Meeting day in Valamo

Valamo is a unique destination for meetings.

The Valamo Monastery is a memorable destination for gatherings and group trips. The monastery's premises are ideal for holding meetings, intensive courses and other events that require a peaceful environment.

Valamo also hosts many family and class reunions and various family celebrations. You can crown your visit with tasty meal packages and other side programs at the Trapesan restaurant.

Half-day meeting package from €32/person

• Monastery breakfast
• Meeting room for half a day
• Valamo buffet

Full-day meeting package from €43/person

• Monastery breakfast
• Meeting room for the day
• Valamo buffet
• Afternoon coffee with sweets

Additional services include.

• Wine presentation in the Wine Room
• Guided monastery tour
• Monk's question hour
• Exploring the monastery museum and changing art exhibition
• Accommodation in the monastery hotel
• As an additional service, in the summer, a canal cruise on the M/S Sergei ship is also available, reservations can be made directly from Karvion leirinna: myynti@karvionleirinna.fi, tel. +358 50 476 5722

Meeting facilities

• There are room options from 5-15 person group work spaces and 60 person meeting rooms to a 300-seat conference hall until.
• In addition to the quiet and bright premises, the customer has access to the services of a competent meeting organizer, audio-visual equipment and a wifi network. The cultural center also has a grand piano.

Meals

• The café-restaurant Trapesa is a 260-seat restaurant with A-license.
• Daily meals – breakfasts, lunches and dinners – are assembled from a home-cooked buffet. In addition, coffee, tea and snacks are available throughout the day.
• Several festive meal packages and cabinets for groups of different sizes are available upon request.

Program for a monastery visit

• Lectures and a monk's question hour. Lectures include: about Orthodoxy and monastic life.
• Guided tours can be directed to, for example, the monastery courtyard, the wine cellar, the sheep pastures or the monastery cemetery.
• Exploring the monastery museum or an art exhibition
• Nature trails and routes of various lengths run through the monastery's forests and surroundings.
• The monastery's services are open to everyone.
• The monastery's saunas are also available to guests upon request. A favorite in the summer is the lakeside sauna, which can accommodate about 7-8 people on its benches at a time.
• The Valamo monastery shop Tuohus serves guests daily from morning to evening. The wine shop offers tourists the best local Finnish wines.

Accommodation

• There are several options of different levels available throughout the year. The monastery hotel and college hotel's room selection are complemented by ascetic guesthouses.
• All accommodation is non-smoking and quiet, without televisions and radios, so that the visit supports rest and quiet. Accommodation always includes a monastery breakfast.