Eight kilometers from the town of Sortavala, close to the harbor Yuhtinlahti located cottage Dr. Winter. It is situated on the shores of Cape Taruniemi that in Finnish means "fabulous cape." Here in 1909 was built country house in the Finnish national romantic style for the doctor Johannes Gustav Winter. Earlier, on these rocks was an ancient fortress Ladoga region.

This place is unique, as are combined and history, and the rugged beauty of northern nature, and talent of the architect, as well as the genius of the gardener. The author of the design work, the founder of this style of architecture, the famous architect Eliel Saarinen. This building is his best work in this direction. This building has two floors. The first floor is made of natural stone columns and supplemented with splashes of cobblestones, the second floor is completely made of wood and covered with shingle (wood) tiles. By the terrace down the high stairs Serdobol granite.

On the ground floor there is a spacious hall with a fireplace. On the second you can climb the high staircase. Earlier, there were located room, bedroom and living room. From the outside the building there are two balconies and bay windows, as well as encircling house with south terrace. Villa impression thorough, monumental structures, which is why it was given the name - Tarulinna, in Finnish "fairytale castle".

In the early 20th century, Dr. Winter was a progressive Sortavala surgeon, he was the first to carry out operations on thyroid tumors in Finland. Thanks to him, opened its first X-ray department in Finland. He also actively engaged in social activities, and did a lot for the city.

Dr. Winter was fond of landscape art and his initiative was founded city park. But near his home Winter gave a unique arboretum. There were planted many rare species of shrubs, trees, brought from America and China, Japan and the Caucasus. There are growing cedar, fir, arborvitae - a total of 22 different species of coniferous trees and shrubs as well - different types of honeysuckle, acacia, barberry and others.

This garden is a single special world. Here you can admire the central flower bed with a sundial, and then go on diverging paths or "green" theater or Italian gazebo, which are located near a small pond with a hanging bridge, and perhaps to the "alley of desires", lined with pine trees.

This house is very fond of attending the Roerich family in the years 1916-1919. This reminds SN Roerich portrait with an inscription.

After the death of Gustav Winter in 1924, the estate changed several owners. It was and sanatorium, and a club of young seamen, and the recreation of the FSB. Since 1993, the cultural center of the fireplace room "Balaam" was opened an exhibition dedicated to the Roerich family. Since 2000, thanks to philanthropist-businessman MA Kogan in the estate were started restoration work. Now it is an architectural monument of regional significance, there is a tourist park-hotel "Villa Winter".

In the halls of the manor arranged exhibition, exhibitions, which tell about the historical past of these places, about famous people, life is connected with this edge. The stands are located photographs, household items found during the restoration work, samples of unique plants of the park. There is a separate exhibition of stones. Hosts a variety of tours of the arboretum. There also can be carried out all sorts of activities (up to 50) for this purpose, a living room garden. It is a typical example of "Northern Art Nouveau" of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. The hall is fully equipped for conferences. The living room is very popular for seminars, presentations, trainings.