Santa’s Hotel Tunturi

A unique hotel with an excellent choice of rooms and suites, including the recently added luxury Gielas wing. I love the atmosphere here, backed up by friendly service and great food.
- Attractive and comfortable hotel
- Holiday Club leisure centre approx. 3 minutes’ walk (300m)
- Luxury Gielas wing offering superb family bedrooms, all with private bath/wc, sauna and balcony
- Family suites have private saunas
- Small children’s play area
- Reception lounge area and cosy lounge bar
- FREE use of toboggans
- Hot and cold buffet breakfast
- Half-board option includes excellent 3-course evening meals with choices (sometimes buffet-style), with a special Gala Buffet Dinner on your last night*
I have chosen this hotel for its renowned friendly service and excellent food, and the fact that so many guests come back year after year. Well designed, the hotel features a main central building as its focal point, including the reception, restaurants and bar, where musical entertainment is on offer every evening.
The well established, comfortable accommodation buildings are set in a charming wooded area near the cross-country ski trails, within an easy 2-3 minute walk of the main Tunturi building.
![]() Typical Tunturi Suite |
![]() Hotel Tunturi Geilas Wing |
![]() Typical Geilas Type E |
There is a super range of family rooms and suites available in different shapes and sizes, as follows, and larger apartments with 3 and 5 bedrooms are available on request. Most room types have a private sauna, and whilst all the bedrooms are comfortable, the Family Suites offer that extra bit of space if you want to spread out.
- Type A Bedrooms, sleep 2-4 – with twin beds and a double sofa-bed (suitable for one adult or two children), private en suite shower, wc, satellite TV, telephone, minibar, hairdryer and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities.
*Single room supplement: £26.95 - Type B Family Suites, sleep 3-4 – twin bedroom and a separate lounge with double sofa-bed, sharing private sauna/shower/wc, minibar, hairdryer and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities.
Supplement: 4 Sharing £11.95, 3 Sharing £15.95
- Type C Family Suites, sleep 5-6 – two twin bedrooms and a separate lounge with double sofa-bed, sharing private sauna/shower/wc, further separate wc, minibar, hairdryer and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities. These suites may be on two levels, with an internal staircase with stair-gates.
*Supplement: 6 Sharing £10.50, 5 Sharing £12.95 - The hotel’s impressive new ‘Gielas’ wing, opened in November 2008, provides the highest standards in Saariselkä, and is just 2-3 minutes walk from the main Tunturi building. The Gielas offers spacious and stylish family rooms, plus a small range of boutiques.
- Gielas Type D Family Bedrooms, sleep 2-4 – two single beds and a double sofa-bed, (suitable for one adult or two children), private en suite bath/shower, wc, sauna, balcony, satellite TV, telephone, minibar, hairdryer, and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities.
- Gielas Type E Family Bedrooms, sleep 3-4 – more spacious than a Type D with two single beds and a double sofa-bed, (suitable for one adult or two children), private en suite bath/shower, wc, sauna, balcony, satellite TV, telephone, minibar, hairdryer, and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities.
*Supplement: £7.95 on Gielas basic price
*Room supplements are per person per night.
Santa’s SAVERS
- Save up to £150 per couple of the adult basic holiday price
- FREE half board for children under 6 and half-price for children ages 6-11 – saving up to £53 per child**
- FREE upgradefrom Type A Room to Type D Gielas Room or Type B Family Suite
- FREE use of toboggans
**meal and drink offers apply where minimum 2 adults book half board.
My Special Lapland Check-List
| Items to check | What I offer |
What some other companies offer |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting Santa | Guaranteed Private Family Meeting | In a large group |
| Reindeer sleigh ride | 7-10 minute ride in the snowy woods | A 2-minute 'taster' ride |
| Husky sled-ride | 15-minute ride driving yourselves | 2-minutes around a small loop |
| Snowmobile sleigh-ride | Included for everybody | Not included |
| The resort | The magical, natural spirit of Lapland | Commercialised and busy |
| Places to stay | The best hotels and Christmas cabins | Business hotels |
| Resort helpers | My own helpers and Rangers | Limited help or just agents |
| Child reductions | FREE places and low low prices | Small, token reductions |
| Airport Transfers | Short 25-minute coach-ride | Up to 3 hours in some cases! |


