Hotel Urkin Piilopirtti

Very Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Deep Forest and small lake

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Good
Traveller Type:
  : A nice place to relax for some downtime.Owner was friendly and helpfulTried out the Finnish Smoke Sauna and lake which is adjacent to the venue.
  : No local bus stops for many miles so needed own vehicle to get around. The WiFi didnt reach the hotel room.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : De host
  : Nice area.cool room

Poor
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : In the first room bed linens weren't changed. I called the person who checked us in. He said he is very sorry, but can not help us with the bed linen, he has already gone for his own "stuff". What?!? I called the owner (who was on vacation out of country). He arranged us a new room. First thing we had to do in the second room was sweeping the floors: at least 50 dead flies, bread crums, all kinds of dirt. Next two mornings there were flies flying in the room, had to kill ~10 both morning. In November in Finland? They grow somewhere in the room... Expectations were not high, but this place was really a lot below of them :{
  : Cleanliness, staff, breakfast

Fair
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Quaint art collection outside and unique decor inside. The host was very friendly and also spoke German very well.
  : The air in the room was quite stale.

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : The location, beautiful lake, perfect to swim there...
  : Breakfast, I was the only guest and had often breakfast in the kitchen. WIFI was very bad! Room was very small

Poor
Traveller Type: Business Traveler
  : Front desk clerk very friendly. Very quiet location by the lakeside.
  : Unfortunately, the things that I didn't like outweigh the good ones: - I had previously emailed the hotel that I am on a work trip and probably arrive in the late afternoon/early evening. Around 2:00 p.m. of my check-in day I got a call from the host and was asked to check in before 4:00 p.m. (the end of the staffs working time). With an additional remark: Dont arrive here at the very last minute, but 15:30 at the latest! This limited the hotels actual check-in time to one hour and a half. Not very helpful when not being on vacation, but having a scheduled work day. I had to interrupt my work in Tampere to drive 40 min to the hotel for check-in during the requested time. - The room was not small, but TINY (smaller than the specified 10 sqm). - Wi-Fi did not work properly: I ended up using my mobile phone as a hotspot. - Breakfast consisted of the bare essentials, which were deposited in the fridge of the breakfast room, and I needed to prepare it myself. Although I seemed to be the only guest, the food packages (milk, bread etc.) had already been open for quite a while. I would have appreciated if the do-it-yourself-breakfast had been mentioned clearly in the hotels description: it is not a problem per se, but takes up extra time in the morning and is not what youd expect from a HOTEL which offers continental breakfast. - Overall, the property made a somewhat time-worn impression: the - sometimes quite beautiful - art objects dozed away in the corners of the courtyard. I have stayed in at least 50 different accommodations across Finland during the past four years, but rarely experienced as poor value for money.

Poor
Traveller Type:
  : If it were a cabin, not a hotel and a lot cheaper, it'd be a nice place.
  : Took a long time to check in. Asked staff if they could call a taxi for us to the airport, they wouldn't do it. Staff only minimally spoke English and gave very little info regarding the stay. Could not get wifi working in our room. Hotel is remote with nearly no transportation options. Nearest active bus stop during our stay was a rainy 6km hike away. No dinner/lunch options in reach. We ate food we brought for hiking.