Skyfire Village - Rovaniemi

Madeleine W.

Diese Unterkunft können wir wärmstens weiterempfehlen! Die negativen Bewertungen können wir nicht nachvollziehen! Man kann in der Sauna duschen (genügend warmes und kaltes Wasser wird in Kanistern inkl. Seife zur Verfügung gestellt). In der Unterkunft selbst ist ein separates Zimmer mit einem Klo und einem Waschbecken. Man kann seine Geräte über einen USB A Anschluss laden. Es ist sehr idyllisch in der Village und man hat seine Ruhe. Durch das Glasdach lassen sich die Nordlichter (selbstverständlich keine Garantie) sehr gut beobachten! Die Sauna ist inkl., man muss jedoch einen Timeslot buchen. Alles in allem perfekt für eine Auszeit im Freien. Frühstück und Abendessen kann ich nicht bewerten, da wir dies nicht dazugebucht haben.

Nick F.

Update (20 Aug 2025): Securing the refund for the night we didn’t stay required ~5 hours of back-and-forth with Booking.com and the owner, which shouldn’t have been necessary. The owner conditioned the refund on deleting all reviews. I removed the Booking.com review but kept this one. He has continued to message me about removing it and has threatened legal action 7 months after my stay. I attach the screenshot here.

After requesting a refund for the night we didn’t stay, the owner/GM insisted that I leave a 10/10 review in exchange. When I contacted the booking agency, I learnt this is a common tactic used by the owner/manager, making many of the positive reviews questionable. I refused as this is unethical.

We booked a 2 night stay. The experience was a mess from the start. The welcome message was filled with overpriced tours (around $800 per activity), but no clear check-in instructions. The location on Google Maps was incorrect, and when we arrived, the place was pitch black with no guidance on how to check in.

One of the most frustrating issues was the complete lack of proper shower facilities. There were no showers in the rooms, and the only place to shower was the sauna. But the sauna was only open for a few hours each day, and you had to book it well in advance. On the first night, we were given a 45-minute window between 8:00 and 8:45 PM to use the sauna. This was inconvenient and forced us to scramble to adjust our dinner plans.

When we finally used the sauna, the "shower" was a weak, military-style setup with minimal water pressure—far worse than any military showers I’ve used before. To make matters worse, because we’d be on a northern lights tour the following night, we were told we wouldn’t be able to shower at all since we’d miss the sauna’s cut-off time. This was completely unacceptable considering the price we were paying. Hence, we notified them we would check out one day early.

There were other issues as well: No individual room keys, just a vague assurance from the manager that we could "trust her"—we had to leave our doors unlocked. The room had minimal power outlets—only outdated USB-C ports—making it impossible to charge devices like my camera or laptop. The breakfast was another letdown—at €25 per person, it was overpriced and underwhelming.

Overall, I would strongly recommend doing your research before booking.

derek C.

First of all this is neither a Hotel or an Igloo. It's a hut with a skylight.
Location is fabulous and that's as good as it gets. Only power outlet is a USB port. No shower except at sauna but you have to book your slot. Toilet is similar to a campervan so you are basically pooping into a plastic bag and it's left there for your partner to use after you. Breakfast was a disaster for the €20 they charged. The breakfast room was freezing cold despite the host trying twice to light the fire but to no avail.
The location and concept here are great but both are extremely poorly executed.
Also a sign 500 metres before the entrance roadway would help massively.

Trix V. D. W.

We visited Skyfire village for two nights in February. As we’d read some of the negative reviews on google/booking we were a bit unsure about if we were going to like it, but I can honestly say we enjoyed it very much!

The price per night is quite high, but for this price you get to stay at a unique location far away from the touristy hotels that you find in the centre of Rovaniemi. We stayed in one of the wooden cabins that looks over the frozen lake. It had a comfortable bed with a glass roof from which we saw the northern lights. During the day and night there was a pellet heater burning that kept the temperature nice and warm in the cabin.

When you book this place you should not expect high end luxury since it is really in the middle of nowhere and has no streaming water. There is a camping toilet and sink with a water tank in every room which both worked perfectly for us. There isn’t any smell from the toilet and the water from the tank is drinkable.

Since there’s no streaming water, there also isn’t a shower. There is the possibility to make a reservation for the sauna every night (which we would definitely recommend) and within the sauna there are two big containers with hot and cold water that you can use to wash yourself. Since we were only staying two nights, showering in this way was fine for us. Again, don’t expect high end luxury: you are staying in the middle of nowhere so you have to adapt to the circumstances.

One critical note for us was on the pricing of the food and activities that are offered by the accommodation. The accommodation offers breakfast, lunch and dinner for respectively €25, €50 and €100 euro’s per person per day. Of course we realised that getting food to this location isn’t always easy due to extreme weather conditions, so paying a bit more than you would in a restaurant in Rovaniemi is understandable, but these prices seemed a bit high. Therefore we decided to bring most of the food ourselves and dine at the accommodation’s “restaurant” on one night. It is also possible to buy drinks and snacks like sausages and marshmallows for reasonable prices.

The activities that are offered by the accommodation are also really expensive, but if you have your own car I think you could easily arrange your own activities. We came to the location by Uber (which is no problem, we received clear instructions how to get to the village), so we didn’t have our own car to easily get in and out of the village. Since the high costs of the activities we didn’t book any, but we enjoyed just being in the village and walking in the beautiful nature around it. When we left after two days it took a bit of time to find an Uber back to Rovaniemi, but we managed to find one in the end. So it is certainly possible to get in and out of the village by taxi (+- €90 one way to Rovaniemi).

Overall we loved staying in this place, since it was so unique and in the middle of nature. Also the staff was super friendly and helpful. If you aren’t afraid of living a bit of the camping life I think you will definitely enjoy a stay here.

Dexter B.

I had an amazing stay at SkyFire Village! From the moment I arrived, I was welcomed with warm hospitality that made me feel right at home. The room was spotless, beautifully designed, and incredibly comfortable—every detail thoughtfully arranged to ensure a relaxing stay.

The service was top-notch, with staff who went above and beyond to accommodate every need with a smile. Their kindness and professionalism truly set this place apart.

And the location? Absolutely perfect!

Overall, my experience at SkyFire Village exceeded all expectations. I can’t wait to come back, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a wonderful place to stay!

Asad K.

A total scam! Avoid at all costs!

We booked this hotel expecting a pleasant stay in Lapland, but it turned out to be a nightmare before we even arrived.

Just hours before check-in, we discovered through multiple guest reviews that the room had no electricity and no power outlets, something that was never mentioned during the booking process. I have health issues that require electricity every night for my treatment, making it completely impossible to stay under these conditions.

But it gets even worse: there are no showers or bathrooms. The only way to “wash” is with buckets of water in the sauna—if it’s not already reserved. And unbelievably, there is no hot water in the morning—you have to wait until the afternoon. For a hotel shamelessly charging €600 per night, this is beyond unacceptable.

On top of that, there is no possibility to have dinner at the hotel, even though it’s in the middle of nowhere. We requested dinner at 11 AM for that same evening, only to be told it was “too late.” How does that make any sense—especially when we were staying for just one night?

When we called the hotel to cancel our booking, they refused and became outright hostile. The woman on the phone (named Grace) was incredibly rude and hung up on me twice just because I demanded a refund.

To this day, we have received no refund and not even a single apology, despite the fact that we had no choice but to cancel due to their own deliberate lack of information and transparency.

This place is a disgrace. Stay FAR away!

John ?. J.

If you were looking for an authentic wilderness experience. This place only has the wilderness part covered.
Room with a stove is not a stove you manage your self, its a pallet stove the staff fills. Just when I thought we found a place where they let you be with as little as possible they throw an automated pallet stove at you.
The phone and internet 4G connection is great ... a bummer if you hoped to be forcefully disconnected from modern society.
Wooden stove sauna was great, there is a central tent with a fireplace along with a firepit outside for perhaps more warmer periods.
Staff is friendly and they try to accommodate as much as possible.

sabinos257

Skyfire Village è in una posizione sicuramente ideale per la visione dell'aurora boreale, in quanto posizionato in mezzo al bosco e quindi lontano da ogni contaminazione luminosa. La natura circostante è sicuramente il punto di forza della struttura.||Ci sono, tuttavia, diversi però che è bene sapere, per fare una scelta consapevole:||1. la struttura è lontana da qualsiasi struttura, per cui, in ogni caso, è sempre necessario richiedere un transfer (che la struttura vende, per Rovaniemi, ad Euro 150,00 a tratta);||2. gli igloo non sono esattamente quelli che vengono mostrati in fotografia, o meglio: le fotografie sono abbastanza ingannevoli. Sono dei piccoli container, con all'interno un bagno chimico dove è davvero difficile entrare, un letto ad una piazza e mezzo e uno spazio davvero molto molto limitato;||3. le escursioni vengono venduta a prezzi irragionevoli (a noi, per ice fishing e motoslitte, sono stati chiesti Euro 1.200,00, mentre poi le abbiamo fatte tramite un'altra struttura ad Euro 300,00, compresi i trasferimenti...);||4. Non ci sono altre possibilità di mangiare se non presso il "Kota" della struttura: considerate gli orario (se arrivate tardi non potete cenare) ed il costo (Euro 99,00 a testa a pasto);||5. all'interno dell'igloo non ci sono prese elettriche ma solo USB...||Tea, che gestisce la struttura, è una ragazza molto gentile e disponibile. Tuttavia, da sola non può supplire a certe mancanze...