastelholm castle, which is one of the most popular attractions. You'll stay nearby at Kastelholms Gästhem, and have the option to make an extra bike excursion to Bomarsund and the huge ruins of the 19th century sea fortress there. You have restaurants and a distillery near the castle.
From Kastelholm you have easy biking back to Mariehamn, and the option of a detour to the Önningeby museum, where fine art by Ålandic painters is exhibited. Ships to Stockholm depart in the afternoon and arrive in the evening.
Departing Stockholm at 07:45
Departing Grisslehamn at 10:00
Departing Kapellskär at 10:15 or 10:45
Departing Turku at 08:45
Departing Naantali at 10:30 or 11:15
Departures from Helsinki not included
Breakfast is included in all accommodations.
Our standard bicycle is a 3-geared 28" bike of the model Helkama Ainotar, made in Finland.
We also have 24" kid bikes of the model Helkama Jopo, with 3 gears. This classic children's bicycle is the most popular model in Scandinavia.
If you travel with your own bicycle we will give a discount on the price.
Bike panniers with a capacity of 20 liters are included. Your empty bags can be kept when you collect the rental bikes, or stored in safe lockers in the Mariehamn ferry terminal.
Clean sheets and fresh towels are provided at every accommodation, so you don't have to bring this.
Our itinerary is sent to you as a PDF document, specially formatted to be easy to use on any smart phone. The itinerary contains your route description and map links to all important and interesting places.
We send you a digital travel calendar that you can easily add to your telephone to remind you of important times and places. The calendar works on every model of telephone.
We also send your routes for each day in GPX file format, that can be used with bike computers or offline maps.
Day 1: 24km biking (optional)
Day 2: 25km biking
Day 3: 25km biking
Arrival in Stockholm at 18:55
Arrival in Turku at 19:50
Arrival in Grisslehamn at 14:30 or 19:30
Would you like to spend an extra night in Åland? Write a request with your booking and we'll take care of it.
We have new and comfortable electric bicycles of the Helkama E7 model, with batteries lasting you the entire day.
With this rate, you will sleep in double rooms every night. For example, if you are a group of four, you will have two double rooms at your disposal. You never have to share rooms with other groups.
This tour package includes travel to Mariehamn by modern cruise ships from Stockholm or Turku. You'll depart in the morning and can enjoy the splendid views over the Baltic sea and archipelago from deck. During your journey you can eat a breakfast buffet on board and stock up on duty free goods.
After arriving in Mariehamn in the early afternoon you go to collect your bikes next to the ferry terminal. Nearby you can visit the Åland Maritime Museum and the tall ship Pommern, docked by the museum. Seafaring and sailing have always been a central part of life for the people of Åland, and no place is better than here to learn about this rich history.
Two kilometers North of the town centre, you'll check in at Strandnäs Hotell, situated on a calm street. During the evening you can stroll or bike through the beautiful city, and visit the Maritime quarter in the Eastern harbour, where there are several restaurants.
If you want to get out on the roads already on the first day, a bike excursion to Järsö will be perfect, along one of the most beautiful stretches of road in Åland. You'll bike with the sea on both sides across road banks, and can stop for a picnic in nature, or hike a nature trail.
From Mariehamn you bike North along forests, farm fields, villages and across the Färjsund bridge to Kastelholm. On your way you also pass by the Jomala church, believed to be one of the oldest in Finland. You can also make a detour to the Stallbacken brewery pub and sample some locally produced beer together with a tasty lunch.
The Kastelholm castle has been an important part of Åland since the middle ages, and nowadays serves as one of our most important visitor attractions. Mighty kings and queens would visit here with their courts, and the castle was also the place for cruel witch hunts during the 17th century. In the area you find museums and restaurants. Accommodation at Kastelholms Gästhem.
If you enjoy biking along these country roads, we suggest a detour from Kastelholm to the fortress ruins in Bomarsund. This Russian Czar was finishing construction of this huge sea fortress, when the British and French navies launched an assault with heavy sea bombardment and then landed troops to take the fort. After the Russians surrendered, the fortress was destroyed, but the ruins still impress!
Easy biking back to Mariehamn from Kastelholm. On the way, we recommend a detour to the Önningeby museum, where they exhibit fine art by Ålandic painters - both contemporary and past.
If you've reserved the return trip with us, your ship from Mariehamn will depart in the afternoon and arrive at port in Stockholm or Turku in the evening. If you lost any weight exercising, you can regain it on the Smörgåsbord buffet onboard. If you're not ready to leave yet, we're happy to book another night in Mariehamn.
