Located in Northern Europe, Finland has land borders with
Sweden in the west,
Norway in the north and
Russia in the east.
The tourist industry in Finland is mostly focused around winter sports and a large selection of some of the world’s best ski resorts can be found within its borders. An exception to this is the area known as Lapland, Finnish folk tales name the mountain of Korvatunturi is the home of Santa Claus, and a whole tourist industry has grown up around this myth. This makes Lapland a fairytale Christmas adventure for thousands of tourists each year.
Travel within Finland can be fairly expensive; in many ways it is most cost effective to hire a car for the duration of a visit. The roads in Finland are generally well kept, although they can become treacherous in some areas due to extreme weather conditions. Some excellent care hire deals are available for winter visitors in all of the major cities and tourist areas.
Western Finland incorporates the coastal areas around the old capital city of Turku and includes the cultural province of Ostrobothnia. Eastern Finland buts up against the Russian border and features a landscape of lakes and forests.
Major cities include Helsinki the capital, known as the Daughter of the Baltic. Located in central Finland, Jyvaskla is a large and affluent university town. Oulo is termed the technology city, and is located in the Gulf of Bothnia.
There are three major ski resorts within Finland. Levi is considered to be one of the world’s largest winter sports locations/ and is located within Lapland. Located 1000 km away from Helsinki and 250 km to the north of the Arctic Circle, Saariselka is one of the most widely acclaimed centres for winter sports. The third largest ski resort in Finland is Yllas, nestled within a landscape made up of forests and swamps.
We have a great range of car rental pickup locations some of which are:-
Some of the many car hire Finland options in our massive fleet are Ford Fusions, Vauxhall Astras and Renault Meganes.
You can choose from automatic or manual vehicles with between two and five doors and we have cars of all sizes including compact, economy, family and luxury cars.