Lapland Hotels Bear´s Lodge

Booked through TUI. Value for money. No safe in room! Food ltd options for veggies. Rooms basic but clean. Only one tv channel in English (American news), I forgot to take my fire stick to watch Christmas films!! Bar area very small but was so tired come the evening we hardly used it. Nice open fireplace. Location perfect if you want to be remote Frozen lake surrounded by woods. Pure Narnia! No light pollution so saw the aurora from there on first night. There are a couple of hills which people sledged on. They only had bum boards though so take your own sledge. The kids club in the afternoon provided sledges but then packed them away. Staff friendly and couldn’t do enough for you. Checking in took ages but then it was a coach load in one hit. I can’t comment on kids clubs but the adult evening entertainment was disappointing. It was just a quiz and everything was finished by 8pm and only a handful of people stayed. The festival finale pantomime was 2 reps singing!! They were good singers but wasn’t what I’d call a pantomime. We wouldn’t have stayed up much later as exhausted but a little more adult entertainment would have been good! Laplands for big kids too Would definitely return as the positives definitely out way the negatives. Don’t let bad reviews put you off, it really is a magical place. I didn’t give 5 stars due to evening entertainment. I would have taken off another star for no safes in rooms but in hindsight I should have checked if they kept belongings in hotel safe. €100 each way to Santa Claus village. Which was about a 20-30min drive. I booked a taxi and asked them leave a note that I was happy to share if anyone wants to. Someone else had done the same so that halved our cost. People always happy to share. You’ll have an amazing time at winter wonderland

We visited here 6 years ago and loved it but came back this Christmas so that our 4 year old son could experience this magical place and it did not disappoint. We travelled with TUI both times and felt the overall organisation was much better this time. We stayed on one of the lodges the hotel had to offer and it was incredible. There was a separate sleeping area upstairs for our children, a jacuzzi tub and sauna in the bathroom, a log fire, a private balcony and best of all, separate sleds for our kids to use! I didn't realise that there was a full kitchen area in the lodge which included, kettle, filter coffee maker, microwave, hobs and all the utensils you need. We stayed half board so had breakfast and dinner each day and the food was excellent with plenty of choice for adults and children. All of the staff we really good with our kids and couldn't do anymore to help us during our stay. We had a great time experiencing the TUI and elves extras including, winter Olympics and the kids club in the evening. If you are thinking of visiting this place please do, you will not regret it.