Kimkim Trip Reviews for Finland

Loved this private house surrounded by nature. It was spacious, tranquil and modern with all the amenities you could want. An added bonus was the private sauna there which we all enjoyed.

Characterful hotel in a great location. It had spacious, modern rooms but also unique communal areas with architectural features. Loved the amazing breakfasts!

Beautiful location surrounded by nature. Particularly enjoyed the private sauna in the apartment and possibility to cook own meals.

Great location and modern hotel

Wonderful hotel in great location . Friendly and helpful staff.

Fantastic first experience on a sleeper train. Surprisingly quiet and comfortable with pre booked breakfast. It was a punctual and smooth journey.

Great guided tour with Janica in Helsinki, who was friendly, informative and kind.

Loved our visit to the archipelago and to see what is beyond Helsinki city.

Very positive addition to our Finland trip. Easy to get there and so much to see.

Interesting tour of main sights in Turku and added to our understanding of Turku’s position in Finland’s history.

One of our best experiences during the whole holiday.

Great hiking tour in a beautiful gorge with knowledgeable guide.

Fantastic experience to canoe/kayak on the river and lake in the national park.

A great unique experience which we all loved.

Enjoyable experience even though we didn’t get to see much activity in the sky. Enjoyed the campfire and photo opportunities at the lake at sunset.

Great opportunity to meet Arctic animals up close and learn more about them from the farm owners.

Great experience to see the sights from the river.

This hotel was so unique! We had a sauna in our room! The food was incredible and the welcome drink was a nice touch.

Beautifully remodeled hotel in the heart of Turku!

Great breakfasts and comfortable rooms!

Nice location just off the main square but smaller rooms. The sauna was incredible!

Great location! Great breakfast! Really nice rooms.

It was beautiful to see the Archipelago but might have been fun to go to Sweden for a night to enhance the experience and break up the travel. The meal was good but a little fancier than we expected.

Incredible experience! Would have liked a little more time here.

Did not get to go here because we had trouble with the tickets.

A great experience!

This was nice but a little overwhelming. Sauna Mama's English was not great and the facilities were a little cluttered. Glad to experience a traditional sauna but not my favorite activity.

Great experience! The water was great and our guide was wonderful!

We had a great guide and the tour was informative and fun!

Beautiful hotel and rooms, great location, delicious breakfast.

Nice rooms, unique building/history, and food was great.

Convenient way to travel. Nice to be able to stretch out.

Convenient location, beautiful private sauna.

Gorgeous room and building, comfortable beds, beautiful private sauna, and good location.

Tiny rooms, could use some deep cleaning. Convenient and served its purpose as a quick place to shower and sleep before a super early flight.

What an awesome city! Our guide Dominic was wonderful - enthusiastic, incredibly knowledgeable, and patient with all our kiddos’ questions.

Chris was an excellent teacher and guide. We had an amazing time.

Leo and Pierre were very friendly and knowledgeable. They matched our pace, shared great information, and made the experience fun and enjoyable.

Leo was wonderful, setting up the sauna as well as paddle boards for us. We were given plenty of time and privacy to enjoy the sauna and lake as a family. It was beautiful and relaxing. The homemade lunch of salmon soup and blueberry pie was above and beyond!

Great breakfast.

Newer hotel in a great location. Wonderful breakfast. They have bikes you can borrow.

Super cute hotel. They were so nice to provide a welcome drink. The breakfast was amazing. The sauna room was a surprise and so amazing.

Cute hotel. We only stayed one night. Breakfast was good. They also gave us a welcome drink.

Only stayed one night. Good breakfast.

Definitely a tourist attraction. So amazing to be in a sauna on a Ferris Wheel. The private hot tub and changing room was also a bonus. What a great way to start our vacation.

We did not do this experience because we didn’t realize that the tickets were only good for the day. We had too many things booked for one day with the walking tour and the trip to the island.

Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and did a great job of giving facts and adding humor. The 4 hours went quickly even though it was warm and a lot of walking.

Great to have a variety of saunas and the opportunity to swim in the Baltic (Gulf of Finland).

Authentic sauna experience. Very historical. You get washed, sit in the sauna, foot soak, face mud, and rinse. Sauna momma gives you blueberries and currents along with blueberry juice.

A lot of Finns do this as mini trip. Our group isn’t used to sitting so long. We would have liked to get out and explore some of the islands. It was great to see the area. On the way back we booked the spa/sauna. That was a fun experience on the boat. Then we had a fancy 3 course meat. The food may have been a little too fancy for most of our group but it was a fun experience.

Beautiful lakes to canoe around. If it is windy, it can be challenging to paddle back.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this hotel! Everything was beautiful and perfect! Our suite, the breakfasts, access to special lounge in afternoons, location to restaurants, shops, market, sightseeing, etc., - - everything was wonderful. We would definitely choose to stay here again! Lovely hotel.

Hotel Kamp is a tough act to follow! As you would imagine! But this place suited us just fine for our needs while in Turku. The staff was very friendly, warm, helpful. Plus they place chocolate everywhere! I may have eaten more than my share! We enjoyed the location very much...we were able to easily walk to the river and to some excellent restaurants (which were recommended by our very helpful guide in Turku - sorry, can't recall her name but she was lovely. A professional educator (special education teacher) with a very pleasing personality, native Finn, which was great.

Well, it suited our purpose - which was to be close to the airport the night prior to our early flight to Amsterdam! For its purpose, it was fine! We did have some laughs (from Hotel Kamp to this?!?!)!!! Haha! We were essentially sleeping in a box, sort of like sleeping in a pod? or a tiny berth in a boat? or a camper!? But as I said, we were not there for long. It seemed clean and the staff was nice. And it served our need of a few hours sleep before a long day of travel back to the USA.

Our guide was on time. His name was Al...? something. He was not a Finnish native, and had only recently moved to Finland, we believe. He had a script. No time/room for questions, input, etc., He seemed in a rush. It was definitely not a "food" or "taste" tour. He rattled as many facts as he could, very quickly, and seemed in a hurry.

This was absolutely AMAZING! We love riding bikes, and it was a beautiful evening! Felipe allowed us to select our sauna; we chose the more authentic/older one - - WHAT an incredible experience! We loved never feeling in a rush, and Felipe always answering our questions, interacting, very professional yet friendly and open - - - we cannot say enough positive things about this experience!

It was perfectly lovely.

Our guide was lovely, professional, informative, open! We thoroughly enjoyed. What a beautiful town! Our guide provided us with some awesome restaurant recommendations, which were all five star perfection!

Lovely hotel in Turku. Walking distance from most tourist hot spots.

Interesting layout as the hotel is spread across two buildings. Based in the Design district with lots of Art galleries within walking distance. Great breakfast buffet. Walking distance from the waterfront and tourist spots.

Was hesitant about trying the sauna experience but it turned out to be a high point of the trip.

Lots of walking but a lovely full day with lots of immersive experiences.

Small town - probably could discover on your own.

Wonderful boat ride - best way to see the city!

Loved the uniqueness of the hotel along with the comfortable beds and rooms. The breakfast was amazing as advertised!! Rooms were quiet. The location was walkable and seemed very safe. The front desk was helpful with several good ideas for restaurants. We stayed several nights. The only small complaint was that the AC did not seem to be adjustable. The first nights we were there it seemed warm, and they did bring a fan in for us. At the end of our trip we stayed again and the temperature was better.

This was the primary trip I was interested in and it didn't disappoint! It was a long trip to get to the boat, but the travel there was comfortable in our own large van or small bus. We sailed on a sailboat built by the captain, just our party, to a small island in the Archipelago. The boat was built in the fashion of a traditional work boat from the past. The captain was interesting, informative and friendly. I loved being on the sea and seeing the multiple islands! It was a treat! We were also served a delicious lunch of fish stew!

Love this hotel. Within walking distance to many restaurants and sites to see. Clean, comfortable beds, very friendly staff and a great breakfast.

We did not stay here. Our hotel reservation was changed

This hotel was okay. Very friendly staff, beds were comfortable and close to sites and restaurants. Unfortunately no one is there overnight so if there's something you need you have to wait till morning.

Loved our tour of Poorvoo. A very quaint and charming city with beautiful sites to see.

The breakfast was amazing, so so many choices. Love the rooftop lounge area and sauna.

Sailing was a great way to see the archipelagos up close. The captain was knowledgeable and funny. And sailing was very fun.

Hotel F6 was wonderful. The room was great, service was excellent, and the people were nice. The breakfast was fantastic, and the hotel's location was very convenient. We stayed there for four nights and had no complaints.

Initially apprehensive about the canoe tour, it turned out to be a great experience. We were all in one canoe with our guide, who was fascinating and knowledgeable about his business, which included plowing a skating route on the lake in winter. The lake was beautiful, and the weather was perfect.

The Tallinn day trip was a big plus and not something we had originally planned. The ferry ride was fine, and our guide was knowledgeable and proud of his country. We learned a lot about the old city of Tallinn and Estonia. It was a fun and unexpected addition to our trip.

The guided hike was in a beautiful location, although it was a beginner-level hike. Since we are pretty big hikers, we probably would have enjoyed a more challenging route. The people we went with were very nice, and the guide was excellent. It was a good experience overall.

You can’t go to Finland without going to sauna. Our guide, Matti, is a sauna expert. He took us to a beautiful place, taught us how to “do” sauna, and made the afternoon very special.

This experience was unlike anything I've ever done. The space was clean and the owners really made us feel special! They're a wonderful small business to support!

We did not stay in a igloo but are room had a great, private sauna

The lack of a on site food could be made up if tourists are remind by driver to stop and shop. Thewalk up to the ski lodge is tough. The hotel room was one of the best we have stayed in. The outside of the hotel isn't fancy but the room was great.

Best train trip

Great food and a 5 star all a round. Good location to walk around Helsinki.

Cloudy day wasn't guides fault no northern light's that nightBe in better shape

I gave this a 3 star not due to anything the guides did but because I'm 75 and the ladies are in their 60s. There is no easy way to the falls. The poor guide may have gotten tired helping up a240 pound man with knee replacement. May God bless him

Snow shoes belong on young folk

My grandfather told me about the Sami .

Wow, we all loved it.

We had wonderful Guide an a great walk in the woods. Weather was our enemy

I give this a 5 star only because wife made it up and back on a bike. The top of the mountain was beautiful but the mining experience was a let down

We didn't get the library because we where so busy learning from the tour guide about the finish history.

Oh boy. We went to a small Cafe on our Wallander it was like we're in her living room. This was the finland we had in mind. Cities have there place but small places have the charm.

Wish we had more time and we were not so worn-out from the two weeks before.

It was an okay experience to see how icefishing is done

A MUST!

The experience was amazing it was like floating on top of the snow!