Homely bed & breakfast + summer bistro and Craft Beer Shop in Heinola, Finland
Cronin's Café & Guesthouse is an idyllic B&B in Heinola, south Finland with 6 comfortable rooms, a great summer bistro- bar with an authentic Irish-Finnish atmosphere. We also have a Craft beer shop with over 30 different beers!
Your hosts, Stephen and Marika invite you to come and experience their warm breed of hospitality and charming home - in the most beautiful countryside and lake district of the southern Finland, just about an hour's drive from Helsinki.
Book a room and let the Cronin family be your hosts for a couple of days. You are always most welcome!
Our guestrooms
Our six comfortable rooms are all suitable to accommodate 2 - 4 guests. Each room is equipped with a toilet & shower, TV, WLAN and 5 rooms also have a balcony. Breakfast is served in our restaurant and in the summertime (June-middle August) our bistro-bar is open 4 days a week, too.
Sauna for hotel guests
You can order a private sauna from us, price 7 €/person/1 hour (minimum 14 €). Or family sauna (2 adults + max. 3 children) 18€/hour.
SUMMER BISTRO & BAR AND CRAFT BEER SHOP
Our idyllic summer Bistro & Pub is open during the summer months (June-August) and is an ideal rest stop for all travelers. In our café you can enjoy beautiful American style cakes, ice cream or small savouries and snacks. We also have a wide selection of beers and whiskeys. On our summer terrace you can enjoy refreshments whilst watching beautiful sunsets over the lakeside scenery. Our friendly staff will always do their very best to make their guests feel homely and relaxed.
Our family also runs another restaurant at Heinola harbour, restaurant RantaCasino. This restaurant is open almost daily from early spring to late autumn. We give discount coupons to RantaCasino for people staying the night at our guesthouse. See more details: www.rantacasino.fi
OUR LOCATION
Cronin's Café & Guesthouse is located in the scenic landscape in Heinola (20 000 inhabitants), about 80 minute drive from Helsinki, 20 minutes from Lahti and only 5 minutes from Heinola town centre. This area is the first huge lake district after driving from Helsinki to north
Arrival by car to cronin’s guesthouse:
If you're arriving from south (from Helsinki, Lahti, Tampere etc.) drive along the motorway E75 direction north (=Heinola, Jyväskylä direction). Take the exit number 22/ MYLLYOJA, then at the exit turn left to Heinola. Now you're on road number 140. Just drive about 800 meters and you'll see a brown sign Cronin's. So at the next junction turn left again (junction KAUSA). Now put your brakes on - our guesthouse is the very first house on the right, only 50 meters from the junction.
When entering Heinola from the north (from Kuopio, Jyväskylä etc.) driving the motorway E75, take the exit number 23/MYLLYOJA (this exit is just after a beautiful big bridge of Heinola). At the exit turn first left, then drive about 150 meters and at the end of the road turn right to Lahti and Myllyoja, road number 140. Drive along road 140 for about 3 km and you'll see a big brown sign Cronin's. So at the next junction turn right (junction KAUSA). Now put your brakes on - our guesthouse is the very first house on the right, only 50 meters from the junction.
ARRIVAL BY BUS:
There are quite good bus connections to Heinola and the local busses from Lahti to Heinola stop just in front of our house. Should you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact us, we'll be glad to give you the timetables etc. From Helsinki you can also get a cheap Onnibus (www.onnibus.fi) to Heinola town.
By train:
You cannot get to Heinola by train, the closest train station is in Lahti (28km away) and from there you need to take a local bus or a taxi to Heinola. The train station and the bus station are next to each other in Lahti, so it's no problem to change from train to bus in Lahti.
Distances to nearest cities:
Heinola center 6 km/ 5 minutes (20 000 inhabitants)
Vierumäki (Sports Institute of Finland) 6 km
Lahti 28 km/ 20-25 minutes (104 000 inhabitants)
Helsinki 130 km / 70-90 minutes
Jyväskylä 142 km
Mikkeli 98 km
Tampere 155 km
Kuopio 250 km
distances (AND WEB LINKS) to MAIN SPORTS EVENTS IN THE AREA:
Kymiring (Moto GP) Iitti, ca. 52 km (40 MINUTES DRIVE)
LAHTI SKI GAMES AND FINLANDIA HIIHTO CA. 28 KM (25 MINUTES DRIVE)
NESTE RALLY JYVÄSKYLÄ 140KM (CA. 1,5 HOURS DRIVE)
USEFUL LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AREA:
Visit lahti (TRAVEL PAGE FOR LAHTI, HEINOLA & OTHER SURROUNDING TOWNS)
KYMI RING (moto gp IN JULY 2020)
Your hosts
Stephen and Marika Cronin warmly welcome you to stay at their idyllic guesthouse and are pleased to answer questions about the area and nearby attractions and places of interest.
Stephen was born in Dublin, Ireland, but has been away from Ireland already for years; he has worked in Australia, Germany and for over 20 years in Finland. Marika is from Lahti (near Heinola), but she has also lived and worked abroad for several years (in Switzerland and Germany).
Cronin's Café & Guesthouse was opened in March 2003. Before this the guesthouse was called Gasthaus Mühlenstube, run by a German-Finnish family. The guesthouse has been up and running for already 3 decades. Since 2011 family Cronin also runs restaurant RantaCasino at Heinola harbour (www.rantacasino.fi).
Phone
+358 3 718 8666
(or +358 44 269 7204)
E-MAIL:
cronins.guesthouse@phnet.fi
ADDRESS:
Kausantie 4
18600 Myllyoja/Heinola
Finland