A history trip to Savonlinna
7 days · 512 km · Camper · 13 stops · 6 nights · about €393
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A 7-day road trip from home to Savonlinna. It runs about 512 km, with 6 nights on the road. Along the way you'll stop at Mannerheimin salonkivaunu, K-Market and Olavinlinna. Fuel, food and overnight stays are worked out for you — about €393 in all.
Day 1 — home → Savonlinna (0–231 km)
~3 h driving
🧭 Walk me through this day- 🏛️ Mannerheimin salonkivaunu10:40
On the route, right on the road, 130 km into the trip. OSM note: “Open to public on June 4th only”. Check: mikkeli.fi
Chosen because barely off the road.
💡 Park outside the old town and walk in. Medieval streets and 7 m vehicles end badly, and city parking is the most avoidable cost of any trip.
- 🛒 K-Market14:25
Shop for tonight — full supermarket — a proper shop. About 1 km from where you are sleeping.
💡 Supermarket car parks very often have a height barrier around 2 m — check the entrance before you commit to it. An edge-of-town or hypermarket site, or the goods entrance, is usually the way in with something tall. Buy for tonight and tomorrow's breakfast in one stop — it saves a second detour in the morning.
- 🛏️ Vuohimäki14:51
Day 2 — Savonlinna
~0.3 h driving
🧭 Walk me through this day- 🏛️ Olavinlinna10:00
On the route, a 3.9 km detour, 233 km into the trip. Hours: 10:00-17:00; Sep-May: Mo off. Check: visitsavonlinna.fi
Chosen because only 3.9 km off the road.
💡 Opens at 10:00 — no use arriving before.
- 🏛️ Riihisaaren museo14:15
On the route, a 3.6 km detour, 233 km into the trip.
Chosen because only 3.6 km off the road.
- 🛏️ Vuohimäki20:00
Day 3 — Savonlinna
~1.3 h driving
🧭 Walk me through this day- 🏛️ Lusto – Suomen Metsämuseo09:00
- 🛏️ Vuohimäki20:00
Day 4 — Savonlinna → Juva (231–285 km)
~0.7 h driving
🧭 Walk me through this day- 🛒 S-market10:54
Shop for tonight — full supermarket — a proper shop. About 17 km from where you are sleeping.
💡 Supermarket car parks very often have a height barrier around 2 m — check the entrance before you commit to it. An edge-of-town or hypermarket site, or the goods entrance, is usually the way in with something tall. Buy for tonight and tomorrow's breakfast in one stop — it saves a second detour in the morning.
- 🛏️ Sulkavan Oravanpesät13:00
💡 You could be there by 11:19, but most places will not let you check in much before 13:00 — so there are about 1.7 hours in hand. Worth ringing ahead if you want to drop bags earlier, or spending them somewhere on the way.
Day 5 — Juva → Mikkeli (285–376 km)
~1.2 h driving
🧭 Walk me through this day- 🛏️ Löydön Kartano13:00
💡 You could be there by 09:45, but most places will not let you check in much before 13:00 — so there are about 3.3 hours in hand. Worth ringing ahead if you want to drop bags earlier, or spending them somewhere on the way.
Day 6 — Mikkeli → Mäntyharju (376–416 km)
~0.5 h driving
🧭 Walk me through this day- 🛏️ Yittilä13:00
On the route, right on the road, 416 km into the trip. OSM note: “private company (YIT) holiday resort”.
Chosen because barely off the road.
💡 You could be there by 09:30, but most places will not let you check in much before 13:00 — so there are about 3.5 hours in hand. Worth ringing ahead if you want to drop bags earlier, or spending them somewhere on the way. Allemansrätten lets you stay a night in most open country away from houses, but it does not cover motorhome 'wild camping' in laybys — that's decided locally and often signed.
Day 7 — Back to home (416–512 km)
~1.2 h driving
🧭 Walk me through this day- ⛽ Teboil Tähtihovi09:46€18
Top up — just what the rest of the road needs. About 7 L — about €2.52/L in FI.
💡 Fuel is computed from your tank, consumption and this week's prices — filling in the cheapest country on the route is where the real saving is.
- 🏛️ Arrive back home10:30
Journey's end — home.
💡 The loop comes back a different way than it went out, so the drive home is new road, not a rerun.
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