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    Lapland Hotel Saaga

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    InYlläs, Lapland

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    ABOUT THE HOTEL

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    Surrounded by snow-covered slopes and huge stretches of pine forest, the Lapland Hotel Saaga offers up views that are second to none.

    You’ll find it hard to beat the mountain scenery that surrounds the Lapland Hotel Saaga – drift-drenched slopes, frozen lakes and pine forests all put in appearances.

    The hotel’s mountain setting and next-door ski lift gives instant access to hiking, skiing, snowboarding and tobogganing trails. As for the interiors, expect roaring fires, sink-into sofas and wood-panelled walls.

    Holidays here come with our Hotel rep and 24/7 Online service. This means that an English-speaking TUI rep will visit your hotel during your stay, and info and support are available 24/7 via the TUI app.

    You'll find the details of your itinerary below - just remember that all itineraries are subject to minor changes. You can find your final itinerary on the TUI Lapland app two days before you're due to go - just search for TUI Lapland in the App Store or Google Play to download it. If you'd like to book additional experiences, we'd recommend booking these with us - it's just so we can make sure they fit around the included activities such as your meeting with Santa, taster sessions and festive finale.

    • Rooms: 84
    • Lifts: 6
    • Buildings: 3
    • Floors: 5

    Things you'll love

    • Spectacular mountain scenery
    • Wellness suite*
    • Indoor pool*

    Location

    • 4km from Yllásjärvi village and 14km from Äkäslompolo village
    • Nearest ski lift* 50m and main ski lift* just 200m away
    • Kindergarten and ski school 200m away
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    Your Itinerary

    • ARRIVE IN KITTILA

      After landing at Kittila airport, you’ll pick up your thermal clothing before you take the transfer to your hotel in Yllas. Once you’ve arrived, the rest of the day’s yours to suss out your snowy surroundings.

    • SNOW VILLAGE AND SANTA

      There’s lots on the agenda today. First up, you’ll get a big dose of Lappish culture at the snow village. This is the place where you’ll have your husky-sleigh ride taster session before decorating cookies and making Christmas ornaments. Next, you’ll zoom through the snow on a toboggan ride as you make your way to the big event – your meeting with Santa.

    • FREE TIME/FESTIVE FINALE

      Today’s free for you to explore at your own leisure, or book in an extra TUI experience – just make sure you book before you go so you don’t risk missing out. If you’re staying for three nights, you’ll hand your thermal clothing back today before you head to your festive finale this evening, where you’ll tuck into a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings and enjoy a firework display. Meanwhile, those staying for four nights will have a free evening.

    • FLY HOME/FESTIVE FINALE

      For those on a three-night trip, it’s time to head back to the airport ready for your flight home today. Or, if you’ve still got another night left, you’ll have another free day to fit in anything you missed the day before. Search for Yllass for all the options. Later, you’ll hand in your thermal clothing before heading to your festive finale, which will feature a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings and fireworks.

    • FLY HOME

      It’s home time for those staying for four nights today, as you’ll be heading back to the airport ready for your flight home.

    FOOD & DRINK

    Bed and Breakfast

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    • Breakfast
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    • Evening Meal
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    Buffet breakfast.  

    Half Board

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    Buffet breakfast and dinner.  

    Facilities

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    • Buffet restaurant*

      Offering international meals with modern décor that has traditional touches. Children's options are also available.

    • Children's dining*

      In the buffet restaurant.

    • Indoor pool*

      The children's pool* is not far away and there's a pool bar and a whirlpool bath.

    Rooms

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    • 1 Bedroom Apartment with Sauna

      These 1 bedroom apartments come with a cosy and inviting feel. There’s a twin bedroom plus a lounge area with 1 sofa-bed. You’ll have a kitchenette where you can make hot and cold drinks and snacks. And for that extra touch of luxury- there’s a sauna.

    • 2 Bedroom Apartment with Sauna

      These 2 bedroom apartments come with a homely feel throughout. There’s 2 twin bedrooms plus 2 sofa beds in the lounge area. You’ll have a sauna for that touch of luxury. Plus there’s a kitchenette where you can prepare hot and cold food and drinks.

    Great resort
    29 Jan , 2023 Dreamer25483225579, 186338
    We stayed in the Nordic chalets, they were a 5 min walk from the hotel and 5 min walk to the slopes/gondola. Chalet apartments were really nice, well équipe if your staying self catering. Drying cupboard for you wet clothes and a lovely sauna too. Our balcony looked out on to the slopes and hotel and we even saw the northern lights from there too. All in all we had a great stay here, we were half board and the breakfast and dinner was perfect for us, really good food choice for the evening meal, always a meat and fish , salad, soup and lovely little puddings. Fresh bread too and you could could have juice and tea /coffee with your evening meal too. Breakfast was always good too with plenty of choice. We had a few issues when we arrived, mainly due to Crystal ski making an admin error, staff were very good and always available to help. We also went on the visit to the snow village and went out hunting the northern lights by snowmobile which was all arranged for us by our rep Kevin. Lapland safaris we’re amazing too when we went on our trips with them. Skiing was great, lots of lovely wide runs from the top and Lots of choice of runs, it was a shame that a lot of runs weren’t open yet and look to be opening just in time for the February half term which was disappointing. Also the gondola sometimes won’t be open due to high winds. Would definitely return to Yllas and would highly recommend Saaga hotel and chalet apartments.
    Magical stay
    13 Jan , 2023 stuarte526, 186411
    Staying for a week through Ingram’s. Must say I didn’t expect too much but have been really surprised. The hotel is a delight. We have a room on the 3rd floor with a view onto the piste and it’s excellent. Can’t fault the room. Everything works and is functional , clean and quiet. They even have a heated drying cabinet in the bathroom. No tea facilities but we brought our own!. As for dining, both breakfast and evening meals are very good. Not fine dining but good wholesome tasty skiing fare preparing you for the great outdoors. Fab that you also get soft drinks and tea and coffee with meals. Haven’t used the bar because Finland is so expensive but if your tight like me just bring your own alcoholic beverages from the Uk. The ambience of the dinning room is also spot on.(handy tip is the French all seem to eat at 8pm, so if you go at around 7 it’s a lot quieter :) They have a nice big pool with lots of water jets to relax aching muscles and if you like displaying your manhood to others, there’s always the sauna. Skiing is the biggest surprise because the snow is so great although the weather is inclined to reduce viability to next to zero on the slopes. But really, it seems so unique compared to other European resorts it’s a whole new experience. The hotel is more or less ski in - ski out and they have fantastic ski storage facilities. They even have 2 ski waxing tables with irons. Only been on one excursion to have a husky sledge ride (cost over£400 but memories will last forever) and you can walk down to the frozen lake from the hotel but it’s a bit of a hike. Wouldn’t recommend self catering. They haven’t even got a cash machine in the resort area. Plus the foods so nice in the hotel. Would recommend this hotel and I can see why most of the people we spoke to are serial returners.
    Christmas 2022
    28 Dec , 2022 Emma t
    This was our third Christmas at hotel, very comfortable we stayed in the chalets they have everything you could possibly need.....less than 5 min walk to hotel, lovely breakfast and very good bar meals staff are all lovely and very helpful will definitely return
    Brilliant trip
    14 Dec , 2022 saflrb, 191266
    Just returned from our TUI 5 day break and was great, though it's a very small resort byt has plenty to keep you occupied,sledges are free and left outside the hotel fie all couple of restaurants and a pub about 500 metres from the hotel,goddala is in the same area takes you up to the very expensive and busy cafe the trip to ice village was very good but not enough time their the reindeer ride is a waste of £140 each though a lot of people think its a must a good tip don't over pack the suits supplied with boots and socks are excellent
    Hotel Saaga Lapland visit with Tui.
    14 Dec , 2022 Victoria B
    This is a beautiful hotel with stunning restaurants and helpful staff. Small mini market to the side of the ski shop. Easy access to sledging, gondolas, other restaurants and bars. Open fires and lashings of snow. We stayed for 3 nights. Staying within the hotel gives you access to the pool and spa and prebookable gym. The issues I had were we requested a family room, this turned out to be two single beds and a small pull out sofa. The head pieces forming the bed (under pillows) kept falling through, we had to stuff our snow suits under them to stop them falling through several times a night. The single beds were lovely but the pull out bed was rock hard so we ended up having to take the mattress topper from the single bed and make do. The other issue was the pool/spa facilities. Not sure if this is a Finland thing but they were freezing. I’m pretty ok with cool water but it was COLD. Leaves you dithering. Such a shame as the pool is beautiful. My final issue was more to do with the Tui finale feast which was at a different hotel but pick up was 6:50pm and return was 22:10 which is far far far to late for the young children it’s designed for, Especially when some of them had a 6am pick up for their flight the next day. The food was ‘ok’ kind of 6/10 - very very very limited vegetarian options but as I say this wasn’t at Saaga this was part of the Tui finale trip. The tui reps and staff were amazing. Full of enthusiasm. Helpful. My son cried when he realised we wouldn’t see them again. Breakfast was lush in the buffet room at Saaga. The ice hotel holiday village was great. The whole experience. We stuck with the tasters and was happy with that. No need for us personally to pay for extra activities. The other two things to consider - I was lead to believe Yllas was a dark area and great to see the Northern Lights but the ski slope was lit up 24/7 like a Belisha beacon and from the hotel is also in the north direction so it does ruin your chances with light pollution. Finally - driving on the roads - they could teach the British some winter driving lessons for sure. Doing 60mph in a bus without special equipment on the tyres on thick snowy roads certainly isn’t for the faint hearted. Overall very happy.
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    Special Assistance

    We're looking into whether this property is generally suitable for those with reduced mobility. In the meantime, feel free to contact our Assisted Travel team or visit our accessible holidays page if you have any questions.


    Our Assisted Travel number is 01 693 7700. Lines are open Monday to Friday 09.00-19.00, Saturday 09.00-18.00, and Sunday 10.00-17.00. Calls from landlines cost the standard rate, but calls from mobiles may be higher, so please check with your network provider.

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    Discover what makes Lapland Hotel Saaga a great place to stay during your holiday to Yllas. Find out about the facilities, rooms, things to do and read user reviews. Book online with TUI for a great deal today.
    Spectacular mountain scenery Wellness suite* Indoor pool*
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    Map Position: 67.550460502, 24.249401092
    Star Rating: 4
    TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 plus /5 based on 648 customer reviews

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