Hotelli Helmi
- A Pearl of a Hotel -

CONTACT INFORMATION

Tuureporinkatu 11
FI-20100 TURKU, Finland
Location on the map

+358 20 786 2770

Opening hours 1st May - 30th Sept.

MON-FRI 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

SAT-SUN 10:00 am - 6:00 pm


Thu 19th June 9 am - 3 pm

Midsummer 20th - 21st June - closed

Sunday 22nd June 2 pm - 6 pm


Check-in is possible also after closing time!

Hotelli Helmi is a small privately-owned hotel, located next to the Turku bus station.We have a total of 34 rooms, including a family room and an accessible single room. The hotel is equipped with an elevator.


Hotelli Helmi provides you accommodation near Turku centre with friendly service.


Good breakfast is served every day in the ground floor café, Helmikahvila. Breakfast is included in the price.


Arriving at Hotelli Helmi e.g. from harbour & airport.


Parking: The affordable car park in the immediate vicinity also offers an electric vehicle charging station for 4 hours time.


Parking fees: MON-FRI 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

SAT 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 1,50-2,00 € / hour.

SUN free of charge.

Easypark, Parkman, Moovy, cards.

HistorY

A brief history of Hotelli Helmi and its environs

Back in the late 1700s, Judge Ture Hagert had a villa, Tureborg, built in the outskirts of the town of Turku. The surrounding area soon became known as Tuurepori in colloquial Finnish. The history is carried on by the street name Tuureporinkatu, along which Hotelli Helmi is located. 

The original building was designed by Architects Jung & Jung. It was constructed in 1934 to serve as a Shell service station and district office. 

Two nearby buildings, from the year 1938, also represent functionalistic architecture. Turku Bus Station was designed by City Architect Harald Smedberg, and the building that currently houses Hesburger is a former Esso service station and district office, designed by Architect Georg Jägerroos.
  
This trio is protected as a built cultural environment of national significance. Still, over 80 years after their construction, the buildings stand out as examples of interesting architecture in Turku.

Shell moved out in the 1960s

In the 1960s, Shell moved to its current location across the Aninkaistenkatu street. The former Shell service station now turned into a police guard station, and the building was reconstructed to better serve the new purpose – as a jail.
 
Cafeteria Helmibaari moved into the old, rounded part of the building facing Aninkaistenkatu, while the police station occupied the lower part along Tuureporinkatu. The building was raised by constructing an additional floor. 

The building has a long history of accommodating travellers, including a period as a city-owned hostel, which is still remembered by many of our guests.

The name of the hotel honours the era of the Shell company: the Finnish word ‘helmi’ refers to a pearl in a shell. At the start of the new millennium, the building was completely renovated, and the new Hotelli Helmi welcomed its first guests in April 2008. The two-storey building was further raised by adding one more floor. The renovation project involved demolition of old jail structures, which required the tearing down of more than 200 tonnes of concrete and iron. Modern building technology was installed, and partition walls were isolated for soundproofing to guarantee a good night’s sleep for hotel guests.