Travelling
HOW TO GET TO TURKU?
Turku is easily reached by air, train, ship and bus.
The Turku International Airport is located approximately 10 km from the city centre and several airlines operate daily with incoming and departing domestic and European fights. More information here.
Turku Railway Station and the Main Bus Station are located in the city centre. More information, timetables and VR Railway services is found here and of long distance bus travel services here.
It is also possible to arrive in Turku by cruise ship from Stockholm, Sweden. Should one be interested in this possibility, it is easiest to contact the operating shiplines VikingLine or Tallink Silja.
HOW TO TRAVEL IN TURKU?
Holiday Club Caribia, located just 1.5 km from the centre of Turku, is within walking distance of the railway and bus stations. It is easily accessed by car, the journey from Helsinki taking less than two hours.
It is easy to travel by public transport in Turku. Bus lines 20, 50, 51, 53 and 54
connect the Turku
city centre to the spa hotel Caribia. The buses depart from the main market square, with a bus stop right
outside the spa hotel entrance. Timetables for the local transport of Turku.
When travelling by train: Turku
railway station, 2 km, Kupittaa railway station, 1.5 km, by plane: Airport 8 km, and by
ship, 6 km from the harbour.
If you have reserved a bus ticket in connection with the on-line registration, then it will be given to you in connection with the on-location registration.
If you travel by taxi, you can give the driver as instructions either Caribia or the address: Kongressikatu 1.
Turku also offers splendid walking routes. This link takes you to a printable map.
There is a Turku info at the Congress Centre Caribia, from where you can obtain maps, brochures and expert advice on events in Turku.
You can conveniently park your own car in the large parking lot of Caribia. The parking ticket has to be purchased immediately after parking.
For more information about the local transport in Turku.
For your information: In case of cancellations to the HPH 2011 conference due to the Icelandic volcano eruption and its ash clouds, compensations are to be claimed from one's own insurance company.
