Naantali is a city in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country. The small city, with a population of 14,072 (as of 2007), is located in the region of Finland Proper, 15 kilometres west of Turku.
The city encompasses a land area of 51.08 square kilometres. Most of this area is located on the island of Luonnonmaa southwest of the city centre, but the majority of the population lives on the mainland. In fact, most of the island is beautiful forest and farmland, while the mainland consists chiefly of residential areas.

Kultaranta
Kultaranta on the opposite side of Naantalinlahti Bay is perhaps the best known summer residence in Finland. The President of Finland resides in Kultaranta in the summertime, and so Naantali could well be called the Holiday Capital of Finland. It is possible to visit the beautiful garden surrounding the granite castle completed in 1916 and designed by Lars Sonck for tradesman Alfred Kordelin.
The beautifully preserved formal garden was among the first in Finland; a woodland garden on rocky terrain is also part of the garden area.

Convent Church
Naantali´s most famous building is the Convent Church. Built in 1443-1462, it is the only building remaining from the days of the Convent. The beautiful belfry in baroque style was built in 1797. The church has been restored in the 1860´s and in 1963-1965. The renovation of the church´s shingle roof started in 1998, was completed in the autumn of 2005.
During the centuries, the rest of the buildings of the convent have disappeared. Part of the stones were used to build the wall around the church and churchyard, some of them have most likely found their purpose as building material in the town houses.
The foundations of the convent were studied in the 19th century. In the summer 2005 archeological researches were made in the church graveyard extension, belonging to the convent area, and the result was about 2000 findings, e.g. jewellery, tools and coins.

Naantali museum
Hiilola House, which has been a museum since the 1920's, takes the visitor to the 19th century interiors which reflect the bourgeois lifestyle in a smalltown. The craftman's house Sau-Kallio is located in the same courtyard. The museum buildings are situated in their original sites in a central location by the old market place, opposite the old town hall. A rosegarden, a herb garden and an ancient oak tree make the courtyard complete. The museum is situated in the heart of the old town, only at a short walking distance from the guest harbour.
The other museum building Humppi is situated diagonally next to the Hiilola Museum house. The bourgeois house, originally from the 18th century, has served many purposes before becoming a part of the museum. The permanent cultural history exhibition, providing the convent's past and the historic layers of the town, is situated in Humppi, as well as the summer´s special exhibition.
The results of the excavations in the oldest street in Naantali (Mannerheiminkatu, previously called Aleksanterinkatu and Isokatu) can be seen in an exhibition where the original findings are combined with a multimedia show.
The miniature model of the Brigittine convent (Tiina and Kai Puumalainen) is a part of the Naantali Museum permanent exhibition depicting the life in the Naantali convent in the 16th centrury.

Louhisaari Manor
After belonging to the Fleming family since the 15th century, Louhisaari was in 1795 bought by the mannerheim family, which owned it until 1903. The Marshal of Finland C.G.E. Mannerheim was born at Louhisaari in 1867. The main building dates from 1655 and is one of the rare examples of palatial architecture in Finland. The festive floor and the service floor are in 17th-century style and furnished to match. The middle floor, where the actual living quarters were, was modernised during the 18th and 19th centuries, and the rooms in this part of the castle is reflect the interior-decoration styles of that time. The castle is surrounded by an English landscape park.