Flying to Lapland: Direct flights to Rovaniemi (RVN)

From Rovaniemi Airport you can catch a bus or a taxi either to Santa Claus Village or Rovaniemi downtown.

Travel by ground

Trains from Helsinki to Rovaniemi depart multiple times a day. The Northernmost train station can be found in Kemijärvi, but for the easiest connections around Lapland Rovaniemi offers you a great layover place. In Rovaniemi you can stay at Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus, Santa’s Hotel Rudolf or Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle.

Domestic buses take you to Lapland from all over Finland. You can also reach Finnish Lapland by bus from Norway and Sweden. You can reach all of our destinations by bus.

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For experienced drivers a rental car can also be an option. If you feel wary of driving in dark, snowy and icy conditions, we recommend weighing your options carefully.

Welcome to Lapland!

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Luosto charms summer travelers with its fells, silence and pure nature. Santa’s Hotel Aurora offers the perfect base for a peaceful holiday – and now you can enjoy it more affordably throughout the summer! Stay comfortably in a cozy hotel room with a sauna or in a glass igloo under the Lapland summer sky, your choice! Santa’s Hotel Aurora operates on a bed&breakfast basis during the summer, while the à la carte restaurant is on summer break. Breakfast is always included in the price of accommodation!

Santa’s Hotel Aurora’s Summer Offer

• Stay for two nights – save -10%
• Sta for at least three nights – save -15 %
  Offers are valid for flexible and non-refundable rates.*

The offer is valid all throughout summer 2025, starting from June 15th, 2025. There are limited amount of discounted rooms available– make sure to book as soon as possible to secure your Luosto vacation for this summer!

Summer in Luosto is full of things to do in nature

• Hike in Pyhä-Luosto National Park – marked trails for hikers of all levels.
• Visit Lampivaara amethyst mine and find your own lucky stone.
• Go on a guided nature hike, try fat biking or trail running in the fell landscapes.
• Enjoy the peace on the shores of Lake Luosto or go kayaking or SUP boarding.
• Explore the Kultakero area and take a day trip to Pyhä fell, just a short drive away.

Santa’s Hotel Aurora’s cozy atmosphere, private sauna in each hotel room, and direct connection to nature will make your vacation both relaxing and enjoyable.

Book your summer holiday to Luosto now – and take advantage of our great summer offers!

*Flexible rate: You can change or cancel your reservation until the day before arrival.
Non-refundable rate: payment at the time of booking, non-refundable.

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Visit Luosto this summer! On guided mining tours you can learn about the geology and history of Lampivaara, as well as the formation of amethyst and beliefs related to this purple gemstone. The tours also include digging your own amethyst from the excavation area and visiting a small stone shop where you can buy amethysts raw stone or polished and beautiful amethyst jewellery.

Amethyst offer – save up to 15% of the price of the accommodation!

Stay in Santa’s Hotel Aurora between June 15 and October 31, 2025, (15.6.-31.10.2025), and save -15% of the non-refundable or flexible price of the accommodation. The Amethyst Offer includes accommodation and visitor tickets to the Amethyst Mine.

Santa’s Hotel Aurora – Atmospheric Luosto hotel next to the national park

Hotel Aurora & Igloos is located in the heart of Luosto, but at the same time in the middle of the most beautiful possibilities of northern nature.

Aurora has a cozy atmosphere, décor that utilizes natural materials and views of the northern sky and the candlelight spruce forest from the hotel room windows. Our well-equipped rooms create a great setting for relaxation. The special feature of our hotel rooms in Aurora is the private sauna in each room, where you can enjoy at the end of the day.

In addition to hotel rooms, Aurora also has glass igloos where you can admire the nightless night among soft sheets. In a glass igloo, you can get one step closer to the enchanting nature of Lapland, but with all the comforts of a hotel room.

Or contact our sales team:

+358 400 102 180
luosto(at)santashotels.fi

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The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Santa’s Hotels.

Great Place To Work® Certification™ is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace.

Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place To Work-Certified.

Santa’s Hotels is a Lappish, family-owned hotel chain operating in six destinations in Lapland and at the Arctic Seaside. We provide high-quality hotel accommodation and restaurant services in Rovaniemi, Luosto, Levi, Saariselkä, Kilpisjärvi and Kalajoki. The Santa’s Hotels chain employs approximately 150 people year-round and approximately 300 people during the high season.

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Santa’s Hotels has participated in Earth Hour for over 10 years. This year, each of our properties will also be displaying a light sign for the environment, as our restaurants will be hosting a candlelight dinner on Saturday, March 22, 2025.

You can find the Earth Hour 2025 candlelight dinner at the following restaurants:

Saariselkä, Santa’s Hotel Tunturi, restaurant Kaltio

Luosto, Santa’s Hotel Aurora, restaurant Aurora

Rovaniemi, Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus, restaurant Gaissa

Rovaniemi, Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle, restaurant Arctic Eye

Kilpisjärvi, Santa’s Hotel Rakka, restaurant Rakka

Kalajoki, Santa’s Resort & Spa Hotel Sani, restaurant Välke

Sustainability at Santa’s Hotels

All Santa’s Hotels’ properties are also committed to daily sustainable actions in terms of economic sustainability and social sustainability, socio-cultural sustainability, and ecological sustainability.

Ecological sustainability at Santa’s Hotel’s locations

• We are committed to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
• We reduce our carbon footprint by using energy-efficient technologies, reducing waste and promoting renewable energy sources.
• We work with customers, suppliers, employees and other stakeholders to mitigate climate change and promote adaptation measures.
• We monitor energy consumption in all properties and reduce water consumption by limiting flows.
• We encourage our guests to save energy and water with reminders in hotel rooms.
• We use environmentally-labeled detergents and cleaning agents in daily cleaning.
• We aim to reduce waste and food waste through joint guidelines and by communicating this common goal to both staff and guests in a way that is appropriate.
• We are part of the Mara ry Energy Efficiency Agreement.

Our destinations are located in the embrace of northern nature, and it is particularly important to us to respect and preserve the surrounding nature and to encourage responsible outdoor activities through our own communications. We want to ensure that the unique and pure northern nature is preserved as a sustainable living environment in the future.

The Green Key certificates and STF labels awarded to our destinations demonstrate the results of our destinations’ sustainability work and demonstrate that our destinations consistently maintain the strict sustainability standards required by these organizations. By choosing destinations with these certificates and labels, travelers know they are making a more sustainable choice.

Read more about our sustainability here: santashotels.fi/en/sustainability

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The Sustainable Travel Finland label is a sustainability label awarded by Visit Finland, which is used to communicate sustainable actions to the tourists. In order to receive the label, companies must go through the STF program and meet all the required criteria according to international standards.

Sustainability work is continuous work, and the STF label is renewed regularly. The brand’s criteria are updated at regular intervals so that the actions of tourism operators meet up-to-date sustainability obligations.

Santa’s Hotel Tunturi and Santa’s Hotel Aurora were also granted the international tourism Green Key sustainability certificates in August 2024.

“It’s great to receive visible recognition for the sustainability work we’ve been doing for a long time in the forms of the Green Key certificate and the STF label. We started the application process in July 2024, when our goal was to get both the Green Key and the STF label by the end of 2024. This goal was clearly fulfilled, and this is a good spot to continue with our daily sustainability work,” says Santa’s Hotel Tunturi’s hotel director My Manner.

“We are proud that we have completed both the Green Key certificate and the STF label so quickly. We understand very well that it is a sustainable tourism development path and we are committed to taking this sustainable path forward by constantly developing our operations”, continues Santa’s Hotel Aurora’s hotel director Terhi Kangas.

MORE INFORMATION

Hotel Director My Manner, Santa’s Hotel Tunturi: +358 40 572 2903 my.manner(at)santashotels.fi

Hotel Director Terhi Kangas, Santa’s Hotel Aurora: +358 40 521 8290 terhi.kangas(at)santashotels.fi

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The high environmental standards expected of Green Key certified companies are maintained through strict documentation and regular audits. In order to receive the Green Key certificate, a company must pass 70 criteria based on reducing the environmental load, increasing social benefits and supporting the local economy.

“Sustainability work is everyone’s business at Santa’s Hotels – the work is done strongly by the entire staff. Our destinations are committed to the continuous sustainability work of the staff and to encouraging our guests and partners to be sustainable,” says Sanna Sandgren, CEO of the Santa’s Hotels chain.

The Green Key certificate is issued for one year at a time, and a further application is made annually.

“Therefore, everyday life will continue as a holder of an internationally recognized sustainability certificate, as an even more sustainable service provider – Green Key certificates are a great recognition of our sustainability work!” Sandgren continues.

The Green Key audits at Santa’s Hotel Tunturi in Saariselkä and Santa’s Hotel Aurora in Luosto were carried out at the beginning of August 2024. The news about the certification decisions of the Green Key jury, which met at the end of the month, were received with enthusiasm.

“We accept the certificates with great pride! We live and work in what are known to be the cleanest environments in the world. The least we can do is take responsibility for our everyday life and, through sustainable tourism, give the opportunity for future generations to live and visit while listening to the conditions of environmental well-being”, rejoice Hotel Managers My Manner and Terhi Kangas.

Santa’s Hotel Tunturi and Santa’s Hotel Aurora are the first Green Key certified hotels of the Santa’s Hotels chain. Certificates have also been applied for other locations, the aim of which is to complete the audits by the end of 2024.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

CEO Sanna Sandgren, Santa’s Hotels: +358 40 199 3525 sanna.sandgren(at)santashotels.fi
Hotel Director My Manner, Santa’s Hotel Tunturi: +358 40 572 2903 my.manner(at)santashotels.fi
Hotel Director Terhi Kangas, Santa’s Hotel Aurora: +358 40 521 8290 terhi.kangas(at)santashotels.fi

Santa’s Hotels is one of the most significant operators in Northern Finland tourism. Our international and stylish chain offers experiential accommodation and restaurant services in Rovaniemi, Luosto, Levi, Saariselkä, Kilpisjärvi and Kalajoki.

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The Hotel is open between 11 June and 13 August and will serve breakfast for the hotel guests.

The restaurant will open again on 13 August.

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Need a rental car? With our contract code, all Santa’s Hotels guests can now get a 10% discount on Europcar rental rates in Finland and Tromso, Norway (online reservations prepaid & payment upon pick-up). You will receive the code by request from the sales team or reception after booking your accommodation. Please note that the code works according to the availability of contract priced cars.

To rent a car, simply go to: www.europcar.com

Add the code you receive to the “I have a negotiated rate” field on the search page and the 10% discount will be activated.

The code is valid until the end of January 2026.

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Luosto is a small village of only a few hundred inhabitants but possesses an even bigger heart. Home to the ski resorts of Luosto and Pyhä, local reindeer herders and farms, the one of a kind Lampivaara Amethyst mine and of course Santa’s Hotel Aurora & Igloos.

Santa’s Hotel Aurora is your perfect boutique style hotel and glass igloo accommondation. Enjoy an all-inclusive wilderness retreat with high-quality services and meals right outside the pristine nature of Pyhä-Luosto National Park. Room types range from standard to suite with the common theme being the warm cottage feel. All of the rooms are equipped with own saunas and half of them also with fireplaces.

Upgrade your arctic holiday with a glass igloo stay. Round off the day with a magical night in a glass igloo beneath Northern sky, with stars, Aurora Borealis and snowfalls. On a clear night, the dance of Northern Lights can be seen from the warmth of your bed.

Restaurant Aurora serves high class dining with a cozy ambiance. Local ingredients are transformed into international high-class delicacies on the lava stone grill in the open kitchen. After dinner raise a toast in the warm glow of lobby’s open fireplace.

Access Luosto easily with a bus operating between the destinations daily. Book tickets from Matkahuolto.

Combine Luosto and Rovaniemi

For the complete Lapland experience combine Luosto and Rovaniemi to discover how easy it’s to shift from the vibrant city life to a small quiet village.

With its 11 direct connections from Europe’s most important international airports and easy access flightsand transfers from the capital Helsinki, Rovaniemi offers a great gateway for international travellers to step further in Lapland.

Stay in Rovaniemi for the first few nights and enjoy the best restaurants, nightlife, activities and attractions such as Santa’s Village. Go shopping for Nordic design and Finnish handicrafts at the brick and mortar stores of likes such as Marimekko and Iittala. Enjoy the urban life harmonously co-existing with the surrounding nature.

Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus offers a rich variety of accomondation right in the heart of the city. Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle hosts guests in Premium Igloos 10 minute drive away from the Rovaniemi Airport in Santa’s Village.

Contact our sales services for assistance:

Sales: +358 400 102 200
rovaniemi(at)santashotels.fi

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