Lapland Hotels Luostotunturi & Amethyst Spa

We loved staying here in one of the log cabins! Very accommodating staff with lots of facilities. Restaurants and breakfast were wonderful and loved exploring the surrounding area. Only downsides would be the spa area - water very cold small pool more ideal for children than adults. Also the hotel charges entry for music / club nights which is discouraging.

The hotel and log cabin was nice enough - quite basic but the bistro food and wine was nice. However for anyone looking to book for a Lapland family holiday via TUI I would consider a different destination. This is in the middle of nowhere and unless you want to book daily excursions for £400-500 a go there is nothing to do except sledge. No biscuits with Mrs clause, no elf school, no ice bar, no skiing availability, no bars…. TUI are trying to push 1000s of customers through in a 5 week period and completely taking advantage of customers by labelling this trip “Lapland.” You get to see Santa the first morning you will then be left to your own devices for 2.5 days (unless paying for an excursion) until they make you get up ridiculously early on the final morning to squeeze in a trip to Santa village for a fleeting hour on the way to the airport. Also for anyone looking at log cabins be aware they aren’t in the immediate vicinity of the hotel but more spread out like a centre parcs…. So for breakfast or any other trip to the main hotel, you need to put your entire snowsuits on for the 1000+ step walk. Also be prepared that you will be dropped off in a foot of snow in the middle of the log cabins and told to “find your own cabin” dragging 3 suitcases, 2 young children, and 2 bags of snowsuits/ boots. It was a freezing 10+min walk with no gloves in our trainers. And on return you need to get to your meeting point - the advice was find a sledge to drag your cases through the snow. We had a lovely time - and boy did we pay a small fortune for it but it should have been so much better and I believe it would have been had we gone to a different destination. I truly don’t understand why Tui are using this as a Lapland destination - but then again they won’t be relying on return customers (you only do Lapland once)!

Canterbury Travel are keeping the magic of Christmas! We flew with Jet2, faultless, from Gatwick. A coach drive from the airport and we arrived in our log cabin in the Luosto resort. It’s warm, well appointed and while a bit small, it worked for our family of four. Snow outside is a foot deep. -19 today but in the one piece outfits they provide including boots, we are toast ! Great food and lots of it. Booze is not cheap, however. And then there are Elves! They’ve provided energy, fun and laughter, keeping the Magic for our two little ones. Well done Canterbury and Luosto. I cannot recommend highly enough. PS, they accommodated our ASD child with care and understanding.