Saariselkä Inn Majatalo Panimo

Real awful and unpolite service… really not understable how the stuff communicate and handle customers. We hsd nice, enjoyable evening before stuff come and push us out before 20min of closing time. We will never come back to this bub, becease of service which we got…

Very good value for money.Located in village centre. Big clean basic rooms. Stunning surroundings: walking trails , sky tracks, bicycle, snowshoe rentals. Bus stop just outside the hotel. Sauna on site. Various breakfast buffet, good selection of food. Friendly and polite staff at reception. Thanks a lot:)

We travelled to Santas Saareslka Inn in November 2023, the opening weekend for Santas lapland (who we booked with). On arrival we were greeted by a very helpful rep. We were shown our rooms. As a family of 4 we had two interconnecting rooms. This meant we had two bathrooms too. The rooms were roomy enough and were very warm. There were drying cupboards to put snow suits and plenty of wardrobe space. There was also a kettle and fridge. Top tip- you only get paper cups so take own cups and spoons. There was plenty of room to put suitcases etc. The bathrooms were basic but has a shower (always hot) sink and toilet. The block we stayed in was straight across from the resturant area. You could go here for breakfast- lots of choice or to sit in the sofa area. The pub (where reception area was) was lovely. Very warm, great atmosphere and had board games you could play. Although I agree with previous reviews about rooms being basic and outdated, they had all we needed, were warm and were in a great location. We really didn't spend much time in the room as wanted to make the most of exploring.

We had the most amazing time here. The hotel is made up of wooden huts with about 20 hotel rooms in each block. They looked simply idyllic in the snow. The rooms are basic but clean and very warm. Hot and powerful showers and very comfy beds! Breakfast was lovely as was the evening meal at Hotel Tunturi. We booked with Santa’s Lapland and we can’t fault them at all. Amazing experience for children and Lapland is simply magical! We would love to visit Finland again in the future as it’s a beautiful place and very friendly locals. Enjoy! Tips- Take tea bags/ coffee Don’t overpack as you’ll be wearing snowsuits and boots for 99% of the time

We stayed at the Saariselka Inn as part of Santa's lapland Magic Break. We arrived Friday and departed on Monday. The village itself is small and very pretty, for a long weekend there are more than enough places to eat out somewhere different each night (we picked bed and breakfast as we like to try different places to eat). The accommodation is spacious warm and clean, it is fairly basic, but we went there with those expectations and happy with our choice (we weren't in the room that often). The bathroom was very clean and had a great shower. The breakfast was buffet with lots of choices. All over the village there are sledges just to be picked up to use and you can walk (15 mins) to one of Europe's longest sleding hills, 1.8kms long lots of fun. We went on the northern light experience, we managed to see the northern lights but it was -30 and our kids (8 and 11 yrs old) didn't handle that cold very well, the reps recognised this and organised a bus for all the kids to head back half way through, I personally wouldn't recommend any younger than teenagers on that trip when it's that cold. The Santa day was excellent, lots of great warming rooms to use, definitely make use of them as it makes the day much more enjoyable.

So a long post, but hopefully helpful. We flew from Newcastle to Ivalo on sat 18th dec- Santa's Lapland 3 nights (Santa's Magic) staying at the Saariselka Inn. 2 adults and an 8 year old. I won't say too much about the airports as it's an ever changing picture but for us there were no issues at either end for departure. We flew with Titan Airways. We had xmas songs and singing on the flight, a Christmas quiz. The pilot frequently updated us on Santa's test runs which we unfortunately couldn't see as he was often in front of the plane. Upon landing, the Santa's Lapland team and elves were on hand for both help and entertainment. It was snowing! On arrival in resort, the elves were at the Saariselka sign welcoming the coach in. Suit collection at Lapland Safari was quick and easy (whole coach done within 20 mins). Drop off at the inn and the reps had already checked us in and we were taken straight to our rooms. We had room type A which is essentially a small double with a single bed put in. It's tight. But cosy. Pack light clothes wise. Other than underwear and baselayers no other clothing touches your skin. You don't need multiples of everything for each day. Save the space for wine and remember there's not much space in the room for multiple cases. The room has a drying cupboard next to the front door and a shower. Tea and coffee facilities mean just that. Means to make one as in kettle and paper cups. Bring tea/coffee. We also brought our camping mugs from home (doubling up as wine mugs for the box we brought with us). Room has a fridge, TV (one English channel) and a small hairdryer. As everyone says it is basic but it is very clean and very warm. And so nice to not have to traipse through a hotel or up and down stairs everytime you need to pop in. 30 mins after arrival we met in the Panimo pub for an illegal briefing with Jingle Jenny and Ho Ho Han. We were raring to go but it was worth the 30 mins for some top tips. We were told Tunturi would be take away only. Again I won't say much about this as plenty of posts currently about it and it's a changing situation. We used the pub a couple of times a day. Cost around 18 euros for 2 pints and an apple juice. Coffee was 2 euros (we had a duty free rum in a insulated bottle to add to coffee for a hot toddy). No food other than doughnuts and crisps. The hot chocs there are immense. Board games for the kids to play. Open fire. Friendly staff. Kids allowed in until 10pm. We hit the tobagganing run after that on afternoon 1. Loads of sledges at the bottom-don't buy one, it will only be pinched if left unattended. We didn't make it to the mountain top this week but some great slopes are available higher up off the main one to try without going too high. The church just near it is beautiful and also worth a look. A flashing hat or bright hat is helpful if you're not all coming down together to help find your child. If you're tobagganing remember it's active. Don't wear so much you can't move