Hotels, glass igloos and log cabins in Pyhä and Luosto, two fell villages 25 km apart in Eastern Lapland, and how to get there from Rovaniemi airport.
Two fell villages 25 km apart in Eastern Lapland, at either end of Pyhä-Luosto National Park, each with its own ski slopes.
Isokuru, the largest gorge in the park, is 220 m deep. A 17-metre waterfall drops into the clear Pyhänkasteenlampi pond, 12 m deep; swimming in the pond and approaching the falls are prohibited.
One of the few gem mines in the world open to visitors, about 5 km from Luosto, and every visitor digs an amethyst of their own. Winter tours run from 1 November 2026 to 18 April 2027; from the Ukko-Luosto car park a tour costs €78 per adult, with the mine’s own transport, as private cars are not allowed.
Pyhä has 15 slopes, 9 lifts and a 280 m vertical drop; Luosto has 10 slopes and 4 lifts. Pyhä aims to open on 20 November 2026 and Luosto on 28 November.
Luosto has its own aurora sensor with a free real-time alert, and a camera on top of Luosto fell streams the sky around the clock.
On the south-west side of Ukko-Luosto and Lampivaara the forest has never been felled, and the trees are up to 400 years old.
Noitatunturi rises to 540 m and Ukko-Luosto to 514 m, the highest tops of the chain.
A car-free ski village in Kuusamo, just south of Lapland.
The airport for Pyhä and Luosto, about 115 km away.
Fell village further north, by Urho Kekkonen National Park.
In the heart of Pyhä: 46 double rooms, five superior rooms and one panorama room; breakfast, sauna and gym are included.
Rooms with an igloo-like glass ceiling in the centre of the ski resort, each with its own entrance from outside.
Some cabins have a glass roof right above the bed; sauna, hot tub, and transfers from Rovaniemi airport.
On the shore of Lake Pyhäjärvi next to the national park; its Aamu Suites sleep one to four.
17 suites in the main lodge beside Lake Pyhäjärvi, heated with geothermal energy from the lake.
Hotel rooms and apartments in seven sizes, near the slopes and the national park.
In Luosto’s log village next to the national park: hotel rooms, apartments and log cabins, and the Amethyst Spa.
Every hotel room has a private sauna, and ten glass igloos joined to the hotel each have an aurora alert.
Browse hotels and apartments in Pyhä on Sembo.
Browse hotels and cabins in Luosto on Sembo.
Rovaniemi is about 115 km from Luosto and, via Kemijärvi, about 130 km from Pyhä.
From Rovaniemi airport, railway station and bus station: four departures a day in winter, two in summer.
From Helsinki; buses run from Kemijärvi station to Pyhä, about 47 km.
25 km on road 962, and a bus runs between Pyhä and Luosto.
Rooms and igloos with glass roofs in both villages, for watching the sky from bed.
Fell hotels in the village centres, close to the slopes and the national park trails.
Log cabins and apartments in Luosto’s log village and around the slopes of Pyhä.
Lakeside resorts on Lake Pyhäjärvi, at the foot of Pyhä.