Golf courses and places to stay: Kymenlaakso

Santalahti Resort is a seaside holiday resort on Mussalo island in Kotka, offering holiday cottages, villas, glass igloos and a camping area. The Kymen Golf course is on the same island, about 200 metres away.

Break Sokos Hotel Tykkimäki Resort (formerly Tykkimäki Camping) is a resort on the shore of Lake Käyrälampi in Kouvola, next to the Tykkimäki amusement park, with hotel rooms, holiday and camping cabins and caravan pitches year round. The Koski-Golf course is less than ten kilometres away.

Vaalimaa Camping is a small year-round campsite by the sea in Virolahti, offering rental cabins and a shallow beach suitable for children. The Kaakon Golf course is a few kilometres away.

Keto-Mökit rents ten cottages beside a clear-water river at Verla in Kouvola, on the stretch between two rapids. The cottages are called Rantakelo, Kesäranta, Ketoniemi, Koli, Kelo, Niemi, Makuuaitta, Jokitörmä, Kylpypalju and Kimara, and each has its own sauna, its own grilling spot and an electric stove, microwave, kettle, fridge-freezer, television and CD player. A boat for the water above the rapids is included, and a rowing boat or bicycles can be hired as well. The cottages are in use all year: in summer they are let by the week or longer, in winter for shorter stays too, and a pet may come along when agreed with the owner in advance. The UNESCO World Heritage site of the Verla mill museum is about five kilometres away and the services of Jaala village about six. The Lampila Golf course is about 2.7 kilometres away.

Aurantola is a guest house and function venue on the shore of Lake Karijärvi at Jaala in Kouvola, with a total capacity of 70 to 100 people. The upper floor of the manor house holds five twin B&B rooms, each with its own toilet and shower, and a generous breakfast is served downstairs. There are ten holiday cottages, spaced out in a beautiful birch grove by the lake some 80 to 100 metres from a child-friendly swimming beach; the cottages have a sauna, a grill and boats for guests to use. Further beds are available in four cabin rooms at the camping area, in a sauna caravan and in an AuroraHut igloo boat. The Lampila Golf course is about 14 kilometres away.

Oravasalmen huvilat lets four villas on the shore of clean Lake Suolajärvi in Kouvola: Oravalinna for eight people, Oravasalmi for ten, Oravahovi for ten and Oravakolo for eight, each with two bedrooms. Villa Oravasalmi sits at the tip of the peninsula and is the only one that takes pets, on notice at booking; the other villas are kept suitable for allergy sufferers. The grounds hold a traditional Finnish smoke sauna, which can be hired separately for birthdays, stag and hen parties or a wellness day. The property is open all year. Repovesi National Park is about 20 kilometres away and the UNESCO World Heritage site of Verla about 15 kilometres by road or 4.5 kilometres by water. The Lampila Golf course is about 8.4 kilometres away.

Original Sokos Hotel Seurahuone is a hotel on the island of Kotkansaari in central Kotka. Room types include twin rooms, family rooms for up to five, Superior rooms and a 63-square-metre Captain Suite. There is a guest sauna on the eighth floor daily from 5 to 10 pm, a gym open around the clock and breakfast at the Frans & Rosalie restaurant, and the same building holds the Amarillo restaurant, the VENN wine bar and the Las Palmas nightclub. The Kymen Golf course is about 5.1 kilometres away.

Hotelli Merikotka is a small city hotel in a historic wholesale building in Kotka's old harbour quarter. The rooms have a private bathroom, free wireless internet and cable television, and there is a bar at street level. The Kymen Golf course is about 5.3 kilometres away.

Hotelli Jokipuisto is a hotel and restaurant at Kyminlinna in Kotka, towards Karhula. By the hotel's own account the house has a sauna, free parking and a Chromecast in every room; there is no lift, and the kitchen is closed on Sundays. The Kymen Golf course is about 8.6 kilometres away.

Hotelli Kotola is a hotel in Mussalo in Kotka, on the same island as the Kymen Golf course, at the head of Kotolahti bay near Mussalo harbour. The hotel publishes its contact details on its own site but not the number of rooms or its prices. The Kymen Golf course is about 1.1 kilometres away.

Kuninkaantien Majatalo is a six-room guesthouse at Kierikkala in Kotka. It has 10 to 14 beds with one to four people per room, a sauna for four or five, a self-service breakfast kitchen and a meeting room for 15 to 20 people. The published prices include VAT: a single room from 55 euros a night, a double 70 euros, a family room for three 135 euros, an extra bed 20 euros and the sauna 9 euros per person for guests. The Kymen Golf course is about 10.3 kilometres away.

Villa Koskenäyräs is a manor villa at Kaukola in Kotka with eight bedrooms, 20 beds and room for up to 80 party guests. By the water there is a sauna and two outdoor hot tubs, and pets are welcome by agreement. The villa is open all year and sits right on the riverbank. According to the owner the villa costs from 1,395 euros a night, and the 3,490-euro Party Package covers the whole villa for 20 guests plus the beach sauna on the day of the party at no extra charge; terms for renting the beach sauna and hot tubs separately are on the villa's own price page. The Kymen Golf course is about 7.8 kilometres away.

Rantakari is a seaside cottage at Tiutinen in Kotka for up to eight guests. It has a wood-heated sauna for three or four, a heated glazed terrace seating eight, a private dock and a rowing boat, and it is usable all year thanks to electric heating, an air-source heat pump and a fireplace. The published prices are 150 to 230 euros for a weekday night and 910 to 1,500 euros for a week, with pets at 10 euros a night, bed linen at 20 euros per person and the final clean at 120 to 160 euros. The Kymen Golf course is about 7.4 kilometres away.