Luxury holidays in Finland
Ride with huskies through snowy birch forest in Lapland and watch for the aurora from a glass-roofed cabin. Give us your winter dates and we book the lodges, guides and flights north.
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Finland
8 days · 7 nights
Helsinki → Porvoo → Rovaniemi → Swedish Lapland → Stockholm
You start in Helsinki and medieval Porvoo, then fly north to Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle. Three days of reindeer sleighs, snowmobiles and farm visits lead across the border into Swedish Lapland. You finish in Stockholm with its old town and Christmas market.
Step out of a wood-fired sauna into the snow, or straight into a hole cut in a frozen lake, and you understand Finland quickly. Sauna sits at the centre of life here, and the tradition is on UNESCO's list of intangible heritage. In Lapland the winter nights are long and quiet, and a glass-roofed cabin lets you watch for the Northern Lights without leaving your bed.
Days in the north are spent behind a team of huskies or on a snowmobile through birch and pine, with reindeer farms and frozen rivers along the way. Helsinki makes a fine start or finish, a harbour city of design shops, Nordic restaurants and islands reached by ferry. In summer the light barely fades, and the Lakeland fills with swimmers and berry pickers.
Lapland outings your travel expert can add to your trip, each with a local guide.
Ride calm, well-schooled Finn horses through snow-laden pine forest near Levi. It is a gentle, quiet way to see the Arctic woods.
Zip into a dry rescue suit and float on an Arctic lake under the stars. On a clear night, the Northern Lights may appear overhead.
Take a private snowmobile safari through frozen forest and along iced-over rivers, watching the sky as you go. The night ends with a hot drink by a campfire.
Board a pressurised aircraft that flies above the weather, on a route planned around the aurora forecast. It gives you a far better chance of a clear view.
Most trips pair a night or two in the capital with a longer stay above the Arctic Circle.
A harbour city of white cathedrals and design shops, with the island fortress of Suomenlinna a short ferry ride away.
Lapland's capital on the Arctic Circle and the fells of Levi, with husky sledding, reindeer farms and northern lights.
The aurora season runs through the winter months, while June and July bring light through the night.
Deep snow, husky rides and dark skies for the northern lights.
Longer days, crisp snow and strong aurora chances.
Bright snowy days, still dark enough at night for the aurora.
Snow melting in the south, the aurora season ending.
Spring thaw in Lapland, light nights in Helsinki.
Midnight sun in Lapland and midsummer celebrations.
Warmest month, long light evenings by the lakes.
Warm days in Helsinki, berries ripening in the forests.
Autumn colour in Lapland and the aurora season returns.
Darker nights, wet and cool before the snow.
First snow in the north, very short days.
Christmas in Rovaniemi, snow and the northern lights.
Helsinki has non-stop flights from across Europe, Asia and the Gulf, then a short flight takes you up to Rovaniemi or Kittilä.
Tromsø and the fjords sit just over the border, and many winter trips cross it.
The fjords of Geiranger and Flåm, and the Lofoten Islands.
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