Golf courses and places to stay: Pirkanmaa

Ellivuori Resort is a holiday resort on Lake Rautavesi in Sastamala with a hotel, cottages, villas and glass igloos, plus its own ski slopes. The Lakeside Golf Vammala course is a few kilometres away.

Ikaalinen Spa & Resort is a spa destination on Lake Kyrösjärvi with hotel rooms and holiday apartments. The Poltinkoski Golf course at Riitiala is about 14 kilometres away.

Youth Centre Marttinen in Virrat offers accommodation in log house apartments and hotel rooms on the shore of Lake Tarjanne. The Golf-Virrat course is right nearby.

Tampere Camping Härmälä is a campsite on Lake Pyhäjärvi about four kilometres from Tampere city centre, with over a hundred camping cabins. The Golf Pirkkala course is a few kilometres away across the lake.

Vaihmalan Hovi is a family-owned manor hotel in Lempäälä on Lake Vanajavesi with 25 rooms and a small spa. The Hiisi-Golf course is right next to the hotel.

Tervakallio Camping is a campsite in Sastamala, about 9 km from the nearest golf course (Lakeside Golf Vammala). Details are based on public registry data — the owner can claim and complete this listing.

Huvila Vuononhelmi is a 107-square-metre villa on the shore of Jänijärvi, a fjord-like bay of Lake Pyhäjärvi at Nokia, about 32 kilometres from Tampere. The ground floor has three separate bedrooms, a kitchen and the sauna rooms, while upstairs a 25-square-metre loft room holds a TV corner and sofa beds for four plus a low alcove that takes four more on mattresses — beds for a good ten people in all. The water at the end of the pier is about a metre and a half deep and the shore is clear of vegetation, so setting off for a swim is easy; the lake is fished for pike and other species at depths of over ten metres. The villa is let by Helmi Lomahuvilat, which runs a second property of the same kind, Vuolteenhelmi, in Sastamala. The Nokia River Golf course is about 11 kilometres away.

Villa Alma is a cottage on the shore of Lake Pyhäjärvi at Nokia, about half an hour's drive from the centre of Tampere. It sleeps up to eight: one double bed, five single beds and a cot when needed. The wood-heated sauna takes six to eight people at a time, a terrace runs around the cottage, and the living room has a large table and a divan sofa. The property is step-free, and it can be rented flexibly — by the hour, by the day or for longer. The cottage is run by Lepoparkki, which also sells relaxation treatments, hire of a cellar hall, and meeting and remote-working days at the same address. The Nokia River Golf course is about 8.8 kilometres away.

Norlandia Tampere Hotelli is a 130-room hotel on the Kauppi campus at Biokatu 14 in Tampere. A large sauna sits on the eighth floor, the ground floor has a restaurant of its own, and breakfast is served from 7 to 9.30 on weekdays and 7.30 to 10 at weekends. The hotel calls itself family friendly and has parking and meeting rooms in the same building. The Tammer-Golf course is about 1.6 kilometres away.

Dream Hostel & Hotel combines a hotel and a hostel in one house at Åkerlundinkatu 2 in central Tampere. The hotel side has single, twin, double and family rooms, the hostel side four-, ten- and sixteen-bed dorms plus private twin, triple and quadruple rooms. The house also rents furnished apartments. Check-in runs from 15 to 21, on Sundays 15 to 17, and check-out is at 11. The Tammer-Golf course is about 3.8 kilometres away.

Tampereen Kehräämö is Holiday Club's spa hotel in Lapinniemi at Lapinniemenranta 12. Guests can choose hotel rooms with a lake view, suites with their own sauna, or holiday apartments with a private sauna and kitchen. Besides the main pool the spa has several hot tubs, a cold pool, a children's pool and saunas, and the house holds two restaurants, the Harmony Spa treatment rooms and a shop open around the clock. The meeting rooms take 10 to 146 people. The Tammer-Golf course is about 3.9 kilometres away.

Solo Sokos Hotel Torni Tampere is, in the chain's own words, the tallest hotel in Finland, and it stands at Ratapihankatu 43 behind the railway station. Rooms come with free wifi and Chromecast, and the house has a guest sauna and a gym open daily from 6 to 23. There are three restaurants: Grill it! Paja, Paja Bar and the Moro Sky Bar on the 25th floor. Paja Kongressi, built into the old locomotive sheds, seats 700 guests. The Tammer-Golf course is about 3.9 kilometres away.

Original Sokos Hotel Ilves opened in 1986 beside the Tammerkoski rapids at Hatanpään valtatie 1 and has since been renovated. The house has guest saunas and a swimming pool as well as the FitStop gym, open daily from 6 to 22. There are four restaurants: Rosso Ilves, Amarillo Ilves, Pub Ukko Nooa and Ilves Bar & Night. The hotel holds the Green Key environmental certificate and the rooms have free wifi and Chromecast. The Tammer-Golf course is about 4.4 kilometres away.

Uumen Tampere is a micro-room hotel in the Finlayson quarter at Finlaysoninkatu 5. The rooms are private and compact while showers and lounges are shared, and the locks work with a wristband. Check-in is digital at self-service kiosks that run around the clock, customer service is available at all hours and wifi is free. Breakfast is served in the lounges from 7 to 11, baked by Boulangerie Marco, with menus at 8 and 14 euros. The Tammer-Golf course is about 4.7 kilometres away.

Hotelli Ville is a self-service hotel in Hatanpää at Hatanpään valtatie 40. It has more than thirty rooms in five room types, each decorated in its own way. There is a courtyard terrace, and the house promises the same rate whatever the day of the week together with easy parking and public transport connections. It is aimed at business travellers and small groups alike. The Tammer-Golf course is about 5.1 kilometres away.

Hotelli Kuohu is a 34-room self-service hotel in the centre of Kangasala at Kirkkojärventie 6. The rooms sleep two, three or four and each has a fridge, a microwave and a kettle plus free tea and coffee. Entry is by door code, parking is in the neighbouring garage and a sushi buffet operates on the ground floor. The house states that breakfast is not served for the time being. The Tammer-Golf course is about 13.0 kilometres away.

Varalan Urheiluopisto offers rooms on the shore of Lake Pyhäjärvi at Varalankatu 36 and markets itself as a nature hotel. The choice runs from single, twin and triple rooms to family rooms with a connecting door. The grounds hold the Säde restaurant and the Anna café, a sauna, an indoor pool, a gym, a private beach area and the Flowpark adventure park, and kayaks, SUP boards and rowing boats can be rented in the summer season. The Golf Pirkkala course is about 6.8 kilometres away.

Hotelli Iisoppi is an eighteen-room hotel in the centre of Nokia at Välikatu 20. The rooms were renovated in 2005 and given a surface refresh in early 2014; all are non-smoking and allergy friendly, with a television, a shower and toilet and free wifi. The sauna is available Monday to Thursday from 18 to 21.30, breakfast is served on weekday mornings from 6 to 7 and there is plenty of free parking. Pub Wäinö operates in the same building, and pets are not accepted. The nearest course is Nokia River Golf, about 6.6 kilometres away. The Golf Pirkkala course is about 8.9 kilometres away.

Kauppilan Matkailutila sits on the shore of Lake Kyrösjärvi in Ikaalinen at Kauppilanranta 2, and the farm says it has run rural tourism since 1900. The main building, Matkailutalo, has seven bedrooms and 21 beds, Pehtoorintupa one bedroom and four beds from 75 euros, the lakeside sauna building six beds from 150 euros and Pytinki three beds. About a kilometre away are the Toivankari waterfront cottages for eight. Pets are welcome at the lakeside sauna, and catering is available for parties of ten or more. The Poltinkoski Golf course is about 12.0 kilometres away.

Hotelli Pesti stands in the centre of Parkano at Parkanontie 45. The published rates are 89 euros for a single room, 109 euros for a double and from 129 euros a night for a family room for two adults and two children, with a pet charged at 10 euros a night. Breakfast is included and the sauna is open to guests from 18 to 22. Parking and wifi are free. The Poltinkoski Golf course is about 12.3 kilometres away.

Parkano Camping is a campsite by the lake in the centre of Parkano at Urheilukatu 5. There are three ways to stay: cabins near the water, electric pitches for motorhomes and caravans, and tent sites. The grounds have a swimming beach, a grill hut, a beach volley court, a playground, a disc golf course and games. The café serves from Friday to Sunday between 12 and 18, and the site says it takes overnight guests every day through September. The Poltinkoski Golf course is about 12.5 kilometres away.

Toivolansaari Camping operates on an island in Lake Kyrösjärvi close to the centre of Ikaalinen, at Toivolansaarentie 3. There are fourteen cottages to rent, from small to large, and wide grass fields with electric hook-ups for motorhomes and caravans; the sanitary facilities are in separate service buildings. The grounds have a swimming beach, a beach volley court, minigolf, SUP board rental in the summer season, public sauna shifts at Villa Vihta three times a week and the campsite’s own beach sauna, which is included in the price of the stay. The licensed café-restaurant is open all year. The Poltinkoski Golf course is about 13.2 kilometres away.

Knuutila Manor in Siuro is owned by the town of Nokia and run by the local heritage society Siuro-Seura. Two chambers and six granary rooms in a farmhouse and granary building more than a century old have been converted into year-round hotel rooms, each with its own toilet and shower: the granary rooms sleep one to three and the chambers one to two, with an extra bed costing 30 euros. A chamber is 90 euros for one and 120 for two, rising to 100 and 130 euros in the summer season from 1 June to 30 September; a granary room costs 70 to 120 euros, or 80 to 130 in summer, and the price includes use of the sauna. The place runs on advance booking and has no staff on site; guests share the fireplace room and the kitchen. The owner notes that on summer weekends the whole manor grounds are often reserved for private events, so accommodation is worth confirming in advance. The Nokia River Golf course is about 2.7 kilometres away as the crow flies; the drive goes around via the Kulovesi bridge and is considerably longer.

Villa Triangeli is a modern triangular cabin, completed in October 2025, on the shore of a small lake in Lempäälä. It sleeps four and comes with a wood-heated sauna, a fireplace, a dock of its own, a hot tub, a fire pit, and paddleboards and fatbikes for two. The owner has confirmed that golfers are welcome. It is not within walking distance of a course: the Golf Pirkkala clubhouse is about 10 kilometres away and the Hiisi-Golf clubhouse about 11 kilometres as the crow flies, so the drive to either is longer.

Hirsisviitti is a log cabin for two on a detached-house plot by Lake Pyhäjärvi in Lempäälä. The space is a kitchen-living room and a loft with a 160-centimetre double bed under a roof window, plus a bathroom and toilet, a large wood-heated sauna, an entrance hall and a terrace; the cabin was completed in 2020 and the sleeping loft was built in October 2025. Swimming in the lake is possible, and the extras bookable separately are the hot tub at 50 euros, the wood sauna at 30 euros for the first use and 10 euros thereafter, two kayaks at 20 euros each, two paddleboards at 15 euros each and a rowing boat at 30 euros. The lake and the rapids next to it are popular with anglers, the Birgitta trail and the Lempäälä paddling route pass close by, and the owner puts the railway station 1.2 kilometres away. The Hiisi-Golf clubhouse is about 3.1 kilometres away as the crow flies.

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