Hotel Pajarinhovi is located next to Kitee Zoo by Lake Pyhäjärvi in Puhos. Its aqua center has 3 giant water slides and Scandinavia’s biggest children’s swimming pool. The simple rooms at Pajarinhovi Hotel are housed in 5 detached timber frame buildings. All have a private bathroom with a shower and toilet. Wi-Fi internet access is free. The 427 ft² children’s pool has 6 special kiddy slides. Other guests can enjoy their own 25-yard pool with water massage jets and hot tubs. A lakeside sauna is open during summer. Hotel staff speak Finnish English and Russian and can help book canoeing trips lake cruises and snowmobile safaris. The neighboring Pajarinhovi Pavillion is a large entertainment center offering music and dancing. The famously narrow Punkaharju Ridge is 45 minutes’ drive from Pajarinhovi while the Russian border at Niirala is a 1-hour journey.