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Kouvola Product Manual2020 KOUVOLA PRODUCT MANUAL 2020 For tour operators CONTENTS INSPIRED BY KOUVOLA 3 PACKAGES 21 Guided trips & experiences 21 ACCOMMODATION 4 My Finland - Your Experience Enjoy life of vikings CULTURE 7 Guided fishing trips Museums 7 Fishing trip to Rakinkotka Museum quarter Take a hike or a pike Poikilo museums The little lady of the lake - Kouvola home and radio museum Finland 100 excursion Model railway museum Following our forefather’s footprints Finnish shop museum Experience the Repovesi national park World heritage site Verla from lakes to forests Vintage, design and the 10 Back to the nature - Adventure 4 nights power of creativity Paddling and hiking in Repovesi Kuusankoski Taideruukki national park Ankkapurha culture park Oravalan kartano Vuohijärvi art and culture house Study visits in Kouvola Explore Alvar Aalto architecture TIPS & CONTACT 26 ACTIVITIES 13 Summer Special 2019 13 EVENTS 2020 27 Kimola Canal Kymiring and MotoGP Concerts & Music 13 Kymi Sinfonietta Villa Concerto Nature 14 Arboretum Mustila ACCOMMONDATION 4 Food&Drinks 15 Mustila Viini Youth Centre Anjala Restaurant Ketunleipä Vip Villa Auringonsilta The Old Store – Brewpub & Cafè Meetings & Conferences 16 CULTURE 7 Youth Centre Anjala Vip Villa Auringonsilta Racetrack of Kouvola Taitaja Sauna experiences 18 Tykkimäen sauna Sammalsauna ACTIVITIES 13 Kettusauna Virtakiven sauna Camps & Camp Schools 19 Anjala Youth Centre Motorsports Camp Other activities 20 PACKAGES Tykkimäki amusement park 21 Group activities 2 ARBORETUM MUSTILA TYKKIMÄKI INSPIRED BY KOUVOLA All trains lead to Kouvola. The distance to Helsinki is 130 km and a train will bring you to Kouvola in just 1 hour and 15 minutes. Kouvola is home to 85,000 inhabitants. Because it covers a wide area, there is plenty of room for everyone to live and enjoy life. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, national park, 450 lakes and magnificent landscapes. REPOVESI NATIONAL PARK mansion with its beautiful gardens, and the idyllic workers’ cottages give a clear picture of the Nordic forest industry’s Repovesi National Park and the Aarnikotka conser- earlier days. vation area form a unique district of wilderness con- sisting of approximately 45 km of easy, more difficult ARBORETUM MUSTILA and almost vertical trails. The trails traverse beautiful landscapes punctuated by cliffs, water, woodlands and Arboretum Mustila is the oldest and largest tree park in swamps. You can go trekking by canoe or rowing boat Northern Europe. Mustila is known for its exotic conifer or take a guided fishing trip. groves and its hundreds of rhododendrons and azaleas that bloom in June. WORLD HERITAGE SITE VERLA GROUNDWOOD AND BOARD MILL TYKKIMÄKI AMUSEMENT-, WATER- AND ACTIONPARKS The Verla Groundwood and Board Mill has been the heart of the village of Verla since the 1870s, first as a Tykkimäki Amusement Park, Aquapark, camping, laughter working mill and, from 1972, as a museum. Verla was and wild water games are integral parts of a holiday at accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996. Tykkimäki. Spend one day at the Amusement Park and the Its magnificent setting by the rapids, the charming histor- next at the Aquapark. ical mill buildings and their machinery, the mill owner’s 2 3 ACCOMMODATION Original Sokos Hotels Scandic Kouvola Onnela Farm Vaakuna Hotel An apartment in a farmhouse Hotel Scandic Kouvola is in the centre of Kou- Onnela is a small traditional farm. At Hotel Vaakuna is a versatile and vola, close to the train station. The hotel the other end of the farmhouse there is high-quality cosy pink hotel in the has 98 rooms, each with its own shower, a nicely furnished apartment with own middle of Kouvola. hair dryer, TV, radio, complimentary entrance. The house is surrounded by Number of rooms: 172 Wi-Fi access. a beautiful garden with appletrees, Price: from 100 €/day Number of rooms: 98 rosebushes and many flowerbeds. Contact information: Price: from 100 €/day Number of bedrooms: 1 tel. +358 10 783 9101 Contact information: Number of beds: 2 Hovioikeudenkatu 2, 45100 Kouvola tel. +358 5 7899 100 Features of the destination: Onnela Booking and website: Kouvolankatu 11, 45100 Kouvola farm is situated within the beautiful www.sokoshotels.fi/fi/kouvola/ [email protected] countryside village of Liikkala 20 kms sokos-hotel-vaakuna Booking and website: north from the picturesque town of www.scandichotels.fi/hotellit/ Hamina and only 150 kms from Helsin- suomi/kouvola/scandic-kouvola ki. The place is suitable for those who enjoy nature and silence. Price: 50 €/day one person, 80 €/day two persons Contact information and booking: tel. +358 40 550 9711 Hakalantie 37, 46750 Liikkala arjahelena.lekander@ onnelafarm.com www.onnelafarm.com Hotel Sommelo Aurantola Manor Hotel Manor and cottages Charming location in Kuusankoski dis- Aurantola is situated in Jaala on the trict with riverview. Good connections, shores of the clear lake Karijärvi. At 6 kilometers from the center of Kou- Aurantola you will find log cabins with Oravasalmi villas vola. Peaceful night, sauna and pool, modern conveniences and rooms in the Villas and tasty breakfast prepared by our manor. The cottages are situated in a friendly staff. beautiful birch forest with lake views. Five quality and comfortable villas Number of bedrooms: 89 Number of bedrooms: cottage for six Number of beds: and the smoke sauna are located on a 165 persons has two separate sleeping strait in Valkeala. Surrounded by calm Features of the destination: areas (mezzanine) Number of beds: breath-taking nature. Oravasalmi villas Breakfast, sauna, free parking and altogether there are are perfect for families who appreciate free wifi, lobby bar sleeping places for 80 persons For groups can be arranged: Features of the destination: quality. clean na- Number of bedrooms: 2-3/villa restaurant services and night club ture, peaceful, beautiful lake sceneries Number of beds: 6-10/villa Price: from 68 €/day, Price: from 50 €/day Features of the destination: Contact information: Contact information and booking: Helsinki 170 km, Kouvola 35 km, tel: + 358 5 740 701 tel. +358-5-386164 Valkeala 23 km Pallokentäntie 2, Aurantolantie 525, 47710 Jaala Price: from 130 €/day, 650 €/week 45700 Kuusankoski [email protected] Contact information: [email protected] www.aurantola.fi Booking: tel. +358405765545 www.booking.com/ Oravasalmentie 148 Share-g0HYZ2 www.avainhotellit.fi 47900 Vuohijärvi [email protected] Booking and website: 4 oravasalmi.com/en/villa-oravasalmi ACCOMMODATION IN KOUVOLA Yli-Kaitala Holiday Cottages Woikoski Feeling – WHD Gård Youth Centre Anjala Cottages GuestHouse, bed&breakfast Apartments Come and enjoy a refreshing holiday Located at WHD Gård, just 21km Youth Centre Anjala is situated in Anjala in Iitti, 11 cottages on lake Kettujärvi from Mäntyharju towards Kouvola, village in Southern Kouvola. The centre shore. You can choose the one that Woikoski Feeling offers bed&breakfast is located 140 km (1,5 hrs) from Helsinki suits you: classic granny cottage or accommodation in exclusive GuestHouse and 25 km (30 min) from Kouvola city the perfectly equipped luxury villa by the lake Nurmaanjärvi. In Guest centre. The Centre works all year round. Auringonsilta or even a cottage with House there is ten rooms with private Number of bedrooms: 45 five bedrooms and a jacuzzi. Each bathroom. All rooms have two single Number of beds: 149 cottage has own shore, rowing boat, beds, bathroom with shower and small Features of the destination: Youth Cen- sauna, barbecue and Wifi. kitchenette. tre offers apartments for 5 to 16 per- Number of bedrooms: 1-5/cottage Number of rooms: 10 sons, with 2 to 5 persons in a room. One Number of beds: 2-16/cottage Features of the destination: flat normally has four bedrooms and a Features of the destination: common living area with kitchenette and On summer time there is car museum shower and toilet facilities. One apart- Iitti and Nastola and summer restaurant open. There is ment is accessible by wheelchair. Three Price: from 115 €/day, 505 €/week also possibility to rent small sauna or apartments have the opportunity to Contact information: stand-up paddleboards and kayaks. accommodate pets. Youth Centre Anjala tel.+358 5 326 5504 Repovesi Nationalpark is just 25 minute is one of the nine national Youth Centres Kaitalantie 323, 47490 Iitti, Mankala drive away. in Finland supervised by the Ministry Booking and website: Price: from 110 €/day/twin room, of Education and Culture. The Centres www.ylikaitala.com including breakfast have a non-profit civil responsibility to Contact information and booking: support good life for children and youth. tel. +358 40 6565 981 Youth Centre Anjala has very diverse [email protected] environment. Forests, the Kymijoki river www.woikoskifeeling.fi and historical manor, surrounding park and garden offer many possibilities for Woikoski Feeling – activities. Kirjokivi Manor Price: from 30 €/day/children, Manor, bed&breakfast 40 €/day/adult (Price incl: Accommo- dation with 3 to 5 persons in the same Kirjokivi Manor offers exclusive room. Price includes VAT.) accommodation on summertime for Contact information: individual travellers and hikers going [email protected] to Repovesi Nationalpark and small tel. +358 20 611 6201 Villa Concerto groups. There is three suites in the main Booking: ankkapurha.johku.com Villa building and 9 twin rooms located on www.nuorisokeskusanjala.fi/en the buildings in the yard. There is two Villa Concerto is a luxurious villa in single beds in the rooms and double Kouvola, offering high-class accommo- beds in the suites. All rooms have dation for up to 12 people (10+2). Vil- private bathroom with shower. la Concerto is located near city centre Number of rooms: 12 in a peaceful area with direct access to Features of the destination: There is nature. Villa Concerto is an ideal choice possibility to rent small sauna or stand- for a holiday or work party or meeting up paddleboards and rowing boats.
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