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Santa’s Hotel Rakka
Wood-built Design Hotel & Full-service Apartments in the Most Pristine Fell Areas of Finnish Lapland
Escape to the wilderness! Kilpisjärvi village is located on the corner of three countries; with spectacular fell landscapes surrounding the new design hotel, restaurant and fully-equipped apartments.
With us, you can enjoy your stay in a design hotel or have a cottage style holiday with hotel services. Breakfast, half board and other meals are available at request as well as guided activities and safaris. For self-catering holidays, the grocery store is a walking distance away. Tromso Airport in Norway is less than two hours drive away, with daily bus connection to Kilpisjärvi. Enontekiö and Kittilä airports on Finland’s side are 2.5 and 3.5 hours away, respectively.
Kilpisjärvi is one of the most snow-guaranteed places in Finland, with permanent snow covering the lands from November until May. In contract the midnight sun season with 24-hours sunlight from May to August and the brilliance of the autumn colors in September and October are each worth the visit. Kilpisjärvi is one of the best places in whole Europe to see the Aurora Borealis: located up in the mountain ranges: there are plenty of clear nights for you to witness the magical northern lights.
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Santa’s Hotel Rakka
Hotel Rooms
The new Santa’s Hotel Rakka offers 42 hotel rooms and a scenic restaurant for visitors right in the embrace of Saana-fell and Käsivarsi Wilderness Area.
The hotel’s high-quality and Nordic design create a spectacular contrast with the rugged fell landscapes opening up from the floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Santa’s Hotel Rakka
Apartments
The modern-style apartments have a living room with fireplace and high ceilings, kitchen is fully-equipped. All apartments have their own sauna and 1-2 bedrooms. Reception is in the same premises.
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Best Activities and Things to Do in Kilpisjärvi
If you think you’ve seen it all before, you haven’t seen this. Feel the force and conditions of the north in your heart. Spend a day of adventure graced by wilderness rounded off with relaxation in your full-service accommodation. Score your personal record of how many countries you’ve visited: run from Finland, to Norway and to Sweden in seconds! Experience the barren fell landscapes as far as your eye can see, and see the radical change of climate and sceneries when you cross the border to the mountains and fjords. Drink the crystal clear waters of the fell streams; climb to the top of the world, to Saana fell. Meet the local people living in the tough arctic climate. Welcome to Kilpisjärvi!
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Destination Kilpisjärvi
Is this your next cross-border arctic experience?
Santa’s Hotel Rakka is located just a few kilometers from the border of Norway, you can experience true Lapland and make a day trip to the fjords of Norway.
The nearest airport is Tromso in Norway or Kittilä in Finland.
The Arctic Route bus connection works very well for individual travellers and small groups across the border!
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Accommodation in Kilpisjärvi – Easy Access to the Remote Wilderness
In the remote corner of Finnish Lapland, yet close to Tromso in Norway, is located the tiny village of Kilpisjärvi. The village is tucked away in the arms of the magestic Saana Fell and your eye can see over miles and miles of treeless fell sceneries and over Lake Kilpisjärvi. In this breakthaking landscape you will truly recharge with fun and exciting outdoor activities and guided excursions!
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Hotel info
Location
- Address:
Urpiaisentie 4,
99490 Kilpisjärvi - In Kilpisjärvi village, in Enontekiö municipality
- Nearest grocery store 250 meters
- Border of Norway
10 min (12 km) - Tromso city
2 h 15 min (122 km) - Arctic Ocean 50 km
By Air
- Nearest Airport: Tromso (TOS) 165 km, multiple direct flights from Helsinki and Europe
- Kittilä (KTT) 269 km (flights around the year)
Enontekiö ENF 161 km (flights during spring season) - How to get to the hotel: rental car, private airport transfers, taxi
- Daily bus connection between Tromso, Kilpisjärvi, Kittilä and Rovaniemi
- Rovaniemi (RVN) 424 km
By Land
- By car: on Route E8
- Navigator address: Urpiaisentie 4, 99490 Kilpisjärvi
- A parking space with heating pole complimentary for guests (Camping or camping with a recreational vehicle is not allowed on our property.)
- Nearest Train Station: Kolari 3 h (267 km) and Rovaniemi 5 h (422 km) Car Train to both stations.
- Car Rental in Tromso, Kittilä and Rovaniemi
Apartments
- 42 hotel rooms: 36 Superior Rooms, 4 Junior Suites with sauna, a Suite with a sauna and an outdoor jacuzzi
- 12 x 2 bedroom apartments
- 10 x 3 bedroom apartments
- Pet friendly hotel rooms and apartments
- Apartment amenities: own sauna, fully-equipped kitchen, heating, final cleaning.
Food & Beverage
- Breakfast, also available for the apartment guests
- À la Carte
- Lobby Bar
- Terrace with a view x 2
- Multiple windowfront tables with a view
Outdoor Activities
- Hiking and short nature walks
- Mountain biking
- Canoeing
- Summer Fishing and Ice Fishing
- Snowmobiling
- Cross-country skiing
- Visit to the local Reindeer Farm
- Husky Safaris
- Aurora hunting
Places of Interest
- Point of Three Countries
- Lake Tsahkaljärvi 1 km
- Käsivarsi Wilderness Area 1 km
- Kilpisjärvi Nature Center 1km
- Salmivaara 1,5 km
- Malla Nature Preserve and Saana Fell parking lot 4 km
- Lake Saana 4 km
- Arctic Ocean (Skibotn) 50 km
- Tromso 162 km
General
- Check-in from 4 pm
- Check-out by 11 am
- Free Wi-Fi
- Complimentary Parking
Santa’s Hotel Rakka
GPS 69°01’06.2″N, 20°52’29.4″E
Urpiaisentie 4
FI-99490 KILPISJÄRVI
Tel. +358 400 102 161
Sales: +358 400 102 200
kilpisjarvi@santashotels.fi
Breakfast
8am-10am
Breakfast is available for hotel guests and by for other customers by reservation made before 9pm the previous day.
Our restaurant is open daily:
Mon - Fri 5pm-9pm
Sat 2pm-10pm
Sun 2pm-8pm
The kitchen will close 30mins prior to closing. Lobby bar opens daily at 9am and closes the same time as the restaurant.
On Thursday 21 November we are exceptionally closed due to maintenance work. We will open again on Friday 22 November.
