Vanhalinna Museum

Beautiful place for a picnic and lovely nature walks with a family & dog. Didn't go to a museum just up the hill.

Whether you're visiting for the nature, history, culture, or a spectacular sunset over the farm lands and the Aura river, you won't be disappointed. Climb the bare rock that used to serve as a fortress in the iron age, visit the museum and the replica of the viking-age ship, and rent a boat (20€) and introduce yourself to the river. The cafe is open from 11am to 6pm, tue-fri.

The bare rock (55m) was abandoned as a fortress in the 14th century when the political entities moved closer to the coast to the castle of Turku. The earliest recorded activity was dated into the bronze-age. The fortress was used by the locals until 12th century, when the Swedes occupied the area around same time when the catholic church was established in Koroinen. Eventually the Swedish forces handed the area to the Swedish Nobles.

Climb the stairs to reach the hill top aka old fortress rock, beautiful view from there.

Very nice place. On the top of the hill has amazing views!

Must visit spot in Turku, lovely place to spend a good time

Beautiful views from the hill. Good facilities like WC 🙂

Nice place, recommend

The views from the old castle rock are an unparalleled vista of what the Finnish countryside was like before industrialisation.

Nice place to go in summer with bike.

It is totally mysterious in the dark! There is a stairway to the top of the hill, a well lit courtyard, and a road sign to the place.

Nice home museum with archeological twist. Do visit on top of the rock for magnificient views.

Magical place with beautiful nature and majestic view to Aura river from the top of the castle hill.

A place with an awesome view at the hilltop.

The mounten was especially breathtaking

Nice nature

Hieno kulttuurimiljöö. Kahvilasta saa ostaa hyviä KakkuAnnen valmistamia sämpylöitä.

Kiva luontopolku. Upeat maisemat. Suomen oloissa ainutlaatuinen esihistoriallinen kohde. Jos arkeologisten löytöjen ja muinaisten rakenteiden paikkoja olisi merkitty tarkemmin maastoon paikasta saisi vielä paljon enemmän irti.

Laaja ase, miekka ja kypärä kokoelma nähtävänä. Mielenkiintoinen "elämän punainen lanka" näyttely.

Hieno kohde retkeillä ja/tai käydä museoissa. Kahvila ja kulttuuripolkuja löytyy. Linnavuorelle kannattaa kavuta näkymän vuoksi. Miljöö on kaunis, kulttuurimaisemasta löytyy monia kerroksia.
Kesän 2018 näytelmä, Suden morsian, on hienosti toteutettu ja kokonaisvaltainen, maisemassa liikkuva esitys. Lampaille sivuosaoscarit 😀

Hieno paikka. Kannattaa käydä varsinkin jos on kiinnostusta Suomen historiaan.