Lapland Hotels Pallas

Drive to hotel and restaurant was beautiful. The service and food were Finnish and incredible. A wonderful surprise. Gift shop also a pleasant surprise. A real shout out to our waitress. She was friendly, knowledgable and a pleasant to talk with. Pleasant surprise to see reindeers on drive down.

Lapland Hotel Pallas is a traditional Lappish hotel for hiking, mountain biking, skiing and cross-country skiing. This log hotel was built in 1948 and it is situated between several fells in the end of the road in Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. It is easy to come here also by public transport. I took a night train from Helsinki to Kolari and then a train connection bus from Kolari railway station to Lapland Hotel Pallas.||Nature, views and clearly marked hiking trails (both short and long) are the best part of this hotel. Reindeer are wandering around the hotel. Hiking trails (and cross-country skiing tracks in winter) start from the corner of the hotel. I especially loved hiking to Palkaskero, Pallaskero, Taivaskero and Laukukero. I will write more specific hiking recommendations in a separate review of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. The reception and the front door are closed after 11 p.m. So if you want to have a night hike under the midnight sun (as I did) you have to ring a doorbell or call and a night shift worker will open the door for you. ||The breakfast buffet was more than excellent. It included all normal items but also many local specialties, e.g. spruce shoot fruitie, lingonberry vanilla smoothie, reindeer live pate, beetroot hummus, dried cranberries, bilberry-blackberry powder, spruce tip powder and apple-cloudberry jam. There was a waffle station there, too, and you could make your own waffles there. Actually the restaurant of the hotel is one of the best restaurants in Lapland for dining. I will write a separate restaurant review of it.||The weak part of this hotel is condition of the rooms. They are quite cozy but past and threadbare. Cleaning seems to be good but you see dents and other traces of use everywhere. Besides, my bathroom was very small and there wasn't any separate bidet shower there. I could hear water flowing in pipelines but otherwise my sleep quality was very good. A ventilation window with an insect nest was good. This hotel is very down-to-earth. You can stay here without any big problems and you can enjoy your stay very much but don't expect any luxury room. You may be disappointed if you have visited Lapland Hotels in big cities (Helsinki, Oulu, Kuopio, Tampere) earlier. They are extremely stylish and rooms are in good condition there. However, Lapland Hotel Pallas may also be a paradise if you don't expect too much.

We went as part of a Christmas TUI trip while the hotel is 'Snowy Wilderness Lodge' and I have no negatives at all about this hotel.|This is our 2nd trip here (not our last!) this hotel is a home from home, warm, cosey, family feel. Staff that work at the hotel are friendly and welcoming. Rooms are basic but comfy and everything you need. If you're second guessing, just book, I've already proved for next year!!!

Had a delicious dinner. Cozy setting, magnificent views over the fells. Portions were a bit on the small side but the food itself was exquisite.

The Hotel snowy wilderness is set in a magical location, but that's as good as it gets. The hotel is basic which we were expecting, but the main hotel was so cold. |We has adjoining rooms, with 1 room had luke warm water, the other stank of raw sewage. We were told to run a tap.||The taster session were very short, and blood around the Huskies. The Snowmobile was a sledge pull only.||We booked Snowmobile where my grandson got hyperthermia. No extra blankets no thermal wraps. We were sledge back to starting point. The boots don't all have tie tops, which let's the snow in. Please think if taking small children it was -30.||There was no hand sainitiser children touching the food, which lead to the sickness bug. So we lost a day and half of a 3 day holiday. ||The food is awful, although buffet there is only 1 children's choice. We ate very little.||The flight out we were told our 11 year granddaughter had to wait and if there was enough books she would get 1. They know how many childrens seats have been booked. No water in one of the planes toilet, and I started to take ill on the plane. Spent 5 days in bed.||What was an expensive once in a lifetime time holiday just wants to make me cry. We had waited over a year for this trip. Never again.

Start to finish the trip is amazing we are on the third day the food is ok the staff can’t do enough the people are lovely would definitely recommend a visit. It’s beautiful scenery we are off shortly on the husky ride and then finish off with festivities tomorrow definitely a bucket list entry. The reps from TUI all go out of they’re way too make it an experience

A place for serious skiers. Not fancy - which is great at least to me myself. Artisan-type breakfast and a la carte!

Lovely old hotel with reindeer skin furniture. Restaurant has very good food! Breakfast is amazing with reindeer sausage, great bread, and lots of quark and berries. Rooms are fine, but no way to control temperature.