Summer Hotel Villa Aria

This summer hotel is situated in an old building which used to be some kind of a hospital and is a student dormitory during winters. The staff are friendly and welcoming. The room was clean, quite spacious and had even a small kitchenette with hotplates and a fridge. The breakfast had all the basics even though there were no warm dishes besides the porridge. You get a lot of value for price in this hotel!

The furniture is a bit dormitory-like which is of course understandable. This places closes already in mid-August even though there are lot of European tourists in Finland then.

A very convenient location (500m to the railway or bus station, 250m into the market square - parking available) and a fabulous old building (hospital or sanatorium). The rooms are very spacious and adequately equipped: a fridge, but no kettle ... a coffee-maker, instead. The bathroom was small but clean and very functional. The views over the lake are attractive. Breakfast is excellent and the staff very helpful. Savonlinna itself is beautiful: especially if you take the trouble to explore the lakeland coastlines beyond the town and castle.

The rooms were not as quiet as we would have liked and that is almost entirely because the owners have retained a stylish bare painted floorboard appearance. The simple addition of carpet in the bedrooms would generate an acoustic deadening that would enhance the hotel greatly.