Nestor’s Cabin is a rental cottage at Nestorinranta, located on a southwest‑facing sandy beach on Lake Saimaa, in the Puumala archipelago on Lintusalo Island. A beautiful archipelago road with ferries leads all the way to the destination.
The cabin consists of several small buildings and can be booked from May Day until October. It includes all essential comforts, but there is no Wi‑Fi and no flush toilets. Instead, there are two composting outhouses.
In the heart of nature
Nestor’s Cabin is ideal for people who want to spend their holiday surrounded by nature. The nearest neighbour is 300 metres away. From the windows and terraces of all rooms and the sauna, you can admire the open waters of Saimaa and watch black‑throated divers swimming nearby. Swimming, boating and forest trails start right at your doorstep.
A nearby path also leads to Nestorinranta’s themed nature trails and to the ferry harbour, where a pancake café is open in summer.
Nestor’s Cabin includes
2 bedrooms in one building
a small kitchen and living room in another building
kitchen equipped with a gas stove, American‑style fridge, dishwasher, microwave, coffee maker, kettle, toaster, dishes
gas grill (guests must clean it themselves)
TV
sauna and washroom in a third building
2 composting toilets and storage rooms in a fourth building
grill shelter
6 beds, of which 2 are in the upper bunk of a wide bunk bed and therefore best suited for children. These upper bunk beds must be booked as an additional service.
a sofa bed in the living room. If you want to reserve it for a 7th person, please inform us separately
shallow sandy beach, ideal for children
swimming dock with mooring posts for a boat
rowing boat
Breakfast and other services
Explore our other services on our website. Breakfast is available in the Navettasali from May to September, but it must be booked no later than the previous evening.
Who was Nestori?
Nestor’s Cabin is named after Nestori Reponen, whose sauna stood on the same spot in the 1960s. When Nestori played the accordion on the sauna steps, a rare Saimaa ringed seal would come to listen from a nearby rock.
This story later became a song that became very popular in Finland. The song is called “Vanhojapoikia viiksekkäitä.” You can listen to it online. The story is also presented in the main building at Nestorinranta, in the Navettasali, and at the pancake café by the ferry harbour.
Ecological waste management
All our accommodation units have indoor and outdoor sorting points, including for biowaste. The green composter at Nestor’s Cabin produces compost soil for our vegetable garden. The black composter continues the composting of the outhouse waste, and this soil is used to fertilise ornamental plants and lawns at the main building.
When making a reservation
If there are more than 4 of you and 3–4 people can sleep in the wide bunk bed, you may book up to 3 additional places under “Also book”. You must first book the cabin itself.
Reservations can be made up to 1–2 days before arrival. If you are booking later than that, please call or send an email.
If you are booking for the following year, please make the reservation by email. We will invoice you only in the same year the stay takes place.
Checking
Check-in after 4 pm
Check-out by 12 noon
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