I get my skin to goosebumps while going around the castle, following very good guides. Guides make tours like in 6 diffrent languages.. More

Savonlinna opera festival take place in this castle every summer.We dont have many castles here in this country but this is one of most interresting and located in lakeside. More

The Olavlinna or Olafsborg castle is the most famous tourist destination in the city of Savonlinna, Finland. The castle was founded by the Swedish Knight Erik Axelsson Tott who was the governor of Vyborg and Royal Lieutenant of Finmark in. That castle has seen several sieges during its long history. The castle is in excellent condition, guided tours in English... More

We really enjoyed our visit to this massive and unusual looking fortress. It was particularly interesting to learn when and why it was built where it was and of the interaction between the Swedes and the Russians-and of course the Finns themselves-in this border area. Free guided tours are available in a wide variety of languages and what really made... More

If you are in Savonlinna during the Opera Festival, take one of the back-stage tours of the castle. As well as seeing the castle itself, you get to see the paraphenalia involved in putting on a major theatrical event in a medieval building: storing the props, instruments, scenery and costumes, changing rooms, rehearsal rooms etc. Inevitably, evertnig is a bit... More

I arrived in Savonlinna by train (after a scenic trip) late on a weekday morning, around 1130, and left my backpack at the main railway station (the end of the line - not the platform in the middle of town.) Walking via the post office and the lake, I was at the Castle in under 30 minutes. I just missed... More