Meeting Santa

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Meeting with Santa Claus (Father Christmas)

Arctic Circle Information (in Rovaniemi): http://www.arcticcircle-information.fi/index.html

(It is also possible to arrange a special meeting with Santa in his forest cottage. The guide will come to pick you up from your hotel and he will take you to Santa's secret forest cottage. There you can spend some time with Santa, take pictures with your own camera and have a reindeer sledge ride. Elf the Santa's helper will make sure that the children are warm by offering hot berry juice. If you would like Santa to give presents to children, you can give them to guide when he picks you up from the hotel. After the meeting the guide will take you back to your hotel. The price for meeting Santa in his forest cottage is about 850 euros. For more details, contact Arctic Circle Information, please.)

Santa Park - Christmas Theme Park & Ice Gallery (in Rovaniemi): http://www.santapark.com

(In SantaPark every family is treated with a special care. Santa has his own office and there is only one family at the time in his office. So it is a private meeting between your family and Santa. An elf will take a photo of your family and Santa and if you want you can buy the picture to take home as a souvenir. If you can come on a weekday, then there is always much less people than on weekends. Especially Saturdays and Sundays are very busy and SantaPark can usually be open only from 9 am to 12 noon. The rest of the day is totally full booked for groups. The VIP- ticket includes almost everything, normal things which are already included in normal entrance ticket as well as those who will normally cost extra, like lunch, photo with Santa, tickets to Ice Gallery, Elf School Diploma etc. The VIP- tickets must be booked in advance. Check opening hours and other details on their homepage, please. Bus timetables Rovaniemi Railway Station - Arctic Circle Santa Claus Village - SantaPark - Arctic Circle - Rovaniemi Railway Station: http://www.visitrovaniemi.fi/VisitRovaniemi/In_English/Connections/Rovaniemi_local_buses.iw3)

Santa Claus Village (in Rovaniemi, this attraction is recommended by the bestseller book 1000 Places To See Before You Die): http://www.santaclausvillage.info , http://www.santaclausoffice.fi , http://www.santaclaus.posti.fi

(Bus timetables Rovaniemi Railway Station - Santa Claus Village - SantaPark - Arctic Circle - Rovaniemi Railway Station: http://www.visitrovaniemi.fi/VisitRovaniemi/In_English/Connections/Rovaniemi_local_buses.iw3)

Santa's Resort (in Kakslauttanen, Saariselkä): http://www.santasresort.fi/

Eräsetti Safaris (searching for Santa with reindeer in Rovaniemi): http://www.erasetti.fi/EN/rovaniemi/programs/winter.html

Lapp Village (in Ylläs, Äkäslompolo): http://www.lappvillage.fi/en_father_christmas.html

Aurora Safaris (a snowmobile safari for families to Santa's cottage in Levi): http://www.levi.fi/aurorasafaris/english/pricelist.htm

Lapland Delight (a private meeting with Santa Claus and other customised activities in Ivalo): http://www.laplanddelight.fi

Luxury Action (exclusive travel services in Helsinki and Lapland, also private meeting with Santa Claus): http://luxuryaction.com/

Santa Claus Promotions Finland: http://www.santaclauspromotionsfinland.fi

Joulukka (private meetings with Santa): http://www.visitfinland.com/web/guest/finland-guide/what-to-see/winter-activities/christmas-newyear/detail/-/article-detail/10123/237879 and http://www.joulukka.com

Write a letter to the real Santa Claus: http://sites.google.com/site/laplandclub/christmas-and-santa/letters-to-santa

More Santa Claus links: http://sites.google.com/site/laplandclub/christmas-and-santa and http://laplandclub.multiply.com

Santa Claus Greeting Centre sells genuine letters from Santa Claus in 15 languages.