Lake Saimaa – unique in Europe

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A holiday in Finland’s beautiful Lake Saimaa region

Welcome to the VisitSaimaa Web site. 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.

Are you dreaming of a holiday in Finland, a lakeshore summer cabin, a private sauna, and blissful peace and quiet? Here you’ll find information about how to get to the Saimaa region, on what it offers, and about accommodation (whether you’d prefer a camping site, a cabin, or another type of accommodation).

Fascinating scenery

Finland and its people draw their strength from nature: endless forests and thousands of lakes, a blue sky with white clouds, the four seasons with their distinctive features, snow and ice, and summer’s ‘white nights’. Finnish culture and design too draw their inspiration and driving force from nature.

There is plenty of the power of nature to go around and to share with visitors. It’s worth experiencing for yourself, so come and let the beauty fascinate you on your holiday in Finland and the Saimaa region.

An active holiday in the Saimaa region

Canoeing, cycling, swimming, hiking… Or would you rather go skiing or ice-swimming? What about walking in the forest, doing yoga on a jetty, or picking berries? The Finnish summer and winter offer a multitude of possibilities for many kinds of activities.

A getaway that’s closer than you think

Finland and the Saimaa region are surprisingly near. You can reach Finland’s capital city, Helsinki, from Central Europe in just a couple of hours by plane, and it only takes a couple of hours more to drive from Helsinki to the Saimaa region, in Eastern Finland. Your holiday in Finland is closer than you think.

A holiday in Finland’s Saimaa region

VisitSaimaa.fi is the shared tourism Web site of the Mikkeli and Savonlinna regions. We’d be delighted to assist you in planning and realising your holiday in Finland. Come and enjoy the experiences Saimaa has to offer!

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