Tours in Other Baltic Areas
The Baltic Sea is the Nordic version of the Mediterranean. The sea is in a basin formed as a result of the glacial erosion in previous ice ages, and has a mix of salt and fresh water. It drains into the Atlantic Ocean by way of Danish waterways into the Kattegat straight, and the Kattegat continues through the Skagerrak in the North Sea. There are several gulfs which are for all intents and purposes part of the Baltic Sea: the Gulf of Gothnia in the north, the Gulf of Finland in the northeast, and the Gulf of Riga in the east. Its 1600 km (1000 miles) long waters have a surface area of about 377,000 square km (145, 522 square miles), and almost 8000 km (almost 5000 miles) of coastline.
The bordering countries to the west and north of the Baltic Sea (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) were outlined in other sections here, but countries to the east and south have many touring possibilities. Most people visit all of the more popular Baltic countries on cruise offerings by many of the major cruise ship companies. It is usually a mix of one-day stops at different ports, such as Warnemunde/Rostock in Germany, Gdansk in Poland, Riga in Latvia, Tallinn in Estonia, a longer 2 day visit to St. Petersburg in Russia. Helsinki and Stockholm are typically included in cruises, and of course Copenhagen is either a popular one-day stop or the starting/ending point for Baltic Cruises. Tours can be arranged in most of these places, for the day or longer.
I am well traveled and versed in these areas, and I have even escorted large tour groups on their cruise as well as a group of 200 passengers on a small charter ship. I am happy to work with travel agents and tour operators who are putting together groups and wish to have a tour escort.