Möhkön Rajakartano

After a week, 7 nights at Möhkön Rajakartano I feel really sad but also happy to face leaving this place. It has been a real treat! I could say so many things, but let´s take the most important ones: the overall atmosphere, the hospitality and kindness of the owners, the breakfast! The Sauna! The river! The border zone that I was lucky to visit with a local guide, on his boat and then enjoying a heavy duty walk to the beautiful and untouched surroundings in a dreamy landscape in between Finland and Russia! A special permission is needed. The droppings after a bear on the road to the village nearby. Coming home to my suite at Möhkön Rajakartano after the days experiencing the easternmost village in Finland, Möhkö, has been a real joy. The breakfast I would love to recommend: oat porridge, homemaid dessert cream made on berries the hosts pick up in the woods near by, fresh blueberries on top of that, the traditional Carelian pasties Elvi bakes in the kitchen in the main building, salmon etc according to season I am sure but what ever you get here, is delicious, and prepared with love and care. There is nothing artificial around here. I have stayed in many beautiful hotels around the world including Tokyo, Sao Paolo but still, this is one of the most memorable stays ever, very homey, a kind of rustic boutique hotel Carelian style. I can imagine staying here in wintertime must be magic, if one loves skiing, the nature and the tranquility, it must be unbeatable. Be prepared to meet yourself. As to sights of Möhkö, besides of the nature, it is all about the Second World War, all the marks after battles, and soldiers who lost their lives, the victories and the losses. It kind of gives the village and Möhkön Rajakartano an epic atmosphere. I stayed in the suite on the upper floor in the main building, with an electric sauna, and if you stay a week or longer, you get 40 % discount to the prices including a chance to enjoy the traditional sauna by the river. If you are not into preparing your dinners by yourself, please talk to the owners and maybe they can arrange also dinner on a daily basis for your stay. I highly recommend this place for anyone loving a special treat. Easiest way to get to Möhkö is to take a flight to Joensuu, and then rent a car and get lost in serenity of the Carelian landscape. If you do not have a car, picking up you at the airport can certainly be arranged one way or another. It is my picture after a week at Möhkön Rajakartano that pretty much everything is possible to arrange,according to your needs (but noise and stress). Would love to stay here for a month, writing and thinking, walking and talking in a good company!