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outdoor hot tub are great after a day on the slopes. There are apartments, but even standard
rooms, set in separate raised buildings, fit a whole family, with a loft sleeping area and kit-
chenette.
It's considerably cheaper in low season. There's a pub and good restaurant serving buffet
meals as well as upmarket set menus.
Lainio Snow Village
ICE HOTEL
( 040-416-7227;
www.snowvillage.fi
;Lainiotie;s/d/ste €180/240/320; mid-Dec-mid-Apr; )
Between Ylläsjärvi and Kittilä, this ice hotel is built every winter. It's a spectacular com-
plex of buildings including an ice bar in a huge igloo, and sumptuous rooms where you
sleep in heavy-duty sleeping bags atop your icy bed. You can visit the complex for €10/5
per adult/child.
Getting There & Away
During the ski season, a shuttle heads from Kittilä airport to Ylläsjärvi (€21) and
Äkäslompolo (€24). Book at
www.yllasexpress.fi
.
The nearest train station is in Kolari and there are connecting buses to Ylläsjärvi and
Äkäslompolo in the ski season.
KITTILÄ
One of northwestern Lapland's main service centres, Kittilä is the gateway for the ski re-
sorts of Ylläs and Levi. Although Kittilä is the regional centre, Levi is now, in fact, so popu-
lar, that their roles have been effectively reversed. Daily flights operate between Helsinki
and Kittilä, as do winter charters from the UK and elsewhere. The airport is 4km north of
Kittilä. Four to five daily buses run between Rovaniemi and Kittilä (€31.40, two hours). All
continue to Levi.
Levi (Sirkka)
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