Зимняя сказка возле Полярного круга Winter fairy tale near the Arctic Circle

Excellent hotel for families. It has its own small water park with saunas, swimming pools (albeit small ones for children), etc. (everything is included in the price). Delicious and varied breakfasts and dinners. Great nature around. Right next to the hotel there is a bus stop to Mount Ruka (15 min. drive). On site rental of any quality equipment for winter sports and recreation. Around the hotel there are beautiful places for hiking, as well as testing cross-country skis, snowshoes, snow scooters, etc. True, supermarkets, shops and restaurants are far away (about as far as Mount Ruka, at the foot of which most of them are located). The hotel has a small children's playroom. Rooms need to be booked in the new building - they are more spacious and modern. I highly recommend the hotel to families with children, especially for the New Year and Christmas holidays. The celebration of the New Year is very decent, taking into account the local mentality, although it is boring (for the Finns, the real holiday is not the New Year, but Christmas - December 24-25). We have been to this hotel twice with the whole family, and I feel that we will go again (missed you). However, if the main purpose of the trip is skiing, then it is better to choose not this hotel, but one of the hotels directly at the foot of Mount Ruka, for example, Rantasipi Rukahovi (the service is worse, the food is obviously simpler, but it is much more convenient for intensive skiing from the mountain) .