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Helsinki to Warsaw New Year

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Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Helsinki! Soak up the rich history of the beautiful Baltic states this winter.

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Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Helsinki! Soak up the rich history of the beautiful Baltic states this winter.

Tour overview

Start Point
Helsinki
End Point
Warsaw
Accommodation
9 Nights(3 & 4 star hotels & ferry)
Meals
9 Breakfasts1 Lunch4 Dinners
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Summary

Welcome the New Year in style on a tour from Helsinki to Warsaw over 10 days! Discover top attractions across Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland! Celebrate New Year’s Eve in beautiful Helsinki and explore captivating and historic cities like Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw and Gdansk.

Included

  • 9 Nights (3 & 4 star hotels & ferry)
  • 9 Breakfasts | 1 Lunch | 4 Dinners
  • Air-conditioned coach | Ferry
  • Fully-guided tour

Everything you’ll want to Know

Where you'll stay

Hand-picked hotels throughout

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Day-by-day itinerary

Where you'll be and what's on each day

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Experiences

What's included and what you can add

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Our Tour Leaders

The people who make it work

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21 YEARS ON TOUR

“THE BEST PART OF A GROUP TOUR? THE GROUP.”

JAKES MARITZ, CO-FOUNDER

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This tour is available in multiple options - choose your preferred option using the buttons below:
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Travel on this part of the combo tour to experience 10 days in Scandinavia.

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  • GUARANTEED DEPARTURES

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  • FLEXIBLE BOOKING

    10% secures your seat. Pay the rest with interest-free instalments or all at once.

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  • 10-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE

    Changed your mind? We'll refund every penny.

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Tour Highlights

16 Included Experiences

  • Discover the highlights of Helsinki with a local guide
  • Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a local Helsinki dinner
  • Catch a ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
  • Enjoy lunch at a mediaeval restaurant in Tallinn
  • Tour Tallinn with a local guide
  • Sightsee in Pärnu
  • Visit the Latvian Military Cemetery
  • Discover Riga; Latvia’s vibrant capital
  • Visit the Hill of Crosses
  • Explore Vilnius; capital of Lithuania
  • Discover Trakai Castle
  • Discover Gdansk; an enchanting Polish port city
  • Explore Gdansk with a local guide
  • Explore Malbork Castle
  • Enjoy a gingerbread workshop in Torun
  • Explore Warsaw with a local guide

Included Experiences

Optional Experiences

Not sure how to spend your free day? Explore the city on your own, or choose from these handpicked optional experiences designed to show you the best of the region.

Unless marked as "Pre-Book", all optional experiences can be booked directly with your tour leader on tour, payable in cash or by card in the stated currency. Prices and availability are subject to change.

Tour map & itinerary

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Day by day itinerary

10 days itinerary trip from Helsinki to Warsaw visiting 5 countries

Start Points
Radisson Blu Seaside Hotel (2026 departures) | 11:15 AMORHotel in Helsinki to be confirmed (2027 departures) | 11:15 AM
End Point
Hotel in Warsaw | 10:00 AM

Accommodation

We partner with a range of hand-picked hotels in each destination. The hotels listed below are those we stay at most frequently. However, you may stay at different hotels of a similar standard. 

All rooms are twin share with private, en suite bathrooms. Solo travellers will be paired with another traveller of the same gender. Single supplements are available upon request at checkout. A confirmed list of hotels is emailed to all travellers prior to their tour departure. To extend your stay in Helsinki and Warsaw book pre and post-tour accommodation through our partner Booking.com.

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Radisson Blu Seaside Hotel (or similar)

  • Helsinki
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Radisson Blu Seaside Hotel (or similar)

  • Helsinki
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Metropol Hotel (or similar)

  • Tallinn
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Metropol Hotel (or similar)

  • Tallinn
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Hestia Hotel Jugend (or similar)

  • Riga
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Hestia Hotel Jugend (or similar)

  • Riga
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Art City Inn Hotel (or similar)

  • Vilnius
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Art City Inn Hotel (or similar)

  • Vilnius
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Hampton by Hilton Gdansk Old Town (or similar)

  • Gdansk
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Hampton by Hilton Gdansk Old Town (or similar)

  • Gdansk
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Radisson Blu Sobieski Hotel (or similar)

  • Warsaw
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Radisson Blu Sobieski Hotel (or similar)

  • Warsaw

The reviews are in

4.7 out of 541 verified reviews
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    Lian

    My Expat Explore Experience I had a very enjoyable experien

    My Expat Explore Experience I had a very enjoyable experience on the Expat Explore Helsinki to Warsaw tour. The itinerary was interesting, well organized. I would definitely consider travelling with Expat Explore again. My only difficulty was with my roommate. On one evening in Vilnius, I returned to the hotel at around 9.30 pm after joining an organised tour. As the room was completely dark, I switched on one light near the door so I could find my clothes and toiletries and take a shower. My roommate felt that I was inconsiderate for disturbing her sleep. Later that night, she woke me because my snoring was disturbing her. I had already been trying my best to be quiet and considerate, but unfortunately snoring is not always something one can control. The next morning, she complained to our guide, who handled the matter fairly and arranged separate rooms for us for some of the remaining nights. I appreciated the guide's efforts to resolve the situation. I understand that sharing
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    Maite

    Awesome Tour

    I enjoyed this tour as a solo traveller. The cities visited, the places where we had lunches were all amazing. Will, our tour leader was very organized- he provided us with advance and sufficient information through WhatsApp, FB page and Chat group, so that we were all on the same page and knew what to expect each day. He is also not a boring tour leader. We love his jokes which were relative to the countries we were visiting. We also had a taste of some liquor produced in the Baltic states with lots of stories behind them. Accommodations were good. I liked the Radisson Blu hotels in Helsinki and Warsaw and the Hampton by Hilton in Gdansk. The tour went smoothly and we all had a great time.
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