Hotel Cumulus, Tampere Finland

Cumulus Hotel

Cumulus hotel in Koskikatu has an ideal location if arrive by a car or motorhome and choose to stay in centre of a town. There are wide variety of restaurants, coffee houses, and bars within short walking distance. If you feel like shopping there are large malls and small boutiques nearby. There’s a famous playground right next to the hotel called Pikku Kakkosen leikkipuisto, which is named after a traditional children’s TV program.

Koskipuisto park is on the other side of the road and it is very popular picnic place during summer time. Tammerkoski is a channel of rapids with three dams and it flows through the Koskipuisto park. The best place to experience the rapids is the walking bridge over the middle dam, which is only barely above the water surface.

The hotel has a small underground garage. There’s plenty of additional parking lots in Rongankatu, which is 100 meters from the hotel. The area is quite busy in afternoon, but usually there’s always some free slots. I was able to park my motorhome there on Friday evening around 6 pm. There would have been room even for a caravan and a tow car .

Tammerkoski rapids

Cumulus is good standard level hotel. Breakfast was served in restaurant Huviretki on the ground floor. Pool and sauna was free for all customers. If you travel with a pet, e.g. dog or car you might get a non-smoking room. However the hotel cannot guarantee this when making a reservation. I had two small dogs with me and they charged 10 euros for that. I was lucky and got a non-smoking room. Unfortunately I got also a loudly fighting couple as my neighbours.

Pikku Kakkonen playground

I tested out my photo and phone gear and shot the following video. It shows the surroundings of the hotel. There’s a construction of under ground parking facilities going on and it has changed the traffic arrangements. Thus the road next to the hotel is quiet.