Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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MAP
GOOGLE MAP
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03-612-2106;
www.hotelliemilia.fi
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Raatihuoneenkatu 23;s/d €99/119;
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Located on the pedestrian street, this privately owned hotel is a good deal. Sizeable mod-
ern rooms, some of which can be connected for families, offer large windows, crisp white
sheets and air-conditioning. There's a bar with terrace seating, a sauna, weekend nightclub
and worthwhile buffet breakfast. Weekend prices (single/double €86/98) are also in place
from June to August.
Sokos Hotel Vaakuna
HOTEL
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020-1234-636;
www.sokoshotels.fi
;Possentie 7;s/d €125/145;
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Across the river from the town centre and very near the train station, this attractive hotel
has been designed to echo Häme Castle. Many of the rooms, all recently renovated, have
great water views, as does the rounded restaurant, and the sunny bar terrace is particularly
pleasant on a summer evening.
Eating & Drinking
May-mid-Sep)
offer relaxed lakeside drinking on floating wooden decks.
Laurell
CAFE
8.30am-6pm Mon-Fri, 8.30am-8pm Wed, 8.30am-5pm Sat, 11am-5pm Sun; )
This spacious cafe on the market square is a Hämeenlinna stalwart and popular meeting
place. There's an appetising selection of squishy cakes, rolls, pastries and pasties, both sa-
voury and sweet and including many options for special diets. A more sandwich-y
branch
Fri, 9am-2pm Sat; )
is in the same building as the tourist office.
Piparkakkutalo
FINNISH
11am-10pm Tue-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri, noon-11pm Sat)
