Hotels Noord-Lapland

We have visited Levi twice now, so I feel we can recommend K5 with some authority. Rooms are very spacious and the kids loved the outlook to the reindeer in the grounds below. Importantly to a mother of two young children, there is good separation of sleeping areas, a drying cupboard, self-laundry facilities and a great restaurant.

It was OK. I had the "family room" which sleeps 4 in two twin beds and a bunk-bed. The room had a kitchenette with small refrigerator – which was very convenient. The Hotel is located very close to the ski slopes as well as to the town of Levi. The breakfast was adequate and the staff was helpful almost all the time. The one down side was the Spa's stipulation that men wear bathing trunks made out of "Speedo" material in the swimming pool areas – which did look very cool. I showed up with my Myrtle Beach swim trunks - which have a liner - and was told by the lifeguard (who was wearing a swimsuit very similar to mine) that I could not enter because my trunks had to be made of "Speedo" material. He did mention that I could rent appropriate trunks or buy one at the hotel store…but, not being an olympic swimmer, I thought it best to avoid that inappropriate Speedo look that we have all seen. So, I opted out and simply went skiing. Yeah…me in a Speedo…I don't think so. And renting a Speedo…yeah, again…I don't think so…that's just gross. I suppose I could have bought one - but spending a lot of cash to embarrass myself in a one-off swimming experience isn't going to happen. So, I headed to the slopes. So, if you do go to the pool/Spa, bring an appropriate suit or be prepared to buy one at Finnish prices!

On arrival we found that we had rooms next to each other, as requested. In our excitement we opened the balcony door in 1 room only to find we couldn't close it again! Reception came to look straight away, and when they couldn't fix it they gave us the choice of moving both rooms, so we could still have two rooms together, which worked best for us. The rooms are fairly functional but clean, a good size and the beds were comfortable. The rooms were cleaned daily and towels changed when left on the floor. The reception staff were very helpful, even down to advising the likelihood of seeing the Northern Lights, which we did on one of our four nights. Lapland Safaris have a base in the hotel. I pre-booked our trips with them via email while in the UK, and added more by visiting them on the ground floor, and the clothes/equipment hire was also on the ground floor, so we just had to walk from the hotel rooms to collect our thermal clothes without needing to go outside. Breakfast was a self-service buffet with plenty of choice and slight variations from day-to-day. The bar and restaurant staff were a little less friendly and quite slow, I would have to say their service was variable but it didn't put us off eating there again. Riekonlinna is near the toboggan run and close to the start of the cross-country and snow-shoe trails. I would probably stay here again for the convenience, comfort and quiet ambience.

Nice hotel in the middle of pure forest, excellent breakfast, easy access 20min fron ivl, helpful staff, all needs covered! Had 2 nights, but i enjoy it that much that had a 3rd one!

Beautiful location, comfortable rooms and bathrooms.