Sahanlahti Resort Ltd — Hotel in Mikkeli sub-region

Sahanlahti Resort has many different accommodation possibilities: caravan sites, modest granaries, cottages, hotel rooms, luxury villas etc. We stayed in the area of Elsanranta. There are five double villas called Saimaavillas (Saimaa Villas) there.||These villas were erected in 2023. So they look almost brand new. Every villa has a large bedroom, a bathroom, an own electric sauna (Harvia Instant Heat Sauna Stove) and a large terrace. You have lake view both from the bed, from the terrace and even from the sauna. There is a window between the sauna and the bedroom. When you sit on the sauna bench you see the lake through the bedroom and the terrace. ||The terrace was my favorite place. There are two rocking chairs and a warm (37 degrees Celsius, also in winter) drop pool without whirlpools (so it isn't a jacuzzi) on the terrace. The lake view was marvelous. Every villa has this lake view and there aren't any buildings or trails between terraces and the lake, only some trees. You also find a Jura coffee machine with coffee beans from a rewarded small coffee roastery named Lehmus, a B&O speaker (a Bluetooth speaker), a Samsung Smart TV, a mini bar, a hairdryer, a garment steamer, a flower vase and two large umbrellas in every villa. ||Saimaa ringed seals live in Lake Saimaa, not anywhere else in the world. Sometimes it is possible to see Saimaa ringed seals from these villas (there are binoculars in all villas) and sometimes but rarely it may be possible to swim quite near these beautiful animals. There is a swimming pier in the area of Elsanranta. That swimming pier is allowed only for the residents of these five double villas. ||The nearest other cottages are located 300 meters from Elsanranta and the distance to the main building (the reception, the breakfast room, Cafe Elsa and Restaurant Koskivahti) is about 400 meters. There is a lovely walking trail from Elsanranta to the main building through a historical watermill area with small rapids. You may also use free bikes or a rowing boat when you go from Elsanranta to the main building. However, notice that these free bikes and rowing boats may be used only in the area of Sahanlahti Resort. ||The main house of Sahanlahti is the birth place of Elsa Heporauta (1883-1960), the founder of the Kalevala Jewelry brand, which was influenced by the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland. So you find editions of the Kalevala both in Finnish and in English in the villas of Elsanranta. Besides, these double villas are named after the Kalevala: Vellamo, Louhi, Ilmarinen, Aino and Väinämöinen. ||Every villa has almost perfect lake view but it isn't as good in Vellamo as in other villas. So avoid Vellamo if you want to get the perfect lake view. The room A of Väinämöinen villa has the best lake view but privacy isn't as good as in other villas because Väinämöinen is located near the swimming pier. The room B of Louhi villa is located near the rowing boat pier and so privacy isn't perfect there. All other rooms have extremely good privacy. The architecture of these villas is so excellent that you can't see to the terraces of other villas. We stayed in the room A of Louhi double villa and we were very satisfied. This was by best accommodation in...

We booked a double room originally for four nights to spend some relaxing time in this place. Already during the first night we discovered that the hotel rooms (most probably not the cabins) are quite noisy as you can hear nearly everything from the rooms next door and above. Also during the week the restaurant closes already at 8 pm - so either early drinks and back to your room or drive to Puumala and then later drinks from minibar. Breakfast time though is very comfortable (til 11 am) and the terrace is gorgeous. Breakfast menu is okayish - and it took me some time to find out that you can also order special coffee and tea for free and that you are not restricted to the coffee on the hot plate. One advantage is a hiking route close by which is about 22 km through forest and most probably some waters (we did not do the full round). Bike rental is available, but not for free. If you want to stay several nights and need food, order from the small menu. It is in Finnish only, but staff will help...

We were on a six night cycling tour and this was undoubtedly the best place that we stayed overnight even though we went always for the best avalaible (after hard work on a bicycle one does not want to compromise sleeping comfort or the quality of food).||||We stayed in a separate cottage. Even though we were only two, we had the largest one as that was the only one avalaibale. Thus there was some extra space that we did not need and some unnecessary cost incurred (it was a bit on the expensive side I must say), but then again we had a quiet and peaceful surroundings, a modern cottage with air cooling (it was a hot day) and the cotteges had an own quay for swimming.||||The restaurant for dinner (and breakfast) was in the old main building. It was a warm evening and we had our table on the terrace. The views were simply magnificent and food was of some innovativeness, good quality and reasonable price.||||I do not give five...