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Plan your best holiday in Finland!
Äksyt Ämmät is a travel agency, tour operator, program service provider and online store in North Karelia.
We offer quality, responsible and safe products online. Our online shop is offering responsible and eco-friendly travel packages.
Nature tours for groups of all sizes. Nature holidays with local twist - walking, canoeing, biking, skiing, Karelian culture and food...
Tours & holidays for those who want to enjoin real Finnish way of life and pure nature.
The traditional ways of enjoying winter and responsible holidays are our point: cross country skiing and snowshoeing off the tourist trail,
husky sledding...
Find your own holiday or ask us to make a customized holiday package just for you.
From guesthouse to guesthouse cross country skiing
Cross Country Skiing in Eastern Finland is a ski tour led by local guide, giving you the chance to experience the warm hospitality and good food of...
From guesthouse to guesthouse Finnish cuisine tour
During this tour you get to know more about Finnish cuisine not to forget also to familiarize yourself with the Finnish culture and the locals. The...
The Karelian Pasty Workshop
Karelian pasties or pies are to Finnish food tradition what pizzas are to Italian. Authentic thin-crust, hand-made Karelian pies can be found all over...
Winter with snow in Möhkön Rajakartano Ilomantsi
Welcome to enjoy the real winter in Eastern Finland! Accommodation in cosy apartements, local organic food and going to the 3 different saunas in...
Karelian Sauna Tour in Finland
An Exclusive Karelian Sauna Tour leads you over North Karelia in Finland.
Where is North Karelia?
North Karelia - the easternmost region of Europe...
How to get here.
Accommodation and activities!
Äksyt Ämmät - Guesthouse Pihlajapuu is situated in the Eastern part of Finland called North Karelia. The traditional log house used to be a village school but has now been lovingly renovated for it’s new purpose, welcoming international visitors. We have ten bedrooms, seven rooms upstairs and three rooms downstairs, and can accommodate up to fifteen persons. There are lounges and balconies as well as a Finnish sauna heated with a log fire. Our kitchen provides fresh local food. The small town of Nurmes lies about 20 km away from the guesthouse.
Pihlajapuu is hosting holidays and tours around the year. We are literally in the middle of the woods where you can pick berries and mushrooms in the autumn. We also cook marmalade from berries. In winter there is plenty of snow with cross-country tracks straight from the door. The fireplaces and radiators keep the whole house warm and cozy, even in the most frosty weather. Read more
