Keski-Karjala Homestays

The main cottage 98 m² and lakeside sauna building 32 m², total 130 m². 74 km to the south from Joensuu, lake Pyhäjärvi 60 m (206,79 km²), shallow, child-friendly natural sand beach, own beach, own boat. Holiday cabin 2020, living room/kitchen, 2 bedrooms, both with 2 beds (can be also moved together), private WC and TV. Electric sauna, washroom, dressing room. Glazed terrace (25 m²) with summer kitchen (equipped with a wood/coal grill fire place, wood stove, refrigerator). A wood-heated 32 m² sauna on the shore. There are 2 rain showers, toilet and porch. A sofa bed for 2 extra persons on the porch/living room (living room area is about 15 m² and it has sliding glass door). A campfire place near the sauna. Exclusive villa by the lake Pyhäjärvi. Good fishing possibilities, the cabin includes fishing rods, ice fishing equipment, fishing trap, nets, permits for these equipment and rowing boat. Wireless 4G internet connection and a charger for an electric car (6h charging time). If necessary, the dining table can be extended with a continuation piece. There is a wheelchair ramp to the cabin, all the facilities are accessible by the wheelchair except sauna and WC. Guests can use 2 mountain bikes 2 women's bikes, SUB-board and lakeside sauna. Motor boat with 6 hp outboard motor for rent. 150 m to cottage 15058 Villa Leinola 2. To the official snowmobile route it is a 2 km route along the ground or 1 km route along the lake and ground. Distance to Pajarinhovi Spa, Animal Park and Restaurant is 6,5 km. Illuminated ski trail 1 km, trail length is 1,6 km. There is a connection to the Pajarinhovi from the illuminated ski trail, trail length is 5 km in one direction. Horse riding stables 5 km, Icelandic horse stables 10 km. Cycling and hiking terrains are nearby. Kitee city center 15 km. Nightwish exhibition center 16 km. Joensuu and Savonlinna 75 km. If you need airport transportations, please ask the owner. Reservation starts at 16.00 and ends at 12.00 (also weekend reservations).

Aurinkoranta is a spacious villa for a comfortable holiday. There are several alternative sleeping places and own peace is available if required. This rental villa suits well for family holidays, even among several generations. 36 km to the south from Kitee, lake Pyhäjärvi 50 m, hard, evenly deepening sand bottom, rowing boat. Wooden holiday home 2013, kitchen, living room with sofa bed for two, two bedrooms, one with double bed and another with two beds, dressing room / utility room, washroom, sauna (electric sauna stove), separate WC, loft, covered terrace. Lakeside sauna (30m²) with wood-burning sauna stove and shower, kitchen/living room, bedroom (7m²) with two beds. The lakeside sauna is not available in winter (1.11.-313.), except by separate agreement. Covered cooking area, carport. The destination is well suited for six people, but the owner allows the number of people to be exceeded by two people. Small pets are allowed. Cottages yard area have surveillance cameras. Pajarinhovi (restaurant, spa and zoo) 20 km, Kesälahti 20 km, Kitee 37 km, Punkaharju 52 km, Joensuu 94 km, Imatra 130 km, Helsinki 383 km.

73 km north-east of Savonlinna, L.Pyhäjärvi 30 m, (length 60 km, width 10 km), rather shallow hard sanded bottom, own boat, jetty. Planed log cottage 1989, renovated 2005, living room, kitchen, bedroom 2 beds, sleeping loft 3 beds, open porch, balcony, sauna, washroom, dressing room. Cottage yard area level, surroundings in natural state, mixed forest. Due to trees there might be some problems with television signal. Slope to shore. Behind the cottage, ab. 100 m away, a low-traffic lane. Pajarinhovi tourism centre and zoo 6 km.

45 km south of Joensuu, L. Suuri-Onkamo 25 m (length 10 km, width 3 km), hard, shallow, sanded rock bottom, two rowin boats, pier. Log cottage 2000, renovated 2009, living room/kitchen. Upstairs sleeping alcove (5 m², sloping ceiling, max height 2,2 m, with no window) double bed. Upstairs sleeping alcove (with a curtain) double bed and sleeping alcove (without a curtain) 2 beds, sauna, shower cubicle, dressing room, WC, balcony, terrace. WIFI internet conncetion, speed 0,4-5 Mbps. Summer kitchen with wood-burning stove, smoking oven, electric light. Woodshed. Hot water from stove. Outside toilet. HOT TUB can be used at extra price: 50 € day, 100 € 2 days, 300 € week. Payment and order directly from the cottage owner. A cozy log cabin located in a private peninsula (2.5 ha). Plot is sunny and location is quiet. Plot has grass, stony area, birch trees, is so-called “old lake bed”. Delightful furnishing features indoors. All sleeping areas are upstairs. Child safety gate on top of the stairs. Travel cot for a child and extra bed for one person available, upon request from the owner. Air-source heat pump (cooling/heating). Life jackets (different sizes). Owner will bring one canister drinking water for client on arrival day. Water from well has e.g. a lot of dissolved iron, so more drinking water best fetched from 3.5 km away from owner in TOHMAJÄRVI, or from village shop 18 km away. Smoke sauna €100, for period 01.05-31.12, arrangement and payment straight to cottage owner. Cottage caretaker 3.5 km away has domestic animals (sheep, chickens, cats) which can be visited. Tohmajärvi 18 km, Kitee Zoo and Pajarinhovi 30 km, Joensuu 45 km, Russian border point at Niirala 40 km, Lemmenlava dance pavilion 20 km, Koli 110 km.

60 km south-east from Joensuu, Lake Tohmajärvi within 10 metres (lake's lenght 8 km). A shallow sanded shore of which clay bottom deepens gently. An own shore and a boat, the shore facing north-west. Wooden cottage which was renovated in 2006. A kitchen-living room (with an extension bed), a bedroom (a double bed and a separate bed). There is a separate bedroom (with double bod + 2 separate beds) upstairs (route via outside). A hall, a bathroom, a sauna (wood-heated stove), a terrace and a balcony. A charming renovated cottage by the Lake Tohmajärvi. The closest neighbour cottage is not be seen from the yard in the summertime. The yard is spacious and even. The lakeside is kid-friendly. In the neighbour (1 km from the cottage) there is a horse-riding venue where you can ride and within a 10 km radius a couple of farm stores that can be visited by agreement, get to know the place and buy local products. There are summer cafés and second hand shops in the nearby villages, where you can enjoy homemade pastries and genuine local flavors. Just 10 km away there is a small private golf course where you can play golf without the green card. Owner rents wireless Internet for 1 e/day. Payment directly to the owner. 60 km to Mustavaara ski center. The reservations start at 16.00 and end at 12.00 (also in weekend bookings).

53 km to the northeast from Savonlinna, lake Saimaa/Puruvesi 15 m, hard, gently deepening sandy/grave bottom, pier, rowing boat. Log villa 2000, living room (50 m²), kitchen, on the ground floor bedroom (13 m²) with double bed, another bedroom (9,5 m²) with two beds, dressing room, washroom, sauna (electric sauna stove) 2 separate WC, lobby, covered porch. On the upper floor sleeping alcove (10 m²) with double bed, another alcove (6.5 m²) with double bed, balcony. The second upper floor is on the other side of the house. There is alcove with double bed and single bed in the lobby (20 m²) sleeping area (6 m²) with a double bed, balcony. Covered cooking area. Wifi only by separate agreement / must be booked from the owner at least one week before the start of the holiday. This destination is not available for groups which consists of only people whose age is less than 25 years. Villa Kesäranta is a rental villa offering many kinds of experiences. Villa is also a brilliant example of craftmanship. There are lots of little details engraved in the tree on each side of the villa. There are plenty of things to find and admire in this destination. For example, there is a fiber optic light based northern sky map in the living rooms ceiling at a right scale. Plenty of space even for a larger group. The closest neighbour (50 m) is the same owner's another rental cabin 14339. The nearest restaurant (2.5 km away) is Juhanan Tupa Oy, which is open in summer. The next restaurant is 23 km away. Kitee zoo 22 km, Kerimäki 31 km (world's largest wooden church) landscape route of Punkaharju ridge 48 km, water amusement park Kesämaa, Finnish forest museum Lusto 48 km, Savonlinna 53 km, Joensuu 92 km. Imatra 134 km, Helsinki 386 km.

34 km southeast of Joensuu, Pond Pieni-Haukilampi 60 m (length 0,8 km), gently sloping sanded clay bottom, own beach, own boat, jetty. Log cottage 2006, kitchen-living room, bedroom (with glass door) with double bed, sleeping gallery (20 m2) with two beds (120 cm), washroom, sauna (elec. stove), terrace, and balcony. Own, separate sauna by the shore(wood heated stove). Sub-board for rent from the owner 20 e/day. 11kW electric car charging point. Please agree the payment with the owner Please inform, do you want bed linen to double bed or to separate beds. Charming log cabin situated by the Pond Pieni-Haukilampi in Tohmajärvi. The closest neighbours are in 250 m distance. The cottage stands on a slope and there are long steps leading to the beach that faces the North (steps might cause some problems for small children). The pond has clear water. The cottage has its own boat, all motor sports are forbidden on the pond. The owner has license marks for fish traps and there are also fishing rods and spinning rods in the cottage. Separate roofed grill hut. The cottage has unique gnarl furnishings, the ground floor has under floor heating. The owner makes 2 km tracks for cross-country skiing if there are enough snow. The owner can borrow 4 bicycles (incl. helmets) and 2 pairs of snowshoes. Shelter 500 m from the cottage. 1 km from the cottage clients have access to an ice hole with safety net for swimming by the owner's sauna (also shower). 40 km to Mustavaara ski center. Reservations start at 16.00 and end at 12.00 (also in weekend bookings).

63 km south of Joensuu, Lake Orivesi 25 m (536 km2), shallow, sandy bottom, own boat, jetty. Log cottage 1998, living room, kitchen, bedroom with double bed and bed room with 2 beds, sleeping gallery with two mattresses, dressing room, sauna with wood heated stove (entrance from outside), terrace. Log cottage by the Lake Orivesi in Rääkkylä. The beach faces the South. Good possibilities for fishing, own boat and kayak. Well equipped for grilling, there is separate roofed grill hut with gas grill and a large pan for preparing pancakes. There's also a separated fireplace near the grill hut. Fishing rods. The shower and the WC are situated in the sauna (the entrance from outside). The WC has no sink. As child equipment, there is a pot. The air-source heat pump is only used for heating, not cooling. 18 km to Rääkkylä. Reservations start at 16.00 and end at 12.00 ( also in weekend bookings). Cottage will rent for max 4 adults + 2 children, not for 5- 6 adults.

UNIQUE DESTINATION! ROTATING HOUSE, OPERATES IN SUMMER (in winter with the permission of the owner). Note! This property is not rented for customers consisting of under 30s. This property is rented for families, couples and others who enjoy a peaceful holiday (max 10 persons). 50 km northeast of Savonlinna, Lake Saimaa/Puruvesi 14 m, hard sand bottom, own boat. Rotating log house 2014, on the ground floor living room, kitchen, bedroom with double bed, bedroom 2 beds, sauna, washroom with shower and hot tub, dressing room/utility room, lounge, terrace (100 m²). Upstairs bedroom with double bed and balcony, bedroom with double bed, 1 sofa and balcony, bedroom with 1 bed, sitting lounge. UNIQUE DESTINATION! ROTATING HOUSE! "Pyöriäinen cottage" rotates around its axis, for example following the sun. The cottage has 12 different angles, as well as terraces around the entire cottage. Peninsula plot. At the same time plot there is same owner's other rental cottage (12534) distance 20 m. Beach near sauna has pier and hard sand bottom. The swimming beach is in the end of the peninsula and it is gently sloping sandy bottom, no jetty. Yard terrain has forest-based undergrowth and crushed rock. The cottage is well suited for families, as well as for corporate meetings. Catering available by separate agreement. Kerimäki fish fillets 3.2 km, Kerimäki 25 km, Kitee Zoo 35 km, Savonlinna 50 km, Punkaharju: Lusto, Kesämaa 50 km, Joensuu 100 km.

50 km south-east of Joensuu, lake Suur-Onkamo 15 m (length 15 km, width 4 km), a slightly deepening, stony bottom. Also a pier with a ladder, own rowboat. Wooden cottage 1989, living room/kitchen with 2 convertible sofas , 3 bedrooms (one with double bed, one with 2 beds and one with bunk bed). Sauna with electric sauna stove and bathroom. Terrace. Air source heat pump. High speed fiber optic Internet connection 100Mbit in use free of charge. 2 sub-boards available. This place is not rented for groups consisting of under 25 years old customers. Cottage is situated on slope, not suitable for disable. Peaceful and beautiful location. Good berry picking and mushroom terrains. Lake has good stock of fish. A small pavillion and campfire site by shore. For extra price hydro massage bath outdoors. Please make the reservation for same period as the reservation of the cottage. Joensuu ab. 50 km: the Botania Butterfly Garden. Kitee: spa Pajarinhovi and Kitee Zoo. Final cleaning cost includes to the price. Reservations start at 16.00 and end at 12.00 (also in weekend bookings).