Hotel Kalevala

We booked the Christmas holidays package and spent 5 nights at hotel Kalevala. It was by far the best Christmas experience ever. We had a modern room facing towards the frozen lake with a great view. A fairytale visit to Santa's facilities, a snowshoe walk, a short reindeer sleigh ride, smoke sauna and evening sauna w/ jacuzzis were included in our package and totally worth their price. Additionally, we did a husky sleigh ride and a snowmobile ride, which were a once in a lifetime experience. Food was tasty. There is just a minor improvement suggestion: Please label the dishes in restaurant. Although everything was good, we didn't know what we were eating several times. Would we come back? Definitely, but in a different season because we don't want to spoil our memories of this great experience.

Amazing hotel with a nice view next to the lake. Friendly staff and very beautiful nature, what can be asked more?

This is a very nice hotel that takes full advantage of it's lakeside location. I very much enjoyed the view of the lake from my room. Also I like that the trees were not all cut down between the lake shore and hotel, this is a more eco-friendly type of development method more builders should be mindful of. I was here with a group visiting Winter War sites for two days and every one enjoyed the food very much. There were breakfast buffet items I did not get to try because the plate was full before I got to them. Staff was very attentive and there was a rather relaxed atmosphere here, maybe because of the view of the lake from most any place in the hotel.

Though the hotel clerk was nice (they close 23 but let us in 23:15) this hotel must be the worst ever by Nordic standards. Its like a time travel to the early 90s. You can hear the neighbour breathe - thats how poorly isolated it is. But thats not the contributing factor to my 1 star. The reason is that it was a party in the neighbour room. The clerk asked them to be quiet and left - then after 30 minutes the party started again full blown. Drunk people in the hallway screaming, swearing and banging on the walls. And NO SECURITY. We could have been murdered in that hallway and noone would notice as it is not any security cameras. I travelled there with my 10 year old son and we could not sleep before 03-04 in the night. My son was of course uneasy because of this aggressive screaming in the hallway. We also of course missed breakfast because of that and slept till 11 even more tired than before we arrived. Totally overpriced hotel that should get competition from some cheap modern hotels. Its not that: I would gladly pay 200EUR for a Nordic Choice room and I expected this standard when I ordered the room. Will recommend everyone to choose another alternative - even camping - even sleeping in your car. The interior of the room and hotel is at best 2 star quality. And to end this disaster review - why the hell did the clerk give us a room right beside a party when he could see I have a 10 year old child with me??? Sick.

Hotelli on komealla paikalla. Hieman jo kulahtuneisuutta. Näillä helteillä, ja muulloinkin, pieni jääkaappi huoneessa olisi paikallaan. Saunan aukiolo hieman kiusallinen, auki klo 18-20. Kuitenkin kun tulimme kierrokselta klo 21 maissa, joku pariskunta tuli ehkä saunasta, ainakin heillä oli kylpytakit yllään. Mutta oli hyvä herätä järveä ihaillen.

Hotelli on puhdas ja siisti. "Sisustus" jämähtänyt 80-luvulle ja kulahtanut. Hyviä elementtejä olisi ollut, omat kädet syyhysivät innosta alkaa järjestelemään sisustusta. Ruoka- annoksissa 10e liikaa hintaa, tien toiselta puolelta saa sensijaan loistavia burgereita. Palvelu oli pääasiassa hyvää, yhtä pientä epäkorrektiutta lukuunottamatta.