Salpalinjan Hovi

Hotel Salpalinjan Hovi

Peaceful nature and lots of activities for the whole family, only 9 km from the Lappeenranta City Center!

Hotel Salpalinjan Hovi is located 9 kilometers from the Lappeenranta city center. It is surrounded by the rich and beautiful nature of South Karelia as well as historic sites.

The hotel, a former a village school built from log, is now fully renovated and offers six modern apartment suites which have been furnished according to different school subjects. Each room has its own kitchen corner, bathroom and TV. Make yourselves at home!

At Salpalinjan Hovi you can relax in the nature or enjoy an active vacation canoeing and fishing at the nearby Lake Saimaa and Kymi -river water system, explore the nearby war and sawmill historical sites or make daytrips around Lappeenranta and South Karelia. You can find more information about the Lappeenranta attractions here.

Salpalinjan Hovi received its name from being located next to an important piece of war history, the Salpa Line (direct translation = Bolt-line). Very close to the hotel you can find underground bunkers built in the mid-20th century, which can be visited with a professional guide. Find out more about the Salpa Line here.

Welcome to Salpalinjan Hovi!

Cozy and atmospheric spaces for different events

Events and meetings

Basic package

Includes all six rooms (max. 24 beds) hotel lobby area and yard with barbeque canopy.

One day (from first day 14:00 until next day 12:00).

Amount of diners is dependable on table setting: with table setting capacity is 40 persons in lobby area.

Dining

You can order catering yourself or through us. Catering staff will have kitchen with refrigerator, washing machine and possibility to heat food. It is also possible to rent tableware through us:  Coffee tableware 2€/person, dining tableware 3€/person. White table linens 8€/pcs.

Cycling holiday for 3 nights

Cycling holiday for 3 nights in the beautiful surroundings of Lake Saimaa and Lappeenranta. Accommodation in personal Salpalinjan Hovi (dbl/twin room) near the UNESCO Saimaa Geopark and Salpa-line war history sites. Explore the area’s most beautiful landscapes and attractions, as well as other places worth visiting. You get maps of the bike trails and the area, and tips for the best places to visit based on your interests.

Feel the joy of exercise by folding your bicycle tours!

Enjoy The Fresh Finnish Winter or Authentic Summer holiday in the Lake Saimaa area

Do you want to relax in one of the world’s most pure countries? Come and enjoy an stress-free holiday surrounded by the beautiful nature that Finland has to offer. Expect to breathe fresh air, enjoy silence, and experience the well-studied sauna healing effects. During your stay, you will have the chance to enjoy the local food, unwind by the campfire, relax by the lake, and visit local attractions around Lappeenranta and the Lake Saimaa area.

Finnish culture and Saimaa geopark

Three (or seven) night accommodation package. This trip is for you, who are interested in nature and want to explore Finnish culture. Take a refreshing tour around our Village trail. Explore the neighbouring saw history sites (for example bunkers and caves) and enjoy beautiful, fresh nature and Saimaa GeoPark.

Relax in the Sauna. Sauna is the oldest and the most traditional healing and relaxing wellness element in Finland.

Salpalinja History and Bunkers – Guided Tour

Salpalinjan Hovi is located on top of the Salpalinja defense line that was built in the 1940s to protect Finland from the Soviet Union. You can find two underground machine gun bunkers and an enormous three-story lodging-cave very close to the hotel, borrowed into the rock. According to different sources, the cave was supposed to accommodate 60 to 100 soldiers. While staying at Salpalinjan Hovi, you can explore these remarkable sites of Finnish war history with an expert guide.

Polar night and fresh outdoor activities with Sauna culture

Take it easy, breathe fresh air, enjoy the silence and experience the healing effect of sauna.

Karelian delicacies, guided drama tour round the sights, open fire cooking, Mystical walk in the light of headlamps. Feel the magic off the forest and calm down by watching the stars. Visit the big bunker cave and meet hibernating bats.

Trip to Holiday Club Saimaa SPA. Special Särä dinner. Särä is a lamb-dish made of over 1000 year old recipe.

Salpalinja adventure

This is a playful competition in historic Salpalinja nature. Tasks about Salpalinja history. Some of tasks are trivias and other require different kind of thinking.

Lake Saimaa, Sauna and local delicacies – Feel like a Finn

Calm down and get more vitality. Breathe fresh air and eat the world’s purest food in Karelian style. This trip is for you, who are interested in food, nature and relaxing.

Educational Travel services

Lake Saimaa and Lappeenranta are stunning educational travel destinations.

What would be a better place than one of the safest countries in the world, and the creator of a globally recognized educational system?

Salpalinjan Hovi is the perfect accommodation for Educational travel groups for maximum 24 people. Create a programme according to your wishes with us.

Rooms

01 Native Languages

The room Native languages and literature has red as its main color. Red is the strongest color just like your native language is the most important language to you. The color red can be found throughout the furniture and textiles of the room. Different tones are found in the reds of the room just like in the way each person uses their native language. The color red can make you strong and brave as well as tickle your imagination.

From the view from the window of the room opens up to our garden and a quiet road. A red armchair next to the window invites you to a calm moment of reading or relaxing.

• Beds for four: Double bed and one couch bed
• TV
• Kitchen: sink, fridge, stove, oven available, microwave, coffee maker, water boiler, toaster. Tableware for four
• Bathroom: toilet, shower, hairdryer
• Free Wi-Fi

02 History

History can be black and white but it can also depend on your perspective. At the Salpa Line you are in the midst of World Wars, the Finnish civil war and the history of wood industry and the village school. The two big windows fill the room with light. Throw yourself on the bed bathing in sunlight and let your mind wander off to the different historical events and perspectives.

• Beds for four: Double bed and one couch bed
• TV
• Kitchen: sink, fridge, stove, oven, microwave, coffee maker, water boiler, toaster. Tableware for four
• Bathroom: toilet, shower, hairdryer
• Free Wi-Fi

03 Physics

Luxurious metallic tones decorate the room that represents the so called hard sciences: physics, chemistry and mathematics. The inventions of natural sciences have made the luxurious modern life possible. These inventions from the past times can also be found around Salpalinjan Hovi. They have made the development of the forest and metallic industries of the South Karelia possible.

• Beds for four: Double bed and one couch bed
• TV
• Kitchen: sink, fridge, stove, oven, microwave, coffee maker, water boiler, toaster. Tableware for four
• Bathroom: toilet, shower, hairdryer
• Free Wi-Fi

04 Visual arts

The blue-toned, Art-themed room is the only room in the hotel for two people without an option for an extra bed. The room is furnished with refreshing textiles and you can find art on the walls made with different techniques and styles.

• Bed for two: One double bed
• TV
• Kitchen: sink, fridge, stove, oven available, microwave, coffee maker, water boiler, toaster. Tableware for four
• Bathroom: toilet, shower, hairdryer
• Free Wi-Fi

05 Biology

The green-toned Biology and Geography -themed apartment includes two rooms which comfortably fit a six-person family. The view from the windows open up to the garden and the school’s old sports court, which can be used by the family for playing and games. Salpalinjan Hovi is located geographically in a unique location since it is on top of a watershed dividing the Vuoksi and Kymi-river water systems.

• Beds for four: Double bed and two  couch beds
• TV
• Kitchen: sink, fridge, stove, oven, microwave, coffee maker, water boiler, toaster. Tableware for six
• Bathroom: toilet, shower, hairdryer
• Free Wi-Fi

06 Music

The gold and silver toned plush two roomed apartment is for you if you are in the mood for luxury in your life and want to have the wedding night of your life in the nature. The apartment has a separate entrance from outside and is well suited for long-term stays. The windows of the room open up to a view of the yard’s romantic flower bushes.

• Bedding for three: Double bed and one couch bed
• TV
• Kitchen: sink, fridge, stove, oven available, microwave, coffee maker, water boiler, toaster. Tableware for three
• Bathroom: toilet, shower, hairdryer
• Free Wi-Fi

Services and rules

Services

• Luggage facilities
• Free parking outside with six electrically powered slots.
• Free wireless internet (Wi-Fi)
• Each room including the lobby has a TV
• Books and magazines for various age-groups
• Each room has separate ventilation
• Baby cot-beds are free and available by request. Make sure of the availability from the hotel.
• Available for lending: A fan, an ironing board and a sandwich grill
• Sauna available for individual reservations
• Plenty of board games for various age-groups
• Outdoor games: croquet, pétanque, mölkky, carrom as well as various different ball games
• In winter rent free skis, skates, snow shoes and sleds
• Languages: Finnish and English

Rules

• Check in: 14.00 – 21.00 (Wed. and Sat. 14.00-22.00)
• Check out before 12.00
• No smoking indoors
• No pets allowed
• Fee of arriving outside of check-in times is 12.50 €
• The guest can cancel free of charge until 7 days before arrival. The guest will be charged the first night if they cancel in the 7 days before arrival.
• If the guest doesn’t show up they will be charged the total price.