Visits

Accommodation

At Valamo Monastery, you can stay either in hotel-standard accommodation or in a cozy guesthouse.

Book your accommodation easily directly from the Accommodation page.

Restaurant Trapesa

One of the monastery's most important meeting places is its comfortable 260-seat, fully licensed Café-Restaurant Trapesa, which gets its name from the Greek word for table or the monastery's refectory.

Souvenirs from Tuohus

Our selection includes, for example, icons, oil lamps, prayer ropes, postcards, neck crosses and icons, beeswax candles made in Valamo, monastery tea, many different gift and decorative items, sweets, and souvenirs.

Exhibitions

Guided Tours

With a guided tour, you will get more out of your visit to Valamo Monastery. Enjoy the monastery's surroundings while listening to the stories of the monastery's history and present day from a professional guide.

Winery and Wine Shop

The wine shop located in connection with Valamo Monastery offers travelers the best domestic local wines.

Outdoor Trails

The monastery's most popular walking route leads visitors to a prostration cross called the Traveler's Cross, which the brotherhood erected on the shore of Lake Juojärvi in the late 1980s. There are several outdoor recreational routes of different lengths in the monastery's surroundings.

Christmas at the Monastery

The great feasts of the ecclesiastical year bring many pilgrims and guests fond of the Valamo atmosphere to Valamo every year. The atmosphere, festive services, and the reception by the monastery's abbot create the best setting for celebrating the holy days.

Theophany at the Monastery

Theophany at Valamo Monastery – a spiritual festive experience in the midst of winter peace

Easter at the Monastery

The great feasts of the ecclesiastical year bring many pilgrims and guests fond of the Valamo atmosphere to Valamo every year. The atmosphere, festive services, and the reception by the monastery's abbot create the best setting for celebrating the holy days.

Cruises

Onboard M/S Sergei, you can enjoy stunning lake landscapes and canals in the summer. Cruises depart from the monastery's pier.