Useful information

About Saimaa

Photographs and General Saimaa Presentation at Virtual Finland

Destinations

There are many excellent harbours and locations to visit between Lappeenranta and Savonlinna. Most of them are natural harbour sites. Town and village harbours have good harbour services and restaurans. For more detailed information check these links.

Veneily Saimaa

South Karelian Leisure Area Foundations harbours

Lappeenranta

Taipalsaari

Sahanlahti

Puumala

Sulkava

Savonlinna

Environment

Keep the Archipelago Tidy

Weather

Finnish Meteorological Institute

Maritime info

Finnish Maritime Adminstration

Guide for leisure boating

Waterway charts

Services for boaters

Yacht transport service O. Kankkunen

How to get to Lappeenranta

By Plane: Direct flights from Helsinki.

Finnair

Civil Aviation Administration

By Train: Direct Express or Intercity trains from Helsinki to Lappeenranta take about 2,5 hours.

VR Passenger Service

By Buss: Express coach from Helsinki.

ExpressBus

By Car: Take highway number 6 from Helsinki via Kouvola (about 225 km).