Lappeenranta countryside is a rural area, the westernmost part of South Karelia. It's made up of the municipalities of Lemi, Luumäki, Savitaipale and Taipalsaari.
Understand
Get in
Taavetti, the main town in Luumäki does have a railway station, but trains do not stop there any longer.
By car
Luumäki is on highway 6, connecting Kouvola and Lappeenranta, in addition highway 26 comes in from Hamina. Savitaipale, in turn, is on the highway 13 between Mikkeli and Lappeenranta. The other two towns are off the main highways; Lemi on regional road 380, bulging out from highway 13 and Taipalsaari is on regional road 408 going from Lappeenranta over islands in Lake Saimaa to Savitaipale.
By bus
All municipal centres have bus services from Lappeenranta. In addition, Luumäki has bus connections from Kouvola, and Savitaipale from Mikkeli.
Get around
By car
By boat
By public transit
See and do
- 🌍 Kotkaniemi (Luumäki). Now a museum, this home of Per Evind Svinhufvud from 1908 until his death in 1944. Svinhufvud was the 3rd president of Finland, and chairman of the senate signing the declaration of independence in 1917.
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 Ravintola Jehu, Toukkalantie 1 (Lemi), ☏ +358 44 762 2124.
- 🌍 Ravintola Ostola, Riihitie 1 (Luumäki). Pizza, kebab, salads, steaks.
Drink
Sleep
Lodging
- 🌍 Olkkolan Hovi, Olkkolantie 2 (Savitaipale), ☏ + 358 50 5555 862, info@olkkolanhovi.fi. Hotel and restaurant.