Name: Orilammen Maja Ja Lomakeskus
Address: Voikoskentie 138, Mantyharju, MANTYHARJU, Finland, Kouvola, Kouvola, Kouvola, 47910, Finland
Rating: 6

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Visited just for food, and the menu looked diverse and offered something for vegetarians as well. Halloum salad was a little boring, and from the mains three out of four dishes were under/over cooked and quite simple. If I will visit again I’ll bring my own snacks.

View great, food meh.

I was at Orilampi Cottage to celebrate a friend’s birthday. We had a nice birthday party with lunch and later a water bus cruse at the lake nearby.  I stayed overnight in one of the “Rinnemajat” (Row house). The row house room was rather modest, but it had a toilet and a shower. A rich breakfast was included in the price. The Orilampi Cottage is beautifully situated near a lake. The staff was friendly.

A night at the Row House.

Outdated a bit. But it is located so close to the lake (the biggest in the park; not Repovesi lake but the other) and the pond or a very small lake Orilampi. And almost in the center of Repovesi National Park. So if you are planning to investigate this park then this is the best place where to stay. Breakfast was also good. Rooms cost from 60€-90€.

Place is excellent

I have stayed in Orilampi Cottage and Holiday Center (also known as Orilammen maja or Orilammen lomakeskus) several times. This place is very earthy and close to nature. It is far from luxury but it is a very charming family-run company. They serve delicious homemade food buffets.

They arrange very interesting waterbus cruises (M/S Tuuletar II) named Kultareitti (The Golden Route). The boat trip goes to Repovesi National Park and you see extremely beautiful lake views. The boat stops on the island of Mäntysaari. There you can visit a small wooden chapel and you see the oldest island cemetery in Finland. It is over 700 years old. There are two very low bridges on the route and then you have to come inside from the sun deck.

Kultareitti departures are on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in the summer (also on Sundays in July). Check possible changes. There are a toilet and a bar (coffee, refreshments, beer, wine, snacks) in the waterbus. They tell about the route and sights in Finnish but there are monitors with English texts inside the waterbus (but not on the sun deck). The cruise takes about two hours.

The cruise, buffets and the small sandy beach are good for day visitors, too.

Earthy accommodation and very beautiful Golden Route cruises

Orilampi Holiday Center is no place to come and expect luxurious surroundings, but if you want short distance to Repovesi national park, lakeside residence with sandy beach and good food, this is your place. 

Rooms are more or less outdated, or "retro", if you like. I have stayed in the "Rinnemajat" and the "Kartanomajat". In both of them the furniture is very basic, and in the case of our room in Rinnemaja, the sofa was horrible to sit. However, with 95e per night for two in that room, I would not go expecting four-start hotel interior. Bed linen was clean and even though the bed made noise every time I turned (same for the hubby), I slept really well.

In my two experiences cleaning leaves a lot to hope for. First time we came in 2015 the Kartanomaja room smelled to strongly on sweat, that I was afraid it would stick to our clothes. The next time (2017 July) the Rinnemaja room was otherwise clean and non-smelling, but the cleaners had left milk cartons to the fridge, apparently by the previous visitors. 

The main building is as outdated as the rooms, but serves its purpose. There is a bar, restaurant and you can get coffee and cake throughout the day and read daily newspapers; there is even a small shop.  

Food is good (we ate a'la carte three days in a row) and the Chef seems to make an effort. Avoid the fish soup though, it is made to water, not milk/cream like traditionally in Finland, and it did not taste that good. They make their own bread for breakfast (sämpylät) and the bacon was the best ever: crispy and not limp like in most places in Finland. 

There are three saunas: electric with swimming pool in the main building, free for everyone staying daily; traditional smoke sauna by the pond on the other side of the road; and thirdly the sauna by the lake Vuohijärvi. 

NOTE: Anne T. who writes the review "Retrohenkinen paikka..." (in Finnish) is mixing the saunas. What she calls the "Orilampisauna" is actually the sauna by the lake, and unfortunately it is as she describes, a bit messy and the shower is rather awful. But the smoke sauna by the Orilampi is very nice - I recommend you to try it if you get a chance.  

There is a nice beach by the lake Vuohijärvi (,main site) and a possibility to go for a boat ride to the lakes, coffee and pulla included :-) But the main attraction I guess is the Repovesi national park, which is definitely worth the lack of luxury in the rooms. We were there for kayaking, and felt safe to leave the kayaks outside our room when not using them. 

There are a lot of visitors, regulars staying at their caravans, and other staying for a day or two. Additionally we saw a busful of people joining the boat ride. Why the owners (the place is family-owned) don't invest in remodeling the rooms is beyond me, but maybe it is easy not to care if people only stay once 1-2 nights. 

I still recommend the place especially if you plan to visit the Repovesi. Just leave high expectations home and find satisfaction in good weather and fresh bread in the morning.

Outdated place with some good qualities, good for a short stay with days outdoors

We went there to visit Repovesi Park. We could not get enough of wonderful views. Great thing! We then stayed two nights on a camping just accross the street. Very calm and quiet place to have a rest. Bathrooms and kichten were a bit old but clean and pleasant. This camp site was extremely cheap! Really!

Peaceful

One but was that the room had an autonomous electric heater with a controller, and as the driveway through the window went through... I didn't realize I was moving the bed away from the window that had an electrical conductor underneath it, and I was brutally lost in my sleep... Wi-Fi was only in the building where the reception and the restaurant were, and around it.

There's only one but

Located on the shores of a lake, this hotel offers rooms in a rather Motel style but nevertheless pleasant with a superb environmental setting.

A pleasant stop between Helsinki and Lake Saimaa

The hotel is conveniently located in relation to the park of Repovosi. The staff were afraid of the noisy fishermen who had gathered for the fishing festival, but everything went well. The atmosphere in the rooms is Spartan, but the cleanliness is maintained. The downside is that the room is dull, the windows do not open, you can ventilate only when you open the door to the street. Free internet is only in the main building next to the registration desk, there is also a sofa with a couple of chairs. Breakfast without soup, but you will not leave hungry.

Very well located in relation to the park of Repovosi.

The accommodation is only available for non-pretentious tourists. The good is the excellent location and the nice main building. In the rest, unfortunately... after we settled, there was no garbage removed from the previous guests... It was a little, but I still would like to go into a clean room. In a small house there was a two-story bed, the top of the bed was 40 cm from the ceiling and it's no joke. So it was just impossible to go down the next time, and in the morning I laughed with my friend to tears during my long attempts to go down the table. I had to jump, leaning on the table... I don't know who this bed was designed for, even a child would be dangerous to get out of it...

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