Golf courses and places to stay: Pohjois-Savo

Tahko is a resort at Nilsiä in Kuopio, combining cottage holidays with golf, skiing and lake scenery.

A spa and wellness hotel in Vuorela, Siilinjärvi, about a ten-minute drive from Kuopio city centre, with a pool complex, restaurant and extensive sports facilities. The Tarinagolf courses are nearby.

A spa and sports hotel in the centre of Leppävirta with a pool area, multi-purpose arena and ice rink, plus rentable villas and cottage accommodation in the surrounding area. The Leppävirta golf course is very close.

One of Finland's oldest spas, located by the Kiurujoki river at Runni about 20 kilometres from Iisalmi, with accommodation in the spa hotel, a manor hotel and cabins. The Ylä-Savon Golfseura course in Iisalmi is the nearest golf course.

Mansikkaharjun Lomakeskus is a campsite in Leppävirta, about 5.2 km from the nearest golf course (Leppävirran Golfseura). Details are based on public registry data — the owner can claim and complete this listing.

Bomila Forest Suites is an accommodation business in the Kotkatharju area of Joroinen with nine 24-square-metre forest suites, each with a kitchenette, private bathroom and glazed terrace. The Kartanogolf course begins right beside the suites, about 50 metres away.

Hotelli Joronjälki is a hotel beside Highway 5 in Joroinen, offering rooms alongside restaurant and meeting services and parking space for motorhomes. The Kartanogolf course is about 2.3 kilometres from the hotel.

Torstilan Kartano is a guest-accommodation and events venue in the yard of an organic farm in Joroinen, renting out the Alppimaja barn building for one to five people plus two rooms, the Sviitti suite and the Saunakammari with its own sauna. The Kartanogolf course is about 3.6 kilometres away.

Kotkatsalmen Lomamökit rents three lakeside cottages on Kerisalonsaari island in Joroinen: the log cabin Salla for eight to ten people with its own sauna building, the old farmhouse Heinäniemi, and Jaana and Janne, built from old barn timber and sharing a sauna. The Kartanogolf course is about 5.9 kilometres away.

Vanamola is a guesthouse on the Immola organic farm on Kerisalonsaari island in Joroinen, with 42 beds in three- to eight-person rooms in the main building. It also rents a forest cottage, B&B rooms and a shore cottage with a wood-heated sauna and a covered pier; the Kartanogolf course is about 6.9 kilometres away.

Koivuniemen Maatila offers farm accommodation in Lahnalahti, Joroinen, in a sauna cottage and a century-old barn building for up to ten guests, with a wood-heated outdoor sauna and terrace in the yard. The Kartanogolf course is about 11 kilometres away.

Haapaniemen Matkailu is a guest house and function venue on the shore of Lake Haapajärvi in Iisalmi, and every form of its accommodation is available all year. The rooms in the log manor completed in 2004 are about 16 square metres, each with its own shower and toilet, a television and a desk, at 120 euros a night for one or two people. Two holiday cottages built in 1991 are about 58 square metres with seven beds each, a wood-stove sauna, a shower room, a kitchen-living room with a dishwasher, a fireplace, and a shallow sandy beach with a rowing boat. Villa Haapaniemi, completed in 2013 and measuring 170 square metres, sleeps twelve in six bedrooms and comes with its own sandy beach, a pier, a rowing boat and a small island reached by boat. The house's pride is its smoke sauna, and breakfast can be added to any stay for 15 euros per person. The Ylä-Savon Golfseura course is about 13 kilometres away.

Apartments Golf is a Tahko Apartments property on Golftie at Tahkovuori, right beside the Tahko golf course. The apartments have an equipped kitchen, a sauna and a terrace, and the family firm lets 34 to 37 apartments and villas at Tahko with about 208 beds in all. Booking directly with the company gives a ten per cent discount. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 170 metres away.

Vietti Suites is a house of six 57-square-metre suites beside the Piazza at Tahko. Each suite has a bedroom and a loft for four guests, an open kitchen, a fireplace and its own sauna. The slopes are 150 metres away and the ski track 100 metres. The property is run by Golden Resort. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 320 metres away.

Tahko Spa Hotel is a hotel on Keitaankatu in the centre of Tahkovuori. It offers hotel rooms and apartments, a pool and spa section, a gym and a bowling alley, and it sells golf packages on its own pages. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 390 metres away.

Ukko Huoneet is a 15-room property in the middle of Tahko village on Ukontie: six twin rooms with a terrace, one family room for five and eight rooms for four with their own sauna, two of them with a kitchenette. Parking is free. The property is run by Golden Resort. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 410 metres away.

Puustila Golf & Ski lets 13 holiday homes at Tahkovuori: villas, semi-detached houses and apartments which the company describes as standing right next to the golf course and the slopes. A maintenance service is available around the clock, and winter bookings include one or two unlimited lift passes. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 470 metres away.

Tahko Apartments is a family firm letting 34 to 37 furnished apartments and villas at Tahko with about 208 beds in all. Each property has an equipped kitchen, a sauna and a terrace, and they stand in different parts of Tahkovuori; the address on this row is the company's office on Tähtitie. Booking directly gives a ten per cent discount. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 770 metres away.

Passoo Boutique Hotel & Sauna is a nine-room hotel on Tahkolahdentie at Tahkovuori. Breakfast is included and rooms start at 110 euros a night. The house has a Finnish wood-heated sauna and a hot tub that can be booked privately, and it offers massage and wellness packages as well as lunch or dinner by advance order. The hotel is a package partner of Tahkon Golfseura. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 1.1 kilometres away.

Panorama Landscape Hotel is a hotel of ten separate landscape suites on the summit of Tahkovuori. The same grounds hold the forest spa Lähde with five spring-water pools and three saunas and the Havu Kitchen & Bar restaurant; the spa is for adults and works by reservation, and the restaurant is open from Wednesday to Sunday. The hotel says 14 more rooms will be ready in early 2027, and it is a package partner of Tahkon Golfseura. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 1.5 kilometres away.

Tahko-Tours is a holiday village on the shore of Lake Syväri about 2.5 kilometres from the centre of Tahko: 15 detached villas and ten terraced apartments, a rental sauna, a private beach and the Lakeford restaurant. There is a tennis court, a ski bus in winter and bicycle and scooter rental in summer. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 3.1 kilometres away.

Loma-Rantala is a traditional cottage village on the shore of Lake Syväri about 2.5 kilometres from the centre of Tahko. It sleeps up to 51 guests: three cottages for eight, a beach cottage and the semi-detached Tuomela for six or seven. The site has its own beach and the Jokke's Stube restaurant. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 3.3 kilometres away.

Golden Resort lets detached houses, semi-detached houses and premium and deluxe villas at Tahko a few kilometres from the centre; the same company also runs Ukko Huoneet and Vietti Suites. Its own pages carry a section on golf packages at Tahko. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 5.6 kilometres away.

Wanha Koulu Tahkovuori is accommodation built into a former school on Varpaisjärventie in Nilsiä: the family apartments Unelma and Onnela, the latter sleeping 10+6 and including the gym hall, a caretaker's apartment, and a hand-hewn log cabin by the lake within walking distance. Groups of up to 30 can stay, there is a hot tub in the yard, and the site has the only caravan and tent pitches in the Tahko area. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 5.8 kilometres away.

Sirovilla is a 60-square-metre holiday home in Tahkovuori, Kuopio. It sleeps seven in two bedrooms, has two bathrooms and a sauna of its own, and comes with a fireplace, a fully equipped kitchen with a dishwasher, a washing machine and a drying cabinet, wireless internet, and a terrace with an outdoor dining area and a grill. It is available all year and pets are welcome; the nightly rates given by the owner run from 120 to 250 euros depending on the season. The Tahkon Golfseura course is about 4.9 kilometres away.