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Topped by flamboyant turrets, this fairy-tale Jugend-style castle was built in 1903 to re-
place the buildings that had hosted Russian aristocracy after the original wooden structures
burnt down. Some of the castle's art nouveau-furnished rooms overlook the rapids. The
adjacent modern spa centre's contemporary chocolate- and cream-coloured rooms are styl-
ish and spacious but lack their neighbour's grandeur.
Eating & Drinking
Caffe Prego
CAFE
This excellent Italian coffee spot also does good salads and sandwiches, and has a lovely
little terrace out the front.
Buttenhoff
FRENCH, RUSSIAN
mains €19-36; 11am-9.30pm Mon-Fri, noon-9.30pm Sat)
Cooking up specialities from France (Burgundy escargot) and Russia (
blini
with caviar),
this 1st-floor restaurant also creates hybrid French-Russian dishes such as pan-fried perch
à la Russe
. On the ground floor and run by the same operator, casual
Café Julia
(
cakes.
LinnaSali
REGIONAL CUISINE
Tue, 4-11pm Wed-Fri, 2-11pm Sat)
Inside the landmark
Imatran Valtionhotelli
,
with a front-row view of the rapids from the
stone terrace, Imatra's most romantic restaurant serves artfully prepared local cuisine (beef
liver with fig jam and crushed lingonberries; elk hotpot; pike-perch fried in horseradish
butter with boletus mushroom sauce) accompanied by outstanding wines.
Kuohu
BAR
