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All reviews the river frozen river nice hotel northern lights one night good size snow shoes three nights room was clean and comfortable nice surprise open the window northern hotel aurora hunting the bus enjoyed my stay breakfast buffet tea coffee
Probably, this is one of the most famous hotels in Ivalo. The room is good and clean. Bathrooms are clean but some may find them old and outdated. The hotel has a nice sauna and a pool. Breakfast is excellent with a variety of choices....More
Date of stay: January 2019
Thank The-Jellyfish
Response from ivalohotel, Omistaja at Hotel IvaloResponded 5 days ago
Thank you so much for your review! We truly appreciate all the feedback we receive. We really hope to see you in Hotel Ivalo again!
With kindest regards,
Sari
5 days ago, a customer wrote an opinion (titled TERRIBLE) about her stay for New Year's Eve at Hotel Ivalo and she received a response from the hotel that is not accurate and faithful to reality. That’s why I feel the need to tell the...More
Date of stay: December 2018
Thank Pol L
Response from ivalohotel, Omistaja at Hotel IvaloResponded 5 days ago
Hello! I´m one of the owners of Hotel Ivalo. We are very sorry you feel this way.
I´ve listened to everyone in our staff.
We have told the kitchen staff about your complaint.
About the alcohol.
On our Hotel Director´s order, our staff did take...More
The location of the hotel from the airport was great. The hotel itself was just "ok". I would rate it as a 3 star instead of a 4 star. The hotel hallways looked like a cheap hostel. Not attractive at all. While the hotel had...More
We were a big family group traveling from Spain, Mexico and the US to spend New Year's Eve in Lapland.
After a long day of traveling, the rooms were not ready at 5pm when we arrived at the hotel.
Once we got the chance to...More
Date of stay: December 2018
1 Thank Q2886HIandreal
Response from ivalohotel, Omistaja at Hotel IvaloResponded 1 week ago
First of all we want to sincerely apologize for the water problem.
Last week we had a very rare problem with our water system (as we informed you). We fixed it as soon as possible. We apologize you and all our last week's guests for...More
Wonderfully cosy and rustic place that seems to be popular with the locals, which was great and testament of the quality of the hotel and service that you'd get. There are activities aplenty with the club from Horse Sleigh Riding to our course, Aurora hunting....More
Date of stay: December 2018
Thank DennisLimSY
Response from ivalohotel, Omistaja at Hotel IvaloResponded 2 weeks ago
Thank you for your review! We truly appreciate all the feedback we receive.
Hotel Ivalo is surrounded by Northern Lapland's wilderness and the National Park with its numerous rivers, lakes and fells. From Ivalo you can continue on to Northern Norway, the Arctic Ocean and the North …MoreCape, Hammerfest or the Murmansk region of Russia. The activity service Club Nord provide wintertime experiences such as hunting the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), enjoying the Lappish nature driving with snowmobiles, husky dog safaris, reindeer or horse sleigh rides. In the summertime, activities include trekking, fishing, canoeing and even gold panning. A visit to the reindeer farm may be the highlight of your stay or indeed a visit to the Sami Museum Siida and the Northern Lapland Nature Centre. Less
Hotel class
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Star rating provided by Expedia.
Hotel Amenities
HOTEL FEATURES
Pool
Free Parking
Restaurant
Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)
Bar/Lounge
Breakfast included
Airport Transportation
Banquet Room
Breakfast Available
Children Activities (Kid / Family Friendly)
Concierge
Conference Facilities
Heated pool
Hot Tub
Indoor pool
Meeting Rooms
Multilingual Staff
Non-Smoking Hotel
Sauna
Beachfront
Room Service
Spa
Fitness Centre with Gym / Workout Room
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Room types
Suites, Non-Smoking Rooms, Family Rooms, Accessible rooms
Hotel class
Star ratings indicate the general level of features and amenities to expect. They are provided to TripAdvisor by third-party partners such as Expedia and Giata.
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Awards & Recognition
Certificate of Excellence
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Certificate of Excellence
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Room types
Suites, Non-Smoking Rooms, Family Rooms, Accessible rooms
Number of rooms
94
Price range
US$111 - US$234 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
Location
Finland > Lapland > Ivalo
Hotel class
Star ratings indicate the general level of features and amenities to expect. They are provided to TripAdvisor by third-party partners such as Expedia and Giata.
Star rating provided by Expedia.
Awards & Recognition
Certificate of Excellence
What is Certificate of Excellence?
TripAdvisor gives a Certificate of Excellence to accommodations, attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travellers.
Certificate of Excellence
What is Certificate of Excellence?
TripAdvisor gives a Certificate of Excellence to accommodations, attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travellers.
Room types
Suites, Non-Smoking Rooms, Family Rooms, Accessible rooms
Number of rooms
94
Price range
US$111 - US$234 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
I have no glass ball to predict the aurora borealis...
You definitely need a clear and starry night, but even then...
You can find more information on the site of the Finnish Meteorological Institute... More
I have no glass ball to predict the aurora borealis...
You definitely need a clear and starry night, but even then...
You can find more information on the site of the Finnish Meteorological Institute: en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi
Here is already some information from the Institute:
There is two kind of Northern lights prediction: statistical and real-time ones. The former are based on a large amount of observations of Northern lights at different latitudes during several years. From these statistics we can say what is the probability of the occurrence of Northern lights during the course of year.
According to the statistics compiled by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, four nights out of five are illuminated by Northern lights in Northern Lapland (Kilpisjärvi-Utsjoki area) providing that the sky is free enough from clouds. On the coast of the Arctic Ocean in North Norway (e.g. in Tromsö) one can see Northern lights almost every night. Even in South Finland, say Helsinki, one can see them but much more seldom; in Helsinki only one night out of 20.
The latter predictions are based on a space-weather monitoring system either by ground-based devices or satellites watching the space-weather conditions around the Earth. When the monitoring devices (e.g., magnetometers or particle detectors in a satellite) show certain deviations from the normal situation, one can expect that a space weather storm is approaching in a few hours.
The skill of real-time predictions is, unfortunately, rather low; we cannot make predictions for several days like forecasting normal weather. The reason for this shortcoming is that we do not fully understand the complicated processes, starting from the Sun and ending in the near-space of the Earth, involved in the cosmic ignition of the Northern lights. Therefore, more space-research is needed for better forecasts.
