FINLAND: BIKING THE TURKU ARCHIPELAGO
Richard Cable/Janis Stahlhut
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
FINLAND: BIKING THE TURKU ARCHIPELAGO
Leader Richard Cable
Co-leader Janis Stahlhut
Finland
July 29 - August 8, 2015
Total # of days 11
Backpacking
Bicycling-Mountain
Bicycling-Road
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Primary type of trip
Number of participants
(excluding leaders)
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
When should the trip notice be
published in AMC Outdoors?
Do you wish to have your trip
listed online before it is
published in AMC Outdoors?
Smaller trips and leader
subsidization
Camping
Cultural
Family
Hiking
Paddling-Canoeing
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
Skiing-CrossCountry (Nordic)
Trekking (e.g., hutto-hut)
Bicycling-Road
Minimum 12
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe optional
cooking school
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 12
$ 2790
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1000
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month Jan
Year 2014
Last Appearance: Month
Year
Note: AMC Outdoors is only published in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., Nov.
Yes
No If yes, please list the approximate month and year when it should
be posted on line. ASAP
Is this proposal for a small group trip – i.e., less than 14 participants and 2
leaders or 7 participants and 1 leader? Yes
No
If yes, why is a small group proposed? Accomodation restrictions
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain why?
LEADER AND CO-LEADER INFORMATION
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid
training
CPR training
Prior leading experience
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip
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Richard Cable
8 Heather Lane, Burlington, CT 06013
r.cable@sbcglobal.net
Home 860-673-1940
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 4/2014
Cell 860-944-0594
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 1/2014
If this is your first Adventure Travel trip as a Leader you must be present at the AMCATC meeting at which the trip proposal is considered.
Please list the last three longer (5+ day) trips you have led for the AMC including
destination, type of trip, dates and number of participants. Feel free to list additional
trips you have led, particularly if they demonstrate experience related to the trip you are
proposing.
Camino de Santiago Biking
Mantova to Venice Biking
Mongolia - 2011
Sicily Biking; Mongolia 2009; Yosemite Hiiking; Nepal Hiking
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experience
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
Scouting
Have either of you led this trip
before or traveled to this area?
Languages
Does either the co-leader or
leader speak the local language?
Couples
Do the leader and co-leader
have a significant personal
relationship?
Private trips Do either of you
lead trips that are private - not
sponsored by the AMC?
Janis Stahlhut
1465 East Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT 06870
jstahlhut1@aol.com
Home
Work
Cell 203-820-9275
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 4/2014
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 11/2013
If you are a new co-leader you must submit an application to be an Adventure Travel
leader or co-leader prior to submitting this application. Also, it is strongly
recommended that you be present at the AMC-ATC meeting at which the trip proposal
is considered.
Please list the last three longer (5+ day) trips you have led for the AMC including
destination, type of trip, dates and number of participants. Please indicate if you were
the leader or co-leader.
Camiino de Santiago biking
Mantova to Venice biking
Siciily biking
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
Co-leader: Yes
No
Leader: Yes
No
Not applicable:
Yes
No
If yes, please list who has agreed to be your back-up in case one or
both of you need to drop out. This is required for approval!
Yes
No
If yes, please note that you cannot advertise AMC and private
trips together unless there is a clear distinction between the two in any materials
you send out.
LOGISTICAL DETAILS OF TRIP
Summary
Please provide a description
of the trip and the activities
planned. If available, please
include or attach an itinerary.
Day 1: Depart USA
Day 2: Arrive Helsinki, Finland. Airport transfer
Transfer from airport to hotel with coach only.
What's included:
- Airport-hotel coach transfer, 32-34 seats
Accommodation at Sokos Hotel Presidentti
Sokos Hotel Presidentti, Helsinki
Presidentti Hotel is a modern, hotel with an excellent central location. The hotel
has undergone extensive renovation and offers exceptional value for money.
This very popular hotel has a large reception with plenty of comfortable seating
areas, a separate Pub Adjutantti, a busy local restaurant, Sevilla, and the Pressa
Club night club. Traditional Finnish saunas are available for guest use, included
in the room rate, as is use of the indoor swimming pool.
What's included:
- 2 night(s) in Twin/Double room with breakfast at Sokos Hotel Presidentti
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Day 3: Helsinki Sightseeing by bike
Bikes will be delivered to your hotel and you start the Helsinki sightseeing by bike
with local cycling guide.
On the scenic drive along the coastline of Helsinki: See the UNESCO World
Heritage Site of Suomenlinna Fortress Island across the bay, and maybe some
locals cleaning their rugs in special wooden piers by the sea. This is also the
Embassy area, a variety of elegant buildings, many housing worldwide
embassies. An inside visit (if possible depending on services) is made to
Temppeliaukio, the famous “Rock Church”. The church is built into solid rock,
with the inner wall left raw and unfinished, and is crowned with a solid copper
dome. In Sibelius Park get off the coach to view the Sibelius Monument before
moving on past the Olympic Stadium, built for the 1952 Olympic Games. Next is
the city’s main street Mannerheimintie, along which are many fine buildings such
as the modern Opera House, the Alvar Aalto designed Finlandia Hall, the
National Museum, and the Kiasma Modern Art Museum. Nearby is the main
Railway Station, an architectural show piece in its own right. Next is Esplanade,
an elegant boulevard with exclusive shops, with leafy parkland in the centre, a
popular sitting area, with occasional live concerts and buskers. At the base of
Esplanade is the bustling Market Square and harbour, overlooked by the
imposing red brick onion-domed Uspenski Russian Orthodox cathedral.
Rounding off the tour there will be time to walk around Senate Square and the
green-domed Lutheran Cathedral the symbol of the city.
Tour ends to the hotel.
What's included:
- Bicycle rental, 1 day
- 3 hours guide, Helsinki
- Bicycle delivery
Accommodation at Sokos Hotel Presidentti
Day 4:Helsinki-Turku transfer
Transfer from Helsinki to Turku, journey time approximately 2 hours.
What's included:
- Helsinki-Turku, Coach
Turku City Sightseeing
Turku, former capital of Finland, is a bustling summer town, on the south-west
coast of Finland, with the River Aura cutting right through the heart of the town.
The tour includes a walking tour around the market square, an outside view of
the medieval castle and an inside visit of the Turku Cathedral, as well as a
panoramic bike ride around the city.
Turku Castle
The Turku Castle is a culturally historical tourism attraction that is over 700 years
old. The Castle has a museum, which demonstrates the history of the Turku
region from prehistory to present day with its frequent exhibitions, events and
furnished style rooms.
During the European Capital of Culture year in Turku, there will be a temporary
exhibition "Inner Landscapes" : two Japanese and a Finnish artists will create an
exhibition featuring ceramics, photographs and video that will present a very
personal take on Turku’s history and how it relates to the present day.
What's included:
- 3 hours guide, Turku
- Entrance to Turku castle
Overnight at Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs
Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs, Turku
Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs is located in the very heart of the bustling town of
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Turku, opposite the market square. Hotel has 346 rooms with private bathrooms.
Most rooms have connection to internet either through wireless system or with
wire. Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs has 2 restaurants, 2 bars, pub and nightclub,
saunas and swimming pool.
What's included:
- 1 night(s) in Twin/Double with breakfast at Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs
Day 5: Departure for cycling tour
5 days cycling tour, route Turku – Taivassalo – Korppoo – Nauvo – Naantali - Turku
What's included:
- Cycling Map
- 7-speed bicycle with panniers, kilometre counter, repair kit, pump, helmet, 5
days
- all necessary ferry fees by public ferries
- Luggage transportation between the hotels (1 piece of luggage per person)
- Detailed route notes
Turku - Taivassalo
Collect your bicycles and ride north-west and out into the countryside. Soon the
island-hopping begins with a relaxing 45 minute ferry journey.
Cycling 55km
Accommodation with dinner
What's included:
- 1 night(s) in Twin/Double with breakfast at Ketarsalmen Kievari
- Dinner
Day 6: Taivassalo - Korppoo
Cross over to Nauvo, the main archipelago island. Nauvo village has a bustling
harbour.
Cycling 33km
Accommodation with dinner
Hotel Nestor
Hotel Nestor offers idyllic accommodation in nature-filled environment with open
fields, forests, and the sea just a short walk away The building that now is a fully
equipped hotel, is a former barn which is totally renovated and decorated. The
stable part of the barn built in slag stone is now serving as a art gallery and
conference room.
What's included:
- 1 night(s) in Twin/Double room with breakfast at Hotel Nestor
- Dinner
Day 7: Korppoo - Nauvo
Cross over to Nauvo, the main archipelago island. Nauvo village has a bustling
harbour.
Cycling 33km or 65 kl. option
Dinner
Grännäs Hotel Stallbacken
Grännäs Hotel Stallbacken is a small countryside hotel and conference centre,
located on the beautiful island of Nauvo in the heart of the Turku archipelago.
The hotel was opened in 2008 in a completely renovated building. There are 7
accommodation rooms with private faciltiies, meeting room and restaurant.
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Facilities and nature around the hotel create perfect setting for canoeing, cycling,
tennis, hiking and enjoying Finnish sauna.
What's included:
- 2 course dinner
Accommodation at Grännäs hotel Stalbacken
What's included:
- 2 night(s) in Twin/Double with breakfast at Grännäs Hotel Stallbacken
Day 8: Kayak half day tour
Half day kayaking trip in the archipelago including equipments, local guide and
small snack.
What's included:
- Kayak half day tour
- Sauna Rental for 3 hours
-Optional biking on one's own in the afternoon
Optional extra: Cooking school (incl.dinner)
Finnish cooking school at Hotel Grännäs. You will prepare delicious 3 course
dinner with local chef using the best Finnish ingredients.
Optional Extras:
Cooking school
Optional extra: dinner at the hotel
2-course dinner at the hotel
Optional Extras:
dinner
Accommodation at Grännäs hotel Stalbacken
Day 9: Nauvo - Naantali
Take the ferry north back to the mainland and continue by bike via Rymättylä to
Naantali, an idyllic seaside village with cobbled streets and old wooden houses
around a bustling harbour.
Cycling 54km
Accommodation with breakfast
Naantali Spa Hotel, Naantali
Naantali Spa is one of Finland’s top hotels, a deluxe spa hotel located by the
sea, a short walk from the harbour village of Naantali on Finland’s south-west
coast. There is a choice of accommodation both in the main hotel building and
in the adjoining permanently-docked Sunborn Yacht which has been converted
into a floating hotel. All rooms are equipped with a private bathroom, hairdryer,
bathrobes for two adults, telephone, air conditioning, TV and film services
(Featuring PayTV and WebTV), minibar, personal safe, internet connection
(LAN) and ironing centre.
The pool complex offer bubbling Roman baths and a chance to swim outdoors as
well as in. A wide selection of massages and treatments is available. For
evening entertainment, choose from a wide selection of restaurants and bars,
and live evening entertainments.
The nearby village centre is a pleasant seaside stroll away, a collection of old
wooden houses and a bustling harbour of pleasure boats surrounded by bars
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and restaurants. Hire a car for a day’s drive around the Turku Archipelago
Ring, a collection of small islands linked by ferries which act like bridges
transporting the traffic.
Room rates include free use of the Spa Paradise and Gym.
What's included:
- 1 night(s) in Twin with breakfast, Economy room
Day 10: Naantali - Turku
Short ride back to Turku. Return your bicycles to bike rental shop.
Accommodation with breakfast
What's included:
- 1 night(s) in Twin/Double with breakfast at Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs
Day 10: Turku - Helsinki transfer
Transfer from Turku to Helsinki-Vantaa airport, journey time approximately 2
hours.
Depart for the USA or extend your stay in Finland, one of the other three
Scandanavia countries, or head south into Germany, etc.
What's included:
- Helsinki-Turku, Coach
Accommodations
Please describe your plans for
accommodation(s)
Meals: Please describe your
plans for providing meals. If
the budget includes any funds
for leader meals not shared
with the group please justify.
Local Transportation
Please describe your plans for
local transportation
Will leaders or participants be
drivers of motor vehicles?
Permits or permissions
Does the trip require special
permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S.
federal lands and national
parks)
Accomodations will be in hotels and small inns. See above descriptions
Special equipment
Does the trip require special
equipment?
Special experience
Does the trip require special
skills on the part of the
participant?
Pre-trip activities
Do you plan to get your group
together before the trip for an
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
A biking helmet is mandatory and will be carried by each participant.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
Participants should be able to bike on mostly flat terrain for 33-65 kl. over the
course of 5 days. We will screen for this ability
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
An optional bike ride of 37 miles in Northwest CT and the Berkshires will be held
prior to the trip.
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All breakfasts are included as well as three dinners. While biking, we will pool euros for
a picnic lunch as appropriate. Additional dinners will be on our own at local restaurants.
An optional cooking school with dinner is an add-on for those so chosing. Participants
should plan on approximately $200 dollars for dinners and lunch that are not provided.
All transportation is provided.
Will leaders be drivers?
Will volunteer participants be drivers?
If so, MVR checks will be needed. See Appendix S1.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
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activity or social event?
Conservation, education and
recreation
How will this AMC-AT trip meet the
mission of the AMC?
www.outdoors.org/about/mission.cfm
Richard Cable/Janis Stahlhut
The very nature of this trip focuses on conversation, education, and
recreation. We will be learning about the history, artistry, and culture of
Finland inlcuding Helsinki and Turku as well as the archipelago.
TOUR OPERATOR AND GUIDE SERVICE INFORMATION
This section should be completed if the trip will be using a tour operator, outfitter, guide service, travel agency or
other such company or person(s) for a significant part of the trip or for the entire trip. Any person(s) or companies
that are handling a significant portion of trip funds or arrangements need to be vetted. If there is more than one
tour operator please provide this information about each such entity.
Will this trip require a tour
Yes
No
operator or guide service
Please describe their services. If you are using a tour operator for the entire trip,
during part of or for the
please describe why you will be using them rather than doing this trip on your own:
We will be using a tour operato for airport transfer, transfer from Helsinki to
entire trip?
Turku, Turku to Helsinki, guide maps, and transportation of our luggage, We will
use guides on our city bike tour of Helsinki, tour of Turku, and kayak guiding.
Otherwise, this will be self-guided.
Name of tour operator/guide The Travel Experience, Helsinki, Finland
service
www.travel-experience.net
Tour operator website
We have asked for this to be provided
Safety record
Please provide information
about their safety record.
Insurance
Liability? Yes
No
Maximum amt: $
Do they have liability
Are they willing to list AMC as an
Yes
No
insurance?
additional insured?
Since this is self-guided, we will rely on Finland's emergency response to provide
Emergency response
transport to hospitals or clinics as needed. If not of an emergency level. we will
Please describe the outfitters’
response plan in the case of an rely on public transportation.
emergency.
RISK ASSESSMENT
Please assess the risks and hazards of your trip. Carefully consider each area of risk and how it may affect your trip.
Devise a plan to prevent each hazard and to respond to it if it becomes necessary. Please be very specific for each section
if applicable.
Trail conditions, river crossings, weather, wildlife (bears, snakes, etc.)
Climate/terrain
Potential hazards
The inherent risk of road biking will exist
Response
Road biking carries an inherent risk of injury due to falls or collision. The roads
we will be using are paved and often shared with car traffic. The trip leaders are
WFA and CPR certified and will be carrying basic first aid kits and
communications gear (cell phones, 2-way radios). Safety talks will precede each
day’s ride and a review of emergency procedures in accordance with the our
established protocol
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
language/translation. No other political concerns are anticipated
Response
IFinish is of course the language. Though neither leader speaks the language
fluently, ou tour guide,when used, will be capable of comunicating with the
"locals". Finland is a popular touring country, and it can be expected that many
local inhabitants, merchants, and especially emergency facilities, will be able to
communicate in English if necessary.
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
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Response
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
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We will not be driving
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Appropriate level of fitness and riding experience for day road biking
The level of riding is low-intermediate and through trip description and screening,
we should be able to ascertain that the level of fitness is appropriate. It is more
important for us to ascertain that our applicants are experienced with riding on
roadways shared by motorists. Europeans, by and large, are more accustomed
to sharing the road with cyclists, as long as the cyclists are consciously following
the "rules of the road." We have chosen July/August as our time of year because
the temperatures are best so we do not anticipate any issues with heat or
unusual weather.
Conditions unique to this type of trip
This trip does not invoke any "high risk" activities and will take place in a populated
region of the country.
Daily reviews of road safety and techniques (hand/voice signals, rules of the
road, etc.) will keep us mindful of riding safely to each destination while enjoying
the culture and beauty of the region.
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
Please describe your plans for dealing with emergencies. Give as much detail as possible and list any special
communications equipment you may need to ensure the safety of your participants. DO NOT LEAVE THIS BLANK
The leader and co-leader will be carrying cell phones and two way radios;
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
additionally, we will have phone contact at each hotel. We are less than one to
two hours to medical services of hospital status. Both leaders use AT&T
documentation, distance from
international service when traveling abroad which offers a wide area of coverage
emergency services
in European countries. The area of Finland in which we will travel is not remote,
so cell coverage is expected to be fairly abundant. However, leaders will also be
equipped with 2-way radios based on point to point technology (e.g., "22 GMRS
channels offer a range of up to 35 miles (per manufacturer); range is based on
an unobstructed line of sight between you and another radio operator in good
weather" with additional "repeater" technology in the event that cell phones enter
a "dead zone". At no time will we be more than a few hours vehicle ride from a
medical facility. Italy is a country where finding an English speaking person is
never an extreme difficulty. Participants will carry passports and emergency
medical documents at all times. Leaders will be equipped with waiver,
emergency contact, and medical condition documents required for submission by
all participants.
Both the leader and co-leader will be carrying first aid and tool kits and two way
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
radios as well as cell phones and radios.
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
We do not anticipate the need to evaculate, but in such an extreme situation,
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
we will always be in radio contact with our tour operator and support vehicle,
and we will not be in backcountry.
evacuation from the
backcountry location if
applicable?
Helsinki University Central Hospital. Stenbäckinkatu 9 00290 Helsinki Finland
Medical care
Phone: + 358 04711 2010; TKYS. Kinakvarngatan 4-8.Turku +358 2 3130000/
Please describe the medical
care available in the area(s)
where you will be traveling
and list names and telephone
numbers for these facilities.
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COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
The cost of the trip from the tour agency/outfitter is 1186 euros. We
have used an exchange rate of 1.4. The current rate is 1.33. This has
been constant for a year. We do not anticipate a major shift. We will be
paying in Euros by transfer. This gives us a cost of $1660. We added
in a 7% cost of living increase of 7%. We have been told to anticiapte a
5-7% increase This brings us to a price of $1776. We added a tranfer
fee from TD Bank of 1.5% which brings us to a price of $1803. We
have use a contingency of 4% as we do not anticipate any need to use
this money. This will allow us to come in for a trip cost under $3000
which we feel is an important marketing advantage base on previous
biking trips to Europe.
20% 10 months prior
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
current $US dollar exchange rate and what
contingencies you have if that rate changes. If
a tour operator or agent is being used, what
currency is the agent to be paid in?
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
policy for the participants?
Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum number?
Reference web links:
AMC-ATC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
AMC-ATC Chair:
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6 weeks prior
$1000 with application;$1000 on Jan. 1, 2015; balance due April 1, 2015
Full refund if the trip does not run. Once a trip has been confirmed to run with
a sufficient number of partcipants, no refund will be available unless another
suitable participant can be confirmed. Once that participant is confirmed and
monies deposited, a refund will be issued. Refunds will only be refunded to the
extent that the cost of the trip for other participants is not affected. Participants
are responsible for their own airline tickets. Most domestic airlines no longer
give refunds for cancellations; instead, they issue coupons for a future trip with
an administrative charge of $100.00 and an expiration date. Trip cancellation
insurance is advised and policy information is supplied to all participants.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
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http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/
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