Kaavi is a town and municipality in North Savonia.

Get in

By car

Kaavi is off major highways, in a web of regional roads, often just leading to other regional roads. Regional road 573 comes in from Outokumpu providing access from the southeast. From the direction of Kuopio, take regional road 566 from Riistavesi. From the north (highway 75 between Nurmes and Siilinjärvi), regional road 570 goes to Juankoski (part of Kuopio these days), and from there you'll continue along regional road 569 to Kaavi.

By bus

There are services from Iisalmi and Joensuu (long distance) and Kuopio (local).

See

A gate of Kaavi Church

• 1 Kaavi church, Kaavintie 24. The main landmark in town is the relatively new church, finished in 1983 to replace the earlier church that had burned down in 1980. (updated Aug 2023)

Eat

• 1 Lounasravintola Pankinkulma, Kaavintie 14. Lunch restaurant and café. (updated Aug 2023)

Sleep

• 1 Viljamaan Kartano, Riihijärventie 10, ☏ +358 44 5704 147, info@majakartanoviljamaa.fi. Farm lodging. (updated Aug 2023)