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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
EuropeFinlandSouthwest Finland
Pargas
Southwest Finland, Finland · Europe
About Pargas
Pargas is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Kaarina, 46km from Turku Archipelago.
Pargas is in Southwest Finland, Finland, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kaarina, about 12 km away.
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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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Pargas?
Within an hour or so of Pargas: Turku Castle (15 km), Archipelago Ring Road (40 km), Turku Archipelago (46 km).
Are there any good drives near Pargas?
The nearest famous roads are Archipelago Ring Road and Hanko.
Where is Pargas?
Pargas is in Southwest Finland, Finland, about 12 km from Kaarina.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 11,962
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Finland
- Region
- Southwest Finland
- Timezone
- Europe/Helsinki
- Coordinates
- 60.3067, 22.3010
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Essential numbers in Finland
Winter tyres mandatory December–February.
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Worth the detour from Pargas
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
coastal drive
Archipelago Ring Road
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
Turku Archipelago
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
Driving roads near Pargas
- 40 kmArchipelago Ring RoadA 250-km loop of bridges and cable ferries hopping the islands off Turku, Finland's classic island road trip.
- 65 kmHankoFinland's southernmost town at the end of a peninsula, reached by road past wooden villas, long sand beaches and a working harbour.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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