Please see Visit Saimaa Web site as well! It offers a wealth of inspiration and information about the Lake Saimaa region, family holidays, attractions to visit, activities, sauna culture, the Opera Festival, vendace, and the towns of Mikkeli and Savonlinna, to help you plan your holiday in Finland and in the Saimaa region.
Privacy policy. Design by Digitaali. Toggle navigation. See and experience. I took almost a month-long sabbatical, but it was well worth it. I arrived in Finland just in time for midsummer more on that later , which is informally something like a summer Christmas — minus the gifts and snow. Celebrated across the country as one of the biggest weekends of the year, families flock to summer cottages all over the country to indulge in outdoor life, sauna, and plenty of food.
I joined the festivities and will share a few photos in the next post. It was love at first sight. The sun agreed too. Spent most of the time listening to an audiobook Laws of Human Nature — eye-opening!!!
The "station" is unmanned. Long-distance buses are also an option. For detailed schedules and fares check the site of Matkahuolto central organization for intercity bus companies. Savonlinna is about equidistant about km from each of Mikkeli , Varkaus and Imatra , and a little longer from Joensuu. No matter from which direction you're coming from, it's a beautiful drive through the lake landscape, especially in the summer. From Helsinki it's km; about a 4 hours' drive depending on traffic and road conditions.
Lake Saimaa can be reached by yacht height max 24 m from the sea through the Saimaa Canal. The festival gives an opportunity to admire not only the beauty of music, but also the splendor of Finnish lake landscapes. If you plan to come to the city during the festival, then you should take care of the place to stay well in advance places in hotels are usually not enough for everyone. The complex of buildings is located on a separate private island, not far from the city center.
The medieval fortress is located 1. The hotel has 80 rooms, swimming pools, a gym, a restaurant and saunas. The hotel has meeting facilities for up to 80 people. Despite the name, the hotel does not have a casino. You can book a hotel room online. Address: Kylpylalaitoksentie, 7, Savonlinna, Finland.
The hotel has 48 rooms. The distance to the main sight of the city, the medieval Olavinlinna castle, is about meters. The market square, the passenger port, shops and cafes are within walking distance. The hotel has a restaurant, sauna, bowling, gym and rooms to hold meetings.
Address: Olavinkatu 15, Savonlinna, Finland. Many of the hotel rooms offer a beautiful view of the lake. The hotel has two saunas with a terrace and a view of the lake, restaurants and a bar.
There are rooms for meetings in the hotel. The Olavinlinna fortress of is located within walking distance. Address: Kauppatori square , Savonlinna. In the campsite there are country houses in each house there is a toilet, shower and mini-kitchen , places for campers, tents, saunas, mini-golf.
There is a shower, washing machines, a kitchen like in all campsites. Attention: during the days of the opera festival and the Juhannus feast the prices in the camp are much higher than usual. In the lake region of Finland, there is large number of holiday homesof different sizes and levels of comfort. Such houses are usually located on the shore of the lake, and have everything you need for a comfortable living. City residents like to spend one or two weeks in these houses during the summer holidays.
Among the residents of big cities of Europe there are also a lot of lovers of leisure in Finland. Guests come from America rarely in this region. You can rent a house on the lake shore by using one of the international reservation services booking. If you drive by car from Helsinki, your path lies past the cities of Lahti and Mikkeli: road E75, motorway 5, motorway If you are going to Savonlinna by car from Russia, you should take the motorway No.
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