Pargas

This guide is only on Pargas proper. The municipality consists of the former municipalities Pargas ("Pargas proper"), Nagu, Korpo, Houtskär and Iniö.

Pargas is in a traditionally Swedish speaking area. Because of the industry (later: proximity to Turku) there are nearly as many Finnish speaking in the town, though. The municipality is officially bilingual and you get service in both languages nearly everywhere.

As in the rest of Finland you get along in English with most people.

1 Pargas tourist information (Skärgårdens Turistinformation), Strandvägen 28 (in the town hall), ☏ +358 40-488-6026, info@pargas.fi. Mon–Wed 09:00–16:00, Thu 09:00–17:00, Fri 09:00–14:00/15:00. Free. (updated Jan 2023)

Pargas centre is some 25 km from Turku by road.

The only road to Pargas is Skärgårdsvägen ("the Archipelago road", Finnish: Saaristotie, regional road 180) from Kaarina through Pargas to Korpo (Finnish: Korppoo), starting at national road 1 (E18) and crossing regional road 110, both leading from Helsinki to Turku. There is a bike route all the way from Turku, mostly following the road). A new road is being built as of 2026, making the route from Turku slightly shorter; the older road will remain.

The bridges between the mainland and Pargas centre were replaced 2022–2025. The shortcut road to Turku from the new Rävsundet bridge, has been started; as of March 2026 it did not yet affect driving

There is a ferry connection from Långnäs on Åland to Galtby in Korpo. You can continue by Skärgårdsvägen to Pargas, with two shorter ferry passages (5 min + 20 min; ferries each half an hour in daytime on the longer passage).

There are connections also from the north, at least in summer, via Kustavi and Iniö to Houtskär and via Rymättylä to Nagu, and from there to Pargas along Skärgårdsvägen (see [Archipelago Trail]]). The most convenient route is via Kaarina any part of the year, unless you intend to visit some of the islands en route.

By bus:

Since 2016 most services to Pargas are by TLO (timetables). Livery for buses to Pargas centre (lines 801 and 802) is the same as for buses in Turku, but Föli tickets are not valid for Pargas. TLO also operates coaches going farther (lines 901–903) with a different livery (Skärgårdsbuss, "archipelago bus"). All these lines depart from Turku bus station. Except 802 they are "regular" services, stopping on either all local bus stops (801) or all coach stops (9xx). Most coach stop signs have got changed into bus stop signs with no change in where coaches stop, check in the route descriptions if relevant; all services except 802 stop at all stops in Kaarina and Pargas.