Restaurant Trapesa

Valamo's summer buffet is set daily

Valamo's summer buffet is monastery hospitality at its best. It combines the traditions and rhythm of the monastery, Eastern Finnish cuisine and the produce of the surrounding nature.

Salads and cold side dishes according to the season and always the monastery's own sauerkraut
Breads and spreads (including the monastery's famous malt bread)
Soup of the day
Two hot dishes
- vegetable
- fish or meat
Dessert
Coffee or tea

1.5.-31.5.2026
Sun-Thu 11-15
Fri-Sat 11-15 11-17

1.6.-31.8.2026
Mon-Sun 11-17

Adults 16€ / children 8€ (until 31.5.2026)
Adults 18€ / children 9€ (1.6.-31.8.2026)

Inquiries:

Trapesa Restaurant
044 4259 214
trapesa@valamo.fi

"One of the monastery's most important meeting places is its cozy Café-Restaurant Trapesa, which takes its name from the Greek word meaning table or monastery dining hall."

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