Original Sokos Hotel Seurahuone Savonlinna

This hotel has almost no parking, and parking places around are few and very busy. There is a hall, but it's 300m away. If you are disabled, or don't or can't walk around, avoid this place. We got cheated with the lack of parking and when approached the hotel after we could not even stop at the reception as its forbidden, they got really rude very quickly. Apparently "everyone knows Savonlinna has very little parking" (we didn't as we're from London). They demanded we should keep on driving around the block, until someone leaves, to pay by the minute for the next 24 hours. We refused, it was a chockablock. Also they tried to order my husband to drive a rental car he didn't have licence to drive and leave me at reception as I could not walk due to disability. Apparently it would have been ok.

We decided to return to Helsinki, spent 8 hours in car that day, and lost the opera.

They at first refused to refund despite me having a clear disability and them discriminating, but after a lengthy strongly worded conversation they agreed to refund the room price, which was credited back 48 hours later.

Avoid this hotel. They can only do the overpriced, misleading and rude service as there are no proper options in the area and its the opera. Not worthy of a visit. Avoid the area, its very badly organised and people are predominantly rude, clearly too many rich visitors has changed Savonlinna area to be nasty.