Hotel Punkaharju hosts weddings and parties for up to 120 seated guests, and small meetings for 2 to 16 people, in the Finnish Lakeland. The historic hotel stands on the Punkaharju ridge, about 25 minutes from Savonlinna, and has operated since 1845.
Seminars and company events
The meeting room Kämäräinen in Villa Keisarinna takes 2 to 16 people. The site lists it as the only meeting room with a stated capacity. Coffee, tea, mineral water and note-taking supplies come with the room, and lunch or dinner can be ordered from the hotel restaurant. Other places for a meeting are named on the site: the restaurant hall, the sauna room, the lakeside sauna, the rocking-chair veranda, the forest guard's tower, the Laivalaituri pavilion and walking meetings on the ridge trails. No capacities are given for these.
The hotel also takes group bookings and sends offers on request. This is a place for a small board retreat or a working session, not for a large conference.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel organizes weddings and parties with up to 120 seated guests. A terrace takes 70 people, and the bar and lounge, the lakeside sauna and an outdoor hot tub are available to the party. The team can arrange the whole event on request, including a wedding photographer and music.
Rooms and capacities
Villa Keisarinna, the Empress's Villa, was built in 1898 on the shore of Lake Saimaa, 200 meters from the main building. It holds the Kämäräinen meeting room and accommodation. The site gives no other room sizes.
Accommodation
The hotel lists 11 hotel rooms and 12 forest cottages that are open from May to September. The main building, nicknamed the Old Lady, stands on top of the ridge. The forest rooms sit on their own promontory and are described as the oldest accommodation cottages in Finland, renewed as hotel rooms. The guest harbor and a morning sauna are part of the stay.
Catering
The restaurant serves local and seasonal food and is praised on the site for food and service. Event catering is arranged through the hotel, and table settings are included in the wedding and party packages.
History and setting
The hotel has received guests since 1845 on the Punkaharju ridge, a landscape that formed more than 10,000 years ago and is protected. The main building was designed by Ernst Lohrmann and is protected by decree. Lake Saimaa surrounds the site, with a 7 km ridge trail for walks.
Getting there
The hotel is at Punkaharjun Harjutie 596, 58450 Punkaharju, about 25 minutes from Savonlinna.
