OPERA
HOLIDAYS IN HELSINKI - 2010
All of our hotels are well located for visiting
Helsinki’s attractions, the Sibelius Monument,
the Cathedral, the National Museum, the harbour
and of course the Finnish National Opera and
Ballet.
An interesting option for sight-seeing is to
take the ferry for a day to Estonia’s
medieval city Tallinn. There are several crossings
daily, both the ferry terminals are close to
the city centres, the fares are inexpensive
and the crossing time is only an hour and a
half.
La
Traviata at the Finnish National Opera
The Finnish
National Ballet will be visited this season
by two great figures in the world of Dance,
Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan. They will perform
their own work, Sacred Monsters. Benjamin Britten’s
operas Peter Grimes and Albert Herring will
be presented and both works will be sung in
Finnish.
Tariff
HOTELS
Price
per person
for 3 nights
Including flights
Extra
night
per person
Single
Room
supplement for
3 nights
Single
Room
supplement for
1 extra night
SAS
Radisson Plaza 5 star
£740
£94
£148
£80
Holiday
Inn City Centre 4 star
£635
£65
£98
£75
Hotel
Cumulus Kaisaniemi 3 star
£580
£55
£65
£70
Offer
subject to price variation and availability
at the time of booking
These prices do not include the cost of
tickets. Please refer to Opera Schedule
for ticket prices.
Hotel
Detail
Hotel
Radisson SAS Plaza *****
A world-class hotel in the heart of Helsinki.
The foundation stone of the building was
laid in 1917 and today various parts are
protected by the Helsinki City Museum. The
building has been restored to offer its
guests the perfect blend of warm traditional
atmosphere along side the comforts of today’s
modern facilities.
The hotel has 301 de luxe rooms and suites,
decorated in three different styles “Italian,
Classic and Nordic”. All rooms have
A/C and are equipped with TV and movie channels,
direct-dial telephone, voice mail, PC modem
connection, hairdryer, trouser press, mini-bar
and a room safe. The walking distance to
the Opera House is about 15 minutes.
Holiday
Inn City Centre ****
A superbly located state-of-the-art hotel
in a new building that offers an excellent
selection of services and facilities. There
are 174 guest rooms, 134 of which are non-smoking,
a cocktail lounge, restaurant, airline desk,
2 saunas, 24-hour front desk, A/C, dry cleaning/laundry,
foreign currency exchange, ice machine,
safety deposit box and even a shoeshine!
It is in a good position for shopping and
sight-seeing. The distance from this hotel
to the Opera House is approximately 1.5
kms.
Hotel
Cumulus Kaisaniemi ***
A cosy three star hotel in a great central
position in Helsinki. The hotel offers 101
rooms, all equipped with pay-tv, mini-bar,
hair-dryer and en-suite bathroom. Other
facilities include a car park, an ironing
room, elevator, bank / currency exchange,
wireless Internet/Sonera wGate, restaurant
HuviRetki and bar. Altogether a great price
to quality ratio hotel in a good location
for sight seeing. The distance from the
hotel to the Opera House is 1.7 kms.
The
Finnish Opera House is situated on the edge of
a reed-fringed lake. The Perimeter of the lake
(Tōōlōnlaht
Tolviken) makes a pleasant walk. The Opera
House is on the west of the lake. At the southern
tip of the lake, you will find boats for hire
and the Finlandia Concert Hall. Keep circling
the lake and the path rises through a wooded hill
topped by a café serving excellent pastries then
at the north of the lake you will find the Botanic
Gardens with their conservatories and interesting
statues.
Concerts
at the Finlandia Hall
This
impressive building is the home of the Helsinki
Philharmonic Orchestra and the venue for a varied
programme of many types of music. We will be pleased
to obtain programme details and to book tickets.Some
samples of the many concerts this season.
September 10th 2009. Helsinki
Philharmonic Orchestra. Arvo Pärt. Lamentate
for Piano and Orchestra. Brahms. Symphony No.
1October
14th 2009. Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
with Vadim Repin-Violin. Mussorgsky. A Night on
a Bare Mountain. Brahms. Violin Concerto. Musssorgsky.
Pictures at an Exhibition. November
12th 2009. Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
with Roland Pontinen-Piano. Sebastian Fagerlund.
Partita for Strings and Percussion. Grieg. Piano
Concerto. Debussy. Images. December
6th 2009. Independence Day Concert. Helsinki
Philharmonic Orchestra with Kari Kriiku-Clarinet.
Armas Launis. Suite Carelienne. Jukka Tiensuu.
Missa for Clarinet and Orchestra. Sibelius. Karelia
Suite and Finlandia.
The
Finnish Opera House is situated on the edge of
a reed-fringed lake. The Perimeter of the lake
(T
This
impressive building is the home of the Helsinki
Philharmonic Orchestra and the venue for a varied
programme of many types of music. We will be pleased
to obtain programme details and to book tickets.Some
samples of the many concerts this season.