Valamo Monastery

For every season

This is the famous monastery here. It' 90 years old. There is a beautiful lake near the monastery and a nature trail. You can visit the monastery and have luch there. Then you can go for a walk - use ...

Peacefull place

Nice buildings and polite personnel. In shop you can buy souvenirs and wine.. whisky and gin were out of stock. Place worth of visiting if you drive by.

The biggest monastery in Finland

Peaceful place, nice buildings. Worth visiting. There is also a museum shop with monastery wine, tea, honey, spices, candles etc. We also had lunch - and it was buffet with basic Finnish food. Please ...

Orthodox monastery in Finland

The whole area is beautiful, but monastery itself is quite small. Church is nice and well decorated. Monk are producing wine and they are selling wine in monastery shop. There is also cafe and restaur...

Very unique place and location

This is a monastery that is still up and running. Lots of wood and in a lovely forest and lakeside location. It’s orthodox so there’s gold coloured wood. We wandered the grounds and had a snack at the...