Opening Hours

Monastery Opening Hours

Valamo Monastery is open year-round.

Service opening hours vary by season.

In summer, we serve visitors from morning until evening every day.

Visiting hours for the rest of the year will be published later.

Visiting hours 31.8. - 30.9.2026

Reception and wine shop Sun-Thu 9 AM - 4 PM and Fri-Sat 9 AM - 6 PM

Souvenir shop Tuohus

Mon-Thu 9 AM - 4 PM and Fri-Sat 9 AM - 6 PM

Sundays and on church holidays 12 PM - 4 PM

Café-Restaurant Trapesa

Sun-Thu 7:30 AM - 6 PM (Monastery Buffet 11 AM - 3 PM)

Fri-Sat 7:30 AM - 9 PM (Monastery Buffet 11 AM - 5 PM)

main church

12 PM - 5 PM

Library

Mon-Sat 12 PM - 2 PM

Exhibition and Monastery Museum

Open Sun-Thu 10 AM - 3 PM, Fri-Sat 10 AM - 5 PM Note! The exhibition is closed Wed 9.9)

Subject to change.

Visiting hours August 31 - September 30, 2026

Reception and wine shop Sun-Thu 9 AM - 4 PM and Fri-Sat 9 AM - 6 PM

Msouvenir shop Tuohus

Mon-Thu 9 AM - 4 PM and Fri-Sat 9 AM - 6 PM

on Sundays and church holidays 12 PM - 4 PM

Cafe-Restaurant Trapesa

Sun-Thu 7:30 AM - 6 PM (Monastery's Buffet 11 AM - 3 PM)

Fri-Sat 7:30 AM - 9 PM (Monastery's Buffet 11 AM - 5 PM)

main church

12 PM - 5 PM

Library

Mon-Sat 12 PM - 2 PM

Exhibition and Monastery Museum

Open Sun-Thu 10 AM - 3 PM, Fri-Sat 10 AM - 5 PM Note! The exhibition is closed on Wed 9.9)

Rights to changes reserved.

"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."