Lake Saimaa - Boat Trips

From Savonlinna there are boat trips to the other towns on Lake Saimaa, to Punkaharju, with the Retretti Art Center, the largest in the Nordic countries, to the monasteries of Uusi Valamo and Lintula and, nearer Savonlinna, the Rauhalinna Hotel, an handsome timber building which was originally a hunting lodge of the Tsars.

15km/9mi east of Savonlinna on Road 71, on the Puruvesi, lies Kerimäki, with the largest wooden church in the world.