Welcome to a fantastic gravel tour in Finland
When: 3-6 June 2023.
Where: Helsinki
Travel: Tallink Sthlm -> Helsinki 2/6 16:45 & Helsinki -> Sthlm 5/6 17:00
How: Gravel camp on fantastic gravel roads
Hotels: We live in nice places along the route. See below
What can you expect?
We cycle to have fun, there are no intervals and it is not about cycling the fastest but having the best experience. If you want to splurge, it's of course fine, you wait further on. We may also split the group, if it turns out to be better. Our Guides have a lot of experience in arranging and holding these tours.
Silja Times and booking
Friday
Boat in the evening from Stockholm, at 16:45. We eat well, maybe have a beer or two and sleep over to Helsinki, with an arrival time of 10:30
Saturday
We arrive in Helsinki with our bikes and start directly from the port. We eat lunch along the way and arrive at our accommodation in the afternoon. Toughest day, about 11 miles and 1,500hm. We have a simple coffee break after 27 km and lunch after 54 km at Restaurang Tila, which in addition to good food also has its own cheese production. The restaurant is located in the middle of Sibbo National Park. Coffee is then available at 75 alt 82 km. We live in Hotel Korpilampi at the Serena ski resort.
Sunday
We eat breakfast and re-enter our velocipedes. Today we have 12 miles and 1300 hm ahead of us. The tour starts south via Solvik to Espoo. Lunch is taken in the harbor at Karlöfjärden, after 46km at Nokkalan Mjakka, where you can also buy an ice cream :). We continue along the coast up to Tapiola where we turn east again. At 80km we pass a shop if something needs to be purchased. We round Vitträsk and have a coffee at Lappböle after 96km. Hotel Polku Nuuksio reached after 12 miles. Dinner and sleep probably fit quite well then.
Monday
The last day, we cycle again to Helsinki, approx. 80km and 1,000hm and there the boat is waiting that will take us back to Stockholm with departure at 17:00, arriving in Stockholm at 09:00 on Tuesday. From the hotel we go to Enäjärvi whose western stand we follow. We have a coffee after about 20km at the Pohjoinen Pirtti ski slope. Strengthened, we cycle on through Skogby and Luk. We have lunch there after approx. 40km. Now the tour turns south and leads us on nice roads to the harbor and the waiting boat.
The route – “The Moth“
315 km, 3,500 hm three days. Lakes, seas, forests and fields, sometimes far away sometimes close to town. An exciting ride that goes counter-clockwise. Last day as short as possible to create a buffer for the journey home at 17.00.
We cycle according to Grusets Vänner's principles.
* No one is left alone.
* Sprint or peel off if you like but let the group catch up again
* We take care of and help each other in case of mechanival issues.
* We bike safely and keep our distance, remember the "three second rule" especially on gravel.
* It's all about having the nicest of days.
How can I participate?
Book some way to get to Helsinki, we are a group that will go with the boat on Friday evening, (see the introduction) and book accommodation, preferably at the same hotel we booked, see also above.
Price: Free
Rider's Guide
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