Touring in Finland
Information about Finland
King's Road through Southern Finland
Helsinki-Karjaa-Mustio-Pohja (100 km)
Additional Tour:
Pohja - Tammisaari - Hanko

(55 km)
Pohja - Salo - Turku (120 km)
Helsinki - Porvoo (50 km)
Porvoo - Loviisa - Ruotsinpyhtää (55 km)
Ruotsinpyhtää - Kotka - Hamina (65 km)
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If you like medieval castles and grey stone churches, romantic old ruins and elegant manor houses, you should explore the western King's Road. King's Road is the first official tourist trail in Finland and offers a wide variety of sights and activities.

 
The King's Road West Touring
Western King's Road: Helsinki - Karjaa - Mustio - Pohja

HELSINKI > KARJAA (KARIS)/MUSTIO (75 km)
From Helsinki start your journey along the route 51 towards Espoo and Inkoo and road 186 to Mustio.

More information on Helsinki you will find from chapter Three Cities of the South.
In Kirkkonummi, road 50 will take you to the unique Hvitträsk villa built in the early 20th century by the trio of Finnish architects Eliel Saarinen, Armas Lindgren and Herman Gesellius as their studio and home. Hvitträsk is a fine example of Finnish National Romantic architecture and now serves as a museum and restaurant, Hvitträskintie 166, tel. +358 (0)9 405 0630. www.nba.fi/fi/hvittrask.

The Gallen-Kallela Museum is situated along the E11/1 in Espoo near Helsinki. Built in 1911–1913 in the Art Nouveau style, the castle-like atelier home of Finnish national artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela has been preserved unchanged, Gallen-Kallelan tie 27, tel. +358 (0)9 541 3388. www.gallen-kallela.fi.

KARJAA (KARIS)/MUSTIO> POHJA (25 km)

Mustio / Svartå Manor, in Karjaa (Karis) - is one of Finland’s most important wooden castles. In 1560 the rapids in Mustio run the ironworks founded by King Gustav Wasa of Sweden. The wooden main building in the Gustavian style was built in the end of the 18th century. Mustio’s extensive gardens include rare plants such as the Amur Corktree and the Butternut. In summer an international antique fair and a summer exhibition take place on the premises. The fabulous ironworks milieus of Fiskars and Billnäs in Pohja are only half an hour’s drive away – take the roads 25 and 111. The ironworks and the surrounding villages were built in the 17th century and welcome visitors who are interested in modern Finnish artwork and design. Objects that originated in Fiskars include the world-famous Fiskars knives, garden tools and scissors.

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