City of old cars, old streets and old houses. It seems that the inhabitants of this town, decided to stop time and carefully guard their wooden houses.
Traveled by bus – it’s the fast, easy and cheap way. First of all went to the tourist office to get maps, guides. As for me, Porvoo attractions not too varied and interesting, but the town has a nice pedestrian walks. If you wish, you can enjoy a guided walking tour of Porvoo. But, I think it’s too much. Tread interesting cobbled streets alone – walk along the old Välikatu and Jokikatu, sit outside on the porch of one of the many cafes for a cup of coffee with fragrant local pastries, to look into the souvenir shops, more like flea markets and selling all kinds of things.
By the way, there we bought delicious natural honey with eucalyptus. To improve your health, just sniff)))
I excitedly collected a collection of photos of vintage cars, which are on the streets of Porvoo.
You can collapse a little away from the tourist bustle of Old Porvoo, for example, on the quiet streets Itäinen Pitkäkatu and Östra Langatan, where preserved houses, untouched by fire in 1760. Enter these streets better climbing the lane Koulukuja. It is popularly also known as the Devil’s staircase. According to legend, rock ledges, reminiscent of a ladder built here not just anybody, but the devil himself. Legend sounds certainly intriguing, but these “devil stage” we somehow noticed and found that it is they are the only method of exclusion. More in the district of anything resembling a ladder was not simple.
Certainly youll should walk to the Cathedral and at the intersection of Välikatu Brobacken. Spite of the fact that the cathedral was restored several times since his hard fate, it seems that the spirit of old is still living in his snow-white walls.
In total, we spent about Porvoo three hours (for a stroll through the old town is more than enough) and it was time to go back. Was a little sad to leave. It seems that everyone looked, but would like to once again sit on the shore Porvoonjoki that for a little bit to be part of a measured immutable world from some bygone days.