You can get unforgettable impressions from your vacation by visiting Karelia, with its incredible beauty of forests and lakes. And comfortable conditions will be warmly offered to you by the Park-Hotel Dacha Vintera of premium class. It is located on Cape Tarunemi, which means "fabulous." At the beginning of the last century, Dr. Gustav Winter decided to build a summer house here in the form of a small castle surrounded by an elegant park. It was this building that became the basis of the tourist complex, which is named after the famous doctor and public figure.
Hotel Description
The hotel is located near the city of Sortavala. For your stay, rooms, cottages and townhouses are available. The hotel restaurant with an open panoramic terrace in season treats its guests dishes and drinks from cloudberries, as well as prepares Ladoga whitefish and trout for you. Park-Hotel "Dacha Vintera" is a great place for families. Tourists are given the opportunity to rent bicycles and catamarans, go fishing, rent a barbecue and organize a picnic in the fresh air. Children can spend their free time on a large playground or in a rope park. The hotel is surrounded by a luxurious pristine coniferous forest, which descends to Ladoga.
In the forest, fans of quiet hunting gather mushrooms and berries, here you can drink clean water from a spring, touch folk art and enjoy local dishes. On the territory of the park-hotel, the Gustav Winter Museum was created, in which vacationers can get acquainted with the objects and interiors of his time, photographs and archival documents. Experienced guides will tell you about all the exhibits and answer your questions. The museum also has an exposition dedicated to the artist and philosopher Nicholas Roerich, who was a frequent visitor to Winter and painted a significant part of his paintings in Karelia. Address at which the hotel is located: Sortavala, p. Tarulinna. You can get here by car from Sortavala.
Karelia. Park-Hotel Winter Cottage. Prices
To stay on site, guests are offered several options:
- Hotel - includes 19 standard rooms, one suite, one junior suite and one for people with disabilities. All rooms are double, each has a balcony. The price for accommodation in standard rooms from Sunday to Thursday is from 3,700 rubles per one night, on Friday and Saturday from 4,500 rubles. For suites, respectively, from 4800 rubles for one night from Sunday to Thursday and from 5800 rubles on Friday and Saturday.
- The apartments of the townhouse have two bedrooms, a kitchen-living room and a private terrace. Only six two-story apartments. Families with children or small companies are great here. For one day of stay you will pay from 10,000 rubles, if you rest from Sunday to Thursday, and from 12,000 rubles on Friday and Saturday.
- Each of the five six-bed cottages has its own sauna and a spacious terrace, which offers a unique view of the Retulahti Bay. For a day in a cottage from Sunday to Thursday, the cost will be from 17,000 rubles, and on Friday and Saturday from 20,000 rubles.
Winter holidays in the park hotel
Tourists who come to rest in the Park-Hotel "Winter Cottage" in the winter season are waiting for the snowy expanses of Lake Ladoga.
- Travelers can take exciting snowmobile rides here on specially designed routes. Picturesque snowy forest roads will lead you to a sand pit, which is specially equipped for fans of extreme entertainment. Most tourists turn around and ride the snowmobiles back.
- Children in winter Karelia are waiting for children's snowmobiles, on which they will ride in accordance with the children's program under the guidance of instructors. Special children's snowmobiles have a limited speed, insurance and an emergency stop are provided.
- For lovers of extreme sports in winter, one of the best places to relax is Karelia. Park Hotel "Winter Cottage" prepared for them a buggy safari "Ice Ring". Special tracks for buggies are an ideal place to consolidate driving skills, as well as to overcome obstacles and control drifts at high speed.
- Hotel guests are also given a unique opportunity to ride a sleigh in a dog sled, managing the handsome husky themselves. Routes are prepared for such walks; on Fridays and weekends, skiing time is from 12.00 to 17.00, and on weekdays a preliminary appointment is needed.
Additional services
Park-Hotel "Dacha Vintera" offers its guests a number of additional services that make their stay even more comfortable:
- The hotel has its own beach on the first line with a private beach area.
- The hotel has a garden for walking.
- If you enjoy reading in the evening, a library is at your service.
- After an active stay, guests can relax in the sauna.
- Bicycle rental is available and there are also table tennis tables.
- In winter, guests can ski. For storage of skis there is a specially equipped place.
- For those who like to sit with a fishing rod for a fee, the organization of fishing is provided.
- Dine in the restaurant with outdoor terrace.
- At the request of vacationers, food and drinks can be delivered to the room.
- The hotel has a tour desk.
- If necessary, things can be left in the storage room.
- For guests with vehicles there is free parking.
- Access to free wireless internet is provided.
- Rooms are cleaned daily.
- Laundry and ironing services are available at a surcharge.
- Reception is open 24 hours a day.
Park-Hotel Winter Cottage. Reviews
Well-organized leisure facilities at Winter's Villa have earned many positive reviews from hotel guests:
- The rooms are clean, comfortable, soft beds. Beautiful landscaped area, lots of greenery. Polite and friendly staff.
- Restaurant with panoramic lake views. They cook very tasty. I especially liked trout in honey with nuts. A special thanks to the waiters for the service.
- Stunning nature around, silence, wonderful walks.
- The hotel has its own deer.
- The rooms are cleaned every day, the maids perform their work well.
- On-site activities feature bicycles and an ice rink.
- In the house-museum of Winter you can get acquainted with the history of the tourist complex.
- The city of Sortavala is nearby. You can drive there by car and walk in the center.
- The rooms are equipped with everything you need, while relaxing there is no inconvenience.
- Many cozy places where you can sit in silence and admire nature.
- The hotel offers tourists a choice of several options for excursions.
- Most vacationers are sure that the prices for rest in the hotel correspond to the quality of the services offered.