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Turku Castle
Finland's largest surviving medieval castle dating from the 1280s, a massive stone fortress at the mouth of the Aura River.
15 km · about 30 min drive
Southwest Finland, Finland · Europe
Pargas is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Kaarina, 46km from Turku Archipelago.
Pargas is a town located in Southwest Finland, Finland. With a population of 11,962, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Pargas sits in Finland, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Helsinki time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Pargas to your route.
Pargas (Finnish: Parainen) is a town and municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea, the biggest archipelago in the world by the number of islands, 50,000. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry and except for the central parts, the municipality is still mostly rural.
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in Åboland in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. It was created as Väståboland on 1 January 2009 in Southwest Finland, when the municipalities of Pargas, Nagu, Korpo, Houtskär and Iniö were merged into a single municipality.
The municipality has a population of 14,712 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 5,548.17 square kilometres (2,142.16 sq mi) of which 4,666.46 km2 (1,801.73 sq mi) is water. The population density is 16.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (43.1/sq mi).
Pargas is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 42% Finnish speakers, 53% Swedish speakers, and 5% speakers of other languages.
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Pargas is located in Southwest Finland, Finland, Europe. The coordinates are 60.3067 latitude, 22.3010 longitude.
Pargas has a population of approximately 11,962 people, making it a town in Finland.
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Full driving guide for Finland3 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Finland's largest surviving medieval castle dating from the 1280s, a massive stone fortress at the mouth of the Aura River.
15 km · about 30 min drive
coastal drive
A 250-km loop of bridges and cable ferries hopping the islands off Turku, Finland's classic island road trip.
40 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
The world's largest archipelago by number of islands, with over 20,000 islands connected by ferries and the scenic Archipelago Trail.
46 km · about 55 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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