This was the most magical trip! Details and tips:
📍Rovaniemi, Finland - we took a redeye into Helsinki and took a short morning plane ride from there straight into Finnish Lapland. You can also take an overnight themed train called the Santa Claus Express.
❄️ @apukkaresort - we stayed at this kid-friendly resort in a glass igloo and it was absolutely magical. (Not sponsored)
🛷All of our activities happened at the resort, including reindeer sleigh rides, dog sledding, mini snowmobiles, Aurora borealis viewing, and sauna-ing!
🍲 We ate every meal at the incredible restaurants onsite at Apukka, full of local and foraged ingredients. The food was AMAZING.
🧤We stocked up on wool base layers and down outerwear before our trip, but the resort also has an onsite outfitter to borrow winter gear and clothing from.
📆Our trip was in late November (we skipped Thanksgiving). There was snow on the ground but not much and it had just begun snowing a week prior. The temperature did not drop below 0 Fahrenheit during our stay and mostly hovered in the 20s.
💜 The Aurora Borealis was out in full force and we saw an AMAZING display! Though our toddler was not as into it as we were, and it was an 8-11PM activity. But we thought it was worth it!
🎅One thing we didn’t do on this trip? Anything Santa related. Rovaniemi is the home of Santa Claus and we had ample opportunity for Santa magic , it’s just not really our thing at this point! If your kiddo is into Santa, add a Santa meeting to your itinerary. (We did visit Santa Village and it was not for us.)
Was this trip kid friendly? YES! From the play area onsite to the inclusive, kid-friendly activities, this was a fantastic kid-friendly adventure trip. There were tons of kiddos onsite (though most of them were older than 2 😅) and the resort was super kid-inclusive, down to the tiny snowsuits and warm winter gear at their onsite outfitter.
Highly recommend taking this trip and staying at Apukka! We watched
See ya next time, Paris 🇫🇷🥖
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Hey there! We’re Lia & Jeremy. We created Practical Wanderlust in 2016, just before throwing all of our stuff in storage and embarking on a year-long honeymoon.
