Opening Hours

Monastery Opening Hours

Valamo Monastery is open year-round.
Services' visiting hours vary by season.
During summer, we serve visitors from morning until evening every day.
The visiting hours for the rest of the year will be published later.

Monastery Opening Hours 1.10.–29.11.2026

Accommodation reception
Mon-Sun 9 AM - 4 PM

Tuohus souvenir shop
Mon-Sat 9 AM - 4 PM
Sun and public holidays 12 PM - 4 PM

Wine shop
Mon-Sun 9 AM - 4 PM

Cafe-Restaurant Trapesa
Sun-Thu 7:30 AM - 4 PM
Fri-Sat 7:30 AM - 6 PM

main church
12 PM - 5 PM

Library
Mon-Sat 12 PM - 2 PM

Exhibition and Monastery Museum
Sun-Thu 10 AM - 3 PM
Fri-Sat 10 AM - 5 PM

Monastery Opening Hours 1.10 - 31.10.2026

NOTE! On Wednesday 7.10, Valamo Monastery services are closed.

Reception, wine shop and souvenir shop
Mon-Sun 9 AM - 4 PM

Café-Restaurant Trapesa
Sun-Thu 7:30 AM - 4 PM (Monastery Buffet 11 AM - 3 PM)
Fri-Sat 7:30 AM - 6 PM (Monastery Buffet 11 AM - 3 PM)

Main Church
12 PM - 5 PM

Library
Mon-Sat 12 PM - 2 PM

Exhibition and Monastery Museum
Sun-Thu 10 AM - 3 PM
Fri-Sat 10 AM - 5 PM

"One of the monastery's most important meeting places is its cozy Café-Restaurant Trapesa, which gets its name from the Greek word for table or monastery refectory."

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Visiting hours

Valamo Monastery is open year-round. Services' visiting hours vary by season.

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