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Mikkeli airport (IATA: MIK, ICAO: EFMI) is located in the city area roughly three (3) kilometers West from the city center. Currently, the airport is only used for charter/business flights - therefore lacking scheduled flights. Suitably calm and ideally located, Mikkeli airport is also a home for active glider and parachute enthusiasts.
The City of Mikkeli is located on the main Savonia track between [wiki=8449280a23f8c4fcfb13469f6dc19592]Helsinki[/wiki] and [wiki=184fd01aa32f9d6856f10bf31355624a]Kuopio[/wiki]. Typically, there are 8 daily connections from Helsinki to Mikkeli ranging from regular express trains to slightly better equipped InterCity 2 -trains. The fastest connection from Helsinki to Mikkeli are the Pendolino trains, that take 2 hours and 16 minutes to Mikkeli from Helsinki.
Coming by traing, one may have to change trains in [wiki=2795756c399781a479dbdac4ee07d9a0]Kouvola[/wiki]. Mikkeli train station is located in the city center, just one block from the market square.
Mikkeli has good bus connections to all main cities of Southern and Northern Finland. Buses leave from the Matkakeskus terminal integrated with the railway station.
You can check low-cost offers from Matkahuolto [url=http://www.matkahuolto.fi],]Pohjolan Liikenne [url=http://www.pohjolanliikenne.fi[/url]]and Onnibus [http://www.onnibus.fi[/url].
Gasthaus Mikkeli, Nuijamiestenkatu 63
Camping
*Lakeistenrannan Leirintä - Pitkälahdentie, Anttola (30km from town centre)
*Topjupek - Kaura-Ahontie 11, Otava (10km from towncentre)
*Visulahti Travel Centre - Visulahdenkatu 1 (10km from towncentre)
Hotelli Cumulus Mikkeli, Mikonkatu 9
*Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Porrassalmenkatu 9
*Hotelli Uusikuu, Raviradantie 13
*Hotel Anttolanhovi, Hovintie 224, 52100 Anttola +358 20 757 5200 myyntipalvelu@anttolanhovi.fi http://www.anttolanhovi.fi
The area around Mikkeli is one of Finland's main centres for summer cottages (kesämökki). Most are inconveniently located unless you have your own car and primarily geared for families or groups who can bring all their own gear (bedding, food etc) and stay a week or longer, but a few cater also to short-stay visitors. Prices vary widely depending on the facilities: some places go for as little as €30/night, top-end facilities ten times that.
* Art & Design Villas, [url=http://www.anttolanhovi.fi].] Offers unique villas with the Finnish design.
*Nopola cottages (Nopolan Lomamökit), Nopolantie 37, Anttola (While in Anttola, go down Pitkälahdentie about 8 km to the North. Then turn right on the last fork before Pitkälahti. Nopola is about 200 m from there.), +358 40 836-1199 (E-mail: matti.noponen@nopola.inet.fi), [url=http://www.nopola.net/index4.html[/url].]Cottages available any season, Bed & Breakfast (1 single and 1 double room) open from 1.06 through the summer. Sauna, rowing boat, grill and summer kitchen. Very pleasant family-run place. Really great breakfast with home-made bread.
* Rock and Lake -cottages, [http://www.rockandlake.com[/url]. Holiday Center Rock and Lake is situated near the city of Mikkeli. There are some cottages of different sizes and rooms for meetings and celebration in the holiday center. Address: Taipaleentie 60, FI-51460 Luusniemi. Tel. +358 50 566 0905. Also Rock and Lake organizes fishing trips and other activities in Mikkeli region.