Skyra Retreat
Rovaniemi, Finland
★ Verified by our editors · September 2026
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The verdict
Fifteen rooms by a lake, twenty minutes from Rovaniemi airport but deep enough in the forest to feel like the end of the road. Finnish design inside, a Nordic spa outside where the evening goes sauna, cold plunge and fire, and the northern lights overhead on clear nights. New to the Guide's selection with one MICHELIN Key.
A short, comfortable Lapland winter: the aurora, a sauna and husky or snowshoe days.
You want a big resort with ski slopes: this is a small retreat in the forest.
Do the sauna and cold-plunge circuit at dusk, then stay by the fire outside and wait for the sky.
The rooms
Fifteen rooms and suites in warm wood and pale fabrics, some with freestanding baths.
The setting
In the forest by a lake outside Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland, twenty minutes from the airport.
The food
A restaurant cooking with Lapland produce.
Getting there
Rovaniemi has direct winter flights from many European cities and a night train from Helsinki; the retreat is twenty minutes from the airport.
Good to know
Winter excursions — huskies, reindeer, snowshoes, aurora hunts — are arranged by the house, and summer brings the midnight sun.
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