Finnish Lapland: practical guide and useful addresses

Customer Service Center

Kiehinen. Kelotie 1/Sila

99830 Saariselkä

tel +358-20 564 7200

E-mail : ukpuisto@metsa.fi

Internet : www.saariselka.fi

or www.outdoors.fi

Inarientie 46 - 99870 Inari

Tel.: +358-40 168 9668

E-mail : tourist.info@inari.fi

Internet : www.outdoors.fi

Koskikatu 1

FI-96200 Rovaniemi, Finland

Tel.: +358 (0)16 331 1255

E-mail : info@arcticincentives.fi

Internet: www.arcticincentives.fi

Tel: +358 (0) 16 3311200

E-mail : info@laplandsafaris.fi

Internet: www.wildnorth.fi

Kamisak Husky@Horse
Expedition

Tel.: +358 (0) 50 570 7871

E-mail : info@kamisak.com

Internet : www.kamisak.com

Tel.: +358 (0) 16 667 033

E-mail : topsafaris@saariselka.fi

Internet: www.topsafaris.fi

Phone: +358 (0) 44 700 8600

E-mail : office@actionpark.fi

Internet: www.actionpark.fi

The most natural solution is Finnair, the national airline, which offers five daily flights - four of which are code-shared with Air France - to Helsinki, followed by several daily services between Helsinki and Ivalo (from two to four in winter). Another option, but less flexible, is the low-cost carrier Norwegian, which flies three or four times a week between Paris Orly and Helsinki, and then offers three weekly flights between Helsinki and Ivalo in winter. The last option is SAS, whose subsidiary Blue 1 offers two weekly flights between Copenhagen and Ivalo from mid-December to the end of March.

Finnair > Tel.: 0821 025 111

Internet: www.finnair.com

Air France > Tel.: 3654

Internet: www.airfrance.com

SAS > Tel.: 0820 22 11 11

Internet : www.sas.com

Norwegian > Phone: +47 21 49 00 15

Internet: www.norwegian.com/fr

Blue 1 > Internet : www.blue1.com

With its 60 snow igloos, 20 glass igloos and astonishing snow chapel, Kakslauttanen is one of the stars of the Lappish tourist imagination. With temperatures ranging from - 3 to - 6 degrees Celsius, snow igloos fall into the category of "the best". "extreme experienceOn the other hand, the transparent ceilings of the glass igloos provide the most comfortable atmosphere in which to admire the Northern Lights. The Kakslauttanen hotel also offers around forty large log cabins scattered around the countryside, with spaces that guarantee a feeling of great freedom. Decorated to a very high standard, all these chalets have a fireplace, a small kitchen and a private sauna. The must: the five Queen suites with their own blinged-out bathroom and whirlpool bath surrounded by snow-covered pine trees. The hotel also has a large savusauna, billed as the "the world's largest savusaunaThe hotel has a large dining room, which can accommodate up to 100 people. A wide range of services and activities are available from the hotel, including safaris, Arctic excursions and skiing.

Big news for winter 2012: the owner of Hotel & Igloo Village Kakslauttanen has just opened. 33 new glass igloos in Santa's Resort, both a hotel and a theme park dedicated to Father Christmas - who you can meet in person, of course - and to the quest for gold in the river. Under the guidance of the elves!

Saariselkä

Tel.: +358 (0) 1666 71 00

E-mail : hotel@kakslauttanen.fi

Internet : www.kakslauttanen.fi

and www.santasresort.fi

With its 260 rooms and flats, this is a major player in the Lapland hotel industry, perfectly integrated into Saariselkä's business and shopping centre. You'll find a bit of everything in its inventory: superior rooms, junior suites, studios with sauna, flats from one to five rooms and even... classic rooms. For business groups, the hotel also offers a large number of meeting spaces and a conference room for up to 200 people. The hotel also offers a wide range of dining options, from Lappish cuisine in the carefully prepared Kaltio to the no-frills conviviality of the Siula and Pirtti restaurants. Situated at the foot of the cross-country ski runs, just a short distance from the downhill ski resort, and at the heart of the snowmobile trail network, the hotel is an ideal base for sporting activities.

Lutontie 3. Saariselkä. Myyntipalvelu.

Tel.: +358 (016) 681 501

E-mail : saariselka@santashotels.fi

Internet : www.tunturihotelli.fi

The good news is that adults are also entitled to a bit of enchantment. The proof is in the Idoli house: imagine enjoying a cocktail under a glass teepee, facing the white immensity of a frozen lake, watching the natural totems drawn by the snow on the fir trees... And this unprecedented light... And this infinite silence... For small incentive groups, these are the dreams that Idoli can fulfil. The hosts: the couple Hanneli & Pekka, both of whom escaped from Helsinki to build a house on the shores of Lake Inari, making it the liveliest temple of Finnish design. Between water and trees, total day and endless night, the Idoli house is the ideal setting for discovering the classics of the local school, as well as its latest creations, with an exhibition at the heart of the estate devoted to eleven contemporary 'idols' of Finnish design. It's an opportunity to see that Finnish design has lost none of its original virtues: simplicity, pragmatism and a keen sense of observation of nature.

Ukonjärvi (Ivalo)

Tel.: +358 40 0197 181

E-mail : idoli@idoli.fi