Meet the real Santa Claus in Finland!

Would you like to meet the real and only Santa Claus himself? It’s true, yes, resident in the enchanted and snowy atmosphere of Finnish Lapland, exactly in the secret area of ​​Korvatunturi.

By then deciding to move his Post Offices to the more famous city of Rovaniemi, Santa Claus was able to settle down in his village, that of ‘Santa Claus’, meet tourists and Finns all year round, answer letters and questions, wishing him a happy Christmas, especially originally Finnish.

In this nation, the Christmas tradition of the Christmas tree began to spread in the early 1800s. The local inhabitants decided to use the Christmas tree as a symbol of this period which contains traditions and legends, and then spread this culture up to the present day and in other parts of the world.

Wouldn’t this be a valid reason to visit the magical region of Lapland, immersed in the silence of the forests, surrounded by snow, in a country that has more than 180,000 lakes or discover the Northern Lights in the middle of uncontaminated nature?

To appreciate and respect this typical eco-system, increasingly ‘sustainable’ resorts are being designed, in direct contact with nature, as is already the case with the recent ‘Santa Claus Village’ in Rovaniemi. Not only that, even in other more characteristic places, isolated and unknown to tourists, we want to make the most of the territory and its many resources.

Igloos, wooden houses, eco-sustainable ice hotels offer the possibility of directly admiring the landscape from fully glazed rooms or even suspended from the ground, more or less heated depending on the tourist’s desire to truly experience the area in its different seasons.

Furthermore, there are many recreational and relaxation activities offered: from the sauna to the ski safari, from snowshoe walks to sleighs pulled by Siberian huskies or reindeer.

Finland was thus able to win the title of nation with ‘Best Hotel Design’ created. The capital Helsinki can be the starting point of an increasingly growing ‘green’ tourism: already named ‘World Design Capital 2012’, how can we not also take into consideration the numerous lakes and certainly the natural beauty of Lapland?