Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping & Eating
Bockholmens Camping
CAMPGROUND
( 050-527-3356;Salavägen 32;tent sites €15, cabins €40-85; mid-May-early Sep)
Just 1.5km southwest of the town centre, this small, friendly campground has its own
beach, and bikes for hire. Cabins share bathrooms but all come with kitchenettes. Linen
costs €5 per person.
Hotel Leila
HOTEL
( 040-418-5185;
www.hotelleila.fi
;Västra Långgatan 39;s/d €98/130; )
Hotel Leila hosts the reception for both its own attractive rooms and the atmospheric,
a splendid crow's-nest-like tower suite (€170) with four-way views across the wooden
rooftops and water. Basic breakfast provisions are supplied in-room.
Huoneistomajoitus Krepelin
B&B
( 040-066-1434;
www.krepelin.fi
;
Östra Långgatan 47;d €80, incl breakfast & sheets €100; )
If you're curious about what it would be like to live in one of Kristinestad's little wooden
houses, this former sailor's residence will give you a taster. Refurbished double rooms are
tiny but ever so sweet and include kitchenettes.
Pavis
FINNISH
( 050-554-1570;
http://pavis.fi
;Korkeasaarentie 16;lunch buffet €12, mains €17-34; 11am-11pm
Tue-Sat, noon-9pm Sun Jun-Aug)
From Kristinestad's centre, it's a 3km drive south to the tiny island of Högholmen where,
beyond a picturesque patch of woodland, you'll find this fairy-tale eggshell-blue wooden
summer pavilion with a terrace overlooking an idyllic little boat-filled harbour. Exquisite
dishes include forest mushroom soup, baked perch with blueberry Dijon mustard,
blackcurrant-marinaded chicken with liquorice sauce, and seabuckthorn and cranberry par-
fait.
