Ylläsrinne Cabins (Santa Breaks), Yllas, Finland / Lapland

Dotted around the pretty village of Ylläsrinne amongst the snowy trees, the charming Ylläsrinne Cabins are a wonderful way to experience Lapland. The remote village allows you to fully relax and unwind, where you'll have plenty of space to play in the snow and enjoy the natural beauty of the untouched landscape.

Fantastic for families, large or small

These Ylläsrinne cabins are the ideal base for a Santa Break. The smaller chocolate-box cabins are perfect for small families whilst the bigger detached cabins are well suited to larger groups - so there'll be lots of opportunities for quality time and fun together. And when you're not out searching for Santa or exploring Lapland on one of our exciting excursions, you can look forward to getting back to your cabin to cosy up by the fire or relaxing in a sauna.

Specially selected cabins

These cabins are full of charm and character, each of the cabins are indiviually owned and furnished in a cosy Finnish style. The traditional Finnish cabins are dotted around the wintery woodland of Ylläsrinne. You'll get to experience the remote winter wonderland of Lapland first hand, whilst being within walking distance of the Ylläsrinne Hotel, the meeting point for your excursions and safaris.

Food and drink

During your stay, you'll have half-board meals at the nearby Ylläsrinne Hotel. Depending on your cabin's location, the walk to the hotel can take up to twenty minutes through the snowy wooded areas and along the lit paths. The food at the hotel is typically served buffet style, so you can enjoy a tasty breakfast with a range of sweet and savoury options before heading out on an arctic adventure. When you return for dinner you can enjoy a starter buffet with a range of salads and soup, a choice of main - usually one vegetarian option and one meat or fish option, and a choice of dessert. You can cosy up in the lounge with a game of cards, or head up to the aurora room with a drink - keep an eye out for the magical northern lights, they may make an appearance during your stay!

Reindeer café walk

Guests staying at the Ylläsrinne Cabins can enjoy a free guided walk through the enchanting snowy forests to a secret reindeer viewing spot. You have the opportunity to get up close and learn all about these amazing animals. There's a cosy café nearby where you can warm up with a hot drink and a freshly baked traditional munkki (a Finnish doughnut) in front of a roaring fire. If you're feeling adventurous, whizz down the specially built sledging hill or grill sausages in a traditional laavu (open fire).

All walks are subject to availability, weather conditions and maximum numbers. As most activities take place outdoors in Arctic conditions, they are not all suitable for babies and very young children. Exact details and timings will be provided locally.

Added value

Private meeting with Santa included for every family, with a gift for each child

Festive Feast - an evening for festive food, music & games included

Thermal suits & boots included (aged 3+ years)

Excursions

Add even more magic to your 3, 4, or 7-night holiday! Along with your included visit to Santa, Festive Feast, and thermal clothing, you can personalise your Santa Break with exciting optional excursions and pre-bookable activities. We now allocate a date and time of day for any excursions booked. So, there's no more wondering when your activities will take place.

Combined 2km Husky & 1km Reindeer Safari (excludes Ylläsrinne)

An animal lover’s dream and a great value excursion that makes the most of your valuable holiday time. Meet some of Santa's reindeer deep in their silent forest hideaway. Learn about their way of life from colourful local Sámi herders and enjoy a romantic reindeer sleigh ride for 1km across the snowy landscape. Warm up in the Kota with hot berry juice and biscuits. Next it’s time to visit the huskies in their nearby cosy wilderness home. Learn about their way of life while huddled around a campfire inside a traditional Lappish Kota hut. Visit the huskies and enjoy a 2km dog-sled ride through the sparkling winter landscape.

Total excursion duration approx. 2½hrs.

Husky Safari (Ylläsrinne only)

Take a 5km husky safari through the beautiful snow covered woodland. You’ll have the chance to learn all about the dogs and how to drive the sleds yourself. A great experience for the whole family! Warm up after around the crackling fire with hot berry juice and biscuits.

Total excursion duration approx. 2½hrs

Snowmobile Safari

Experience an exhilarating 25km ride through beautiful scenery, snow-laden forests and frozen lakes. Snowmobiles are fun and easy to ride on your own or sharing with a passenger. Children either share with an adult (over 11 years and 140cm only) or are towed in a sleigh or pod behind the guide.

Total excursion duration approx 2½hrs.

Ski Taster Package

(For 4 & 7 night complete beginner guests only)

An opportunity for guests who have never skied before to try the wonderful world of skiing. Conditions are ideal for learning to ski with empty slopes and friendly English speaking instructors.

Ski tuition for 1½ hours

Skis & boots hire all day

Free use of beginner lifts all day

Please note:

Ski Taster Package is for guests 6yrs or older. Guests must make their own way to the ski resort for the Ski Taster on the local ski bus (payable locally). We act as at all times as the selling agent for the supplier of excursions and activities. Times and durations are approximate and may vary due to weather conditions. Ylläsrinne guests can book onto the ski taster locally.

Husky and Reindeer Safaris: Exclude Ylläsrinne guests. Times and distances are approximate and may vary due to weather conditions. Safari child age 4-12yrs. Children 0-3yrs free (transport must be pre-booked). In Ylläs customers will drive the husky sled themselves, where as in Levi customers will be driven.

Snowmobile Safaris: Times and distances are approximate and may vary due to weather conditions. Snowmobile Safari child age 4-10yrs and will be towed behind the guide in a sleigh or pod. Children must be aged 11 yrs or above and at least 140cm tall to ride as a passenger on a snowmobile. Snowmobile drivers must be 18yrs and bring a full, photographic driver's licence with them. Single riders who have purchased a sharing snowmobile may need to upgrade locally to a single driving snowmobile, if a sharing snowmobile is not available.

Unless stated otherwise, excursion days and time of day (morning, afternoon, or evening) are as shown on your invoice.

Exact excursion timings will be confirmed upon arrival in resort.

Some excursions may have flexible scheduling. Where this is the case, your invoice will state: "The actual time and day of your excursion will be confirmed locally and may differ from your invoice and voucher." Our resort team will then advise you on arrival.

Excursion days and times are subject to change. While we will do our best to provide advance notice, some adjustments may be necessary. Our Excursion Coordinator and Destination Experts will be available in the resort to assist with any changes.

Times and distances are approximate and may vary due to weather and other conditions. In extremely cold temperatures or bad weather conditions excursions may be cancelled at late notice.

Prices and supplements are correct at time of publishing but may vary up or down. Correct prices will be advised at the time of booking.

Travel insurance is a condition of booking with us, and you should ensure that your chosen policy covers the activities that you plan to take part in during your holiday. Your policy should provide cover for your own personal and medical expenses, however individual policies will not cover damage to snowmobiles or skidoos and a compulsory excess will be payable directly to the supplier of the snowmobile/skidoo excursion.

The Ylläsrinne Cabins are well equipped and have everything you need for a comfortable stay in Ylläsrinne. The Ylläsrinne Hotel has a range of facilities which are available to guests staying in the cabins.

• Reception (24/7)
• Breakfast and dinner are served in the hotel. Lunch is available from 12pm-2pm (pay locally)
• Bar
• Small selection of snacks and gifts are available to purchase in the reception area
• Lounge area with games
• Aurora room
• On-site thermal shop (suits and boots are included for Santa Break guests)
• Gym and sauna (pay locally)
• Firewood, linen, towels and final clean included.

You can enjoy a stress-free holiday when staying in one of these Ylläsrinne cabins as the cabins include a half-board basis, with breakfast and dinner enjoyed at the Ylläsrinne Hotel.

Each morning you can fuel up for the day at the breakfast buffet with a range of sweet and savoury options, often including pastries, biscuits, yogurt, fruit, pancakes, bread, eggs, bacon or sausages.

For dinner you'll enjoy a three course evening meal, which may be served buffet style or have the main course served to your table. To start you can enjoy a warming bowl of soup or a salad bowl from the buffet, you'll then have a choice of main (one vegetarian option and one meat or fish option), and to end your meal a tasty dessert is available from the buffet.

You'll also have the option to have lunch at the Ylläsrinne Hotel for a local fee. A range of drinks and snacks are available from the bar throughout the day (pay locally).

A Festive Feast, a Christmas celebration meal with games and music, is included on the final night of your holiday. Please note that the Festive Feast will replace your last half-board dinner.

Board basis options available

• Half Board

This property caters for the following special dietary requirements

• Vegetarians

Please inform us of any dietary restrictions at the time of booking. Allergies and intolerances not listed above cannot be catered for. All allergies and intolerances, even if listed above, are subject to confirmation by the accommodation.

We've handpicked these 13 cabins for their unique charm and furnishings. Dotted around the grounds of the Ylläsrinne Hotel, the cabins can range from 150 to 1000 metres away from the hotel.

As a minimum, all cabins have a well equipped kitchen with a fridge, oven, microwave and kettle. They all have a sauna to warm up in after exploring the great outdoors, plus one linen and towel set is included, per person per week.

Please note that the steps to the mezzanines are steep and mezzanine ceilings are low or sloping.

Kissalanminttu 1 , 2, 3 & 4 sleep one to four people and are about 38m². Each cabin has one double bedroom with an additional single bunk above, plus a single sofa bed in the living room. There is also one bathroom WC with wet room style shower and a drying closet. These cabins are semi-detached and sit side by side, located about 1000 metres from the Ylläsrinne Hotel.

Villa Lumi 1, 2, 3 & 4 sleep one to four people and are about 50m². These cabins have one small double bedroom in an alcove which is separated from the living room by a curtain, and a mezzanine with two single beds. Each cabin has one bathroom with a wet room style shower, WC and sauna. Cabin 3 is semi-detached and cabin 2 is adjacent, both are located about 600 metres from the Ylläsrinne Hotel.

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Karpalo sleeps two to five people and is about 44m². This semi-detached cabin has one twin bedroom, plus one single and one double mattress bed on the mezzanine - accessible by a wooden ladder. There is one bathroom with a wet room style shower, WC and sauna. This cabin is around 500 metres to the Ylläsrinne Hotel.

Villa Ylläs A& B sleep two to six people and are around 55m². Villa Ylläs A has two twin bedrooms, Villa Ylläs B has one double bedroom and one twin bedroom and both cabins have two single beds in the mezzanine (suitable for children aged 8-14 years only). There is one bathroom WC with shower. These cabins are semi-detached and sit side by side, located about 500 metres from the Ylläsrinne Hotel.

Hotellintie 2B (Mökkelö) sleeps two to six people and is about 55m². This cabin has one double bedroom and one twin bedroom plus 2 single beds in the mezzanine (suitable for children aged 8-14 years only). There is one bathroom WC with a shower. This cabin is semi-detached and located about 300 metres from the Ylläsrinne Hotel.

Aukun Maja sleeps four to ten people and is 147m². This cabin has three double bedrooms, all with single bunk above and single sofa bed in the living room. There is a large living room on the ground floor with dining area. Upstairs there is another large dining area and kitchen, a separate WC and one bathroom WC with a shower and a drying closet. This cabin is detached and is about 1000 metres from the Ylläsrinne Hotel.

Palovartjian Maja sleeps three to seven people and is around 52m². The cabin has two bedrooms: one double bedroom and one bunk bed room with an additional single bed beside the bunks, plus a double bed on the mezzanine. There's a cosy open plan living space and one bathroom with a shower, WC and sauna. This is a semi-detached cabin, about a 100 metres from the Hotel Ylläsrinne.

• Lift accessible: No
• Lift serves all floors: No
• Access ramp: No

These cabins are not suitable for guests with limited mobility or wheelchair users. Guests will need to walk outside to reach the Ylläsrinne Hotel which is the main reception building, meeting point for excursions, and where half-board meals are taken.