Pearl in the wilderness, cottage and sauna, located in the middle of beautiful nature and silence on an island in a big lake Alvajärvi in Pihtipudas, Finland. Open for visitors in Summer (from the middle of June to the end of September) and in March /Early Spring.
The cottage: Two bedrooms with 5 beds/bedsheets/towels, a small motor boat (no driving lisence needed), live vests and firewood for cottage and sauna included, kitchen equipped with gas stove, refrigerator, solar energy lighting, TV and radio, bio toilette, gas grill, and a traditional wood sauna.
In Summer: There is appr. 1 kilometer by boat from land to the island and the ride takes around 15 minutes from harbour to the island by a small boat. At the arrival to the harbour, a local Guide (included in the service payment) will ride you to the island and introduce you the place. Guidance in Finnish and in English. If you prefer, you can take your own boat. There is available a landing place for visitors' boat at the harbour.
In March: you can arrive there by car or by skiing over the lake depending the snow situation.
Conditions: Renting price: 560 EUR/week (7 x 80 €). Local service provider: 100 € (Final Cleaning, duty 24 h). Filling of the gasoline tank (boat) for next visitors is charged separately in the Summer.
Pihtipudas is a municipality of Finland. It is located in northern Central Finland along the highway 4 (E75), about 140 kilometres (90 mi) north of Jyväskylä in the province of Western Finland. The municipality has a population of 4,210 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,247.47 square kilometres (481.65 sq mi) of which 172.71 km2 (66.68 sq mi) is water. There are all together 140 lakes in Pihtipudas. Biggest lakes are Alvajärvi, Muurasjärvi and Saanijärvi. The population density is 3.92 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.2/sq mi).