Christmas in Finland - 7 Days
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- Spend Christmas Day in the magical winter wonderland of Kuhmo, in the north of Finland
- Meet Santa Claus, the real Finnish Joulupokki in his home country with your family
- Enjoy lots of winter activities including a snowshoe tour through the snowy Taiga forest
- Spend your free time tobogganing and sledding in the great outdoors with your family
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- 6 nights at the Hotel Kalevala (3 star)
- 6 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 6 dinners (inclusive of a Christmas Eve Traditional Gala Dinner)
- Welcome drink
- Arrival and departure transfer from Kajaani airport on days 1 and 7
- Visit to Santa Claus at his local home
- Journey to collect the Christmas tree to bring to the restaurant for the children to decorate
- Leisure Snowshoe tour with wilderness guide (approx. 1 hour)
- Free use of kick-sledges, toboggans, DVDs, Playstation2 and Nintendo WII games, Wi-Fi and board games
- Daily evening saunas and jacuzzis
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- Items of a personal nature and additional meals
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Accommodation
Children can travel at the child price if between 4 – 12 years old. Children are charged at 50% of the adult rate.0 – 3 years old are FoC and will be baby cot, baby bed or extra bedIf there is one child travelling with 2adults then they can share the room with an extra roll-away bed. If there are 2children then you can either ask if any of the family rooms are available or upgrade to a suite – make sure with the suite that you ask for the extra bedotherwise they will put the children on one sofa bed which isn’t acceptable. If there is one child with one adult travelling then the normal 2 adult rate per room applies, there is no discount applicable for the child.
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