Come discover 100 of the most romantic small hotels and places in the world.
Forested islands, midnight sun, wood-burning saunas and thousands of lakes.
The Gulf separates Finland from Estonia, Russia, and Peter the Great’s window-on-the-west city, St.Petersburg. Finland’s northern Baltic coastline includes its capital, Helsinki, and its most popular seaside resorts. These resorts include Kotka, a popular seaside village filled with music festivals and sports activities and where Czar Alexander III had a fishing lodge. Another resort is Hanko, a pretty seaside town that was once a favored retreat of Czars and nobles; some of their spectacular seaside villas are now b&b’s.
Villa Maija, an ornately trimmed house with seaside views, is located just a short stroll from Hanko’s harbor and restaurants. Ask for a room with a veranda.
T: +358 19-2482900. b&b. US$ 120-
www.villamaija.fi
This largely 19th century, neoclassical city of half a million people lies on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. West of the city’s center is the Design District, featuring art galleries, clubs and boutiques.
This 2018 converted 19th-century office building is located on a quiet corner of a village green, Old Church Park, in Helsinki’s city centre. Enhanced by a partnership with the Helsinki Art Museum and the National Gallery, the 7-story hotel is filled with over 300 pieces of Finnish abstract and modern art.
T: +358 9 4246 0 11. 137 rooms. US$ 350-
www.stgeorgehelsinki.com/
Located near Helsinki’s South Harbour.
T: +358 9 681 930. 77 rooms. $280-
www.hotelhaven.fi/en
