Santa Claus Has His Own Hotel in Finland
When you're choosing a hotel for a Christmas vacation, you can't get a much more appropriate choice than the Clarion Hotel Santa Claus in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. The Santa Claus Hotel is just a few miles away from the official home of the real Santa on the Arctic Circle and is a popular choice for Christmas visitors to Finland.
Like many Lapland hotels, the functionality wins over from looks when you see the Santa Claus Hotel from the outside--but if you're visiting at Christmas time, the daylight only lasts a couple of hours so you'll probably never get a good look at the architecture anyway.
The character of a Christmas in Rovaniemi comes more from the activities you undertake and the excitement of the season than a hotel full of character, and so the Hotel Santa Claus provides everything else that you need: neat clean rooms, a decent breakfast, friendly staff and a central location in Rovaniemi, and within walking distance of the train station.
Having said that, the Clarion Hotel Santa Claus has recently opened some new rooms that include their own saunas. There is also the option of booking the Santa Claus Suite which comes with a sauna and jacuzzi, but sadly without Santa.
[Photo: fabrriciuse]
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