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Sauna Tours

No visit to Finland is complete without sampling its most essential national institution: the sauna. There are saunas of every size and type right across the country, from the electrically powered variety at swimming pools, hotels and sports complexes to the idyllic and more intimate lakeside custom-built cabin and the sooty smoke saunas.

Finnish specialties, sauna on a lake

Why not take a sauna tour to get to the heart of this ancient tradition, combining some of Finland’s finest shopping experiences with a visit to the Muurame sauna village near Jyväskylä, for example. Visits to traditional saunas at the Nuuksio National Park near Helsinki are another option, and you can discover that sweat can be sweet – and that swimming in a hole in the frozen ice is not as crazy as it sounds - at Taivaanvalkeat in the village of Köngäs near Levi in Lapland. And if you can still stand the heat, try the world’s biggest smoke sauna at Kuopio.
Sauna whisks ready for bathers

Secrets of the Sauna

Some like it hot…Picture the scene: a warm, sunny evening at a Finnish lakeside cottage. There’s barely a ripple on the shimmering water, except perhaps for the occasional fish rising for its supper. The sun is low on the horizon, the air is warm and a bird sits quietly at the end of the little jett ...
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Sunset in the Lake District in Finland

Smoke Saunas

The savusauna (smoke sauna) is a special type of sauna without a chimney. Wood is burned on a particularly large stove and the smoke fills the room. When the sauna is hot enough, the fire is allowed to die and the smoke is ventilated out. Smoke saunas have experienced great revival in recent years s ...
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Sauna in Finland, Sauna pail with a whisk and towel

The Delights of the Sauna

Sauna is not just the only Finnish word to have entered the world vocabulary – it’s a ritual, an institution, an essential element of the Finnish way of life. It can also be very relaxing, exhilarating and enjoyable, and no visit to Finland is complete without sampling the sauna. The Finnish sauna,
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BICYCLE TOUR IN RAUTAVAARA . EXPERIENCE THE SUMMER COUNTRYSIDE OF EASTERN FINLAND

Enter the world of tranquil countryside sceneries, beautiful riversides and lakes. Make your way through pine tree fores...

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Luxury weekend 2 nights

Naantali Spahotel is located by the Baltic sea,right in the heart of unique arhcipelago, as the only destination offerin...

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WINTER SPA HOLIDAY WEEK AT SPA HOTEL RAUHALAHTI

Rauhalahti is a one of the most popular holiday resorts in Finland. Spa Hotel Rauhalahti has comfortable hotel and hoste...

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POHJANSEITA WILDERNESS SPA

In the middle of the forests, awaits a wilderness spa with 3 different saunas.

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ORIGINAL SMOKE SAUNA BATHING IN HERRANKUKKARO

Herrankukkaro is an unique place for groups' meetings and recreation events. It is located in Rymättylä, which is an old...

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EVENING SAFARI TO PESSINPIILO & SMOKE SAUNA

Welcome to enjoy a delicious Lappish dinner in a cottage, middle of nowhere. First a traditional Finnish experience: s...

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TRADITIONAL COTTAGE AND SAUNA

You have opprtunity to acquaint yourself with the "national sanctuary", a traditional birch log sauna. Bathing is suitab...

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Just the Two of us, 2 nights

Naantali Spahotel is located by the Baltic sea,right in the heart of unique arhcipelago, as the only destination offerin...

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NEW YEAR IN YLLÄS

In New Year’s Eve you can relax in smoke sauna and in bathing barrel’s warm water you can sit and admire the winter sky....

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GRANITE SMOKE SAUNA AT STORFINNHOVA GÅRD

Unique underground smoke sauna at Storfinnhova Gård

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