Lapland Hotels Riekonlinna

自助早餐的款式多樣化，有兩個做華夫餅的機，讓住客自己做華夫餅(waffle)吃。前台的服務員態度都非常友善，和樂意解答我們的問題，只有個別人員常叫我們去找酒店的旅行社報他們的旅行團！房間夠寬敞舒適，但室內的暖氣機壞咗，這幾天天氣很冷，接近零度，幸好酒店有移動式的暖風機可以供應給我們，問題就解決了！

少し古めの宿泊施設ではありましたが、アクティビティの受付も隣接しており、またスタッフの方は皆親切でした！

Superb hotel with amazing staff and delicious food It was the epitome of everything we imagined Finland to be and more. Rooms are a good size, very well equipped and cosy. We have only been back a few days and I have already recommended it to a friend

Just returned from 5 days in Saariselka with TUI and wanted to share a few tips that might be helpful. We stayed at The Snowflake Hotel (real name is Riekonlinna) - it's next to The Holiday Club and Tunturi Hotels. Our room was in the main hotel and it was ready when we arrived at 2pm. ❄️ You only need to wear your usual travelling clothes for the plane. I wore jeans and a hoodie. It's warm on the plane. And it's only a short walk from the plane to the airport terminal. ❄️ Turn left as you come out of the hotel and walk down the hill to find the main sledging hill. Here you can grab sledges and take them anywhere in the resort with you. ❄️ It's 50 euros cheaper per adult to book the husky trail blazers experience through the Lapland Safaris shop next to the hotel than it is to book it through TUI. All the paid experiences that TUI offer are available at this shop cheaper than TUI. And they offer more experiences. ❄️ Turn right from the hotel, then cross the road towards the fairy lights and you'll find another hill that can be sledged on. At the bottom of the hill is a stunning cross country walk. ❄️ Turn right from the hotel and walk for 15 mins and you get to the supermarket which is well stocked. Take a sledge to bring your shopping back. ❄️ Take snacks. ❄️ You can drink the tap water. It actually tastes like decent mineral water. ❄️ Download the Aurora app and sign up for text alerts if you want to see the Northern Lights. We didn't get to see them unfortunately but the app will alert you if there's a chance. ❄️ TUI supply you with a snowsuit, boots, 1 pair of socks and 1 pair of mittens. ❄️ For clothing - take a base layer and a mid layer to put underneath the thermal snowsuit that you are supplied with. For example, thermal leggings and top, then a jogging suit. You'll need two pairs of thick woolly socks under your boots. For your head, take a balaclava and a woolly hat. Take gloves (ski gloves are best) ❄️ Food was decent. Even our fussy eaters ate a good breakfast and dinner. The 'gala dinner' on the last night wasn't very well organised though as they told everyone to arrive at 7.30pm so there was a lot of queuing. ❄️ At the hotel you will have a drying cupboard in your room where you can put wet clothes. Ours wasn't very efficient and if gloves etc were soaked it took more than 24 hours to dry them. ❄️ If you go out on your balcony at The Snowflake Hotel, leave the door fully open or make sure someone is in the room. To open the door you push the handle up, to close it you push it down. Our door handle was a little loose and fell down when I was on the balcony, locking me out. ❄️ There's lots of snow in Saariselka at the moment so don't worry about that. Have an amazing time. It's magical ✨️

I noticed that hotel is answering in here that renovations are coming. I hope so, because they really need it. You can see that this was once a nice hotel but by now exceptations for place priced like this are higher and everything is quite worn out in here. Staff still seems to do their best, everyone was very friendly and the place is as clean as it can be. Yes there are some holes in the carpets and cracks in the furniture, but you can still spend couple of nights in here in a warm room with a good bed. Main complain is that our room had a sauna, that barely got warm despite turning the stove to the maximum. Guess they are ready to retire too. Perhaps after the renovation I could come back, but for now I suppose there are better options in the area.

Pros: The staff are friendly and helpful. The hotel is located close tu nature trails. I went for a hike to enjoy midnight sun, My room was relatively specious and had a balcony. Cons: The hotel and rooms are really dated. Especially the orange carpets in the hallways look really worn out. It’s a shame, as I believe that this hotel could be really nice after refurbishing.