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Tankavaara Gold Village

2.5 star property
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Hiking
Superior Twin Room
BBQ/picnic area

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pet-friendly
  • Breakfast available
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

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Tankavaarantie 11a, Sodankyla, Lapland, 99695
  • Kultamuseo
    5 min walk
  • Gold Prospector Museum
    6 min walk
  • Ravintola Wanha Waskoolimies
    6 min walk
  • Ivalo (IVL)
    42 min drive

Room options

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Apartment, 2 Bedrooms

  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 Twin Bed OR 1 Double Bed and 3 Twin Beds

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Double or Twin Room, 1 Bedroom

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Deluxe Apartment

Deluxe Apartment

  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Queen Bed, 1 Twin Sofa Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Basic Cabin, 1 Bedroom, Shared Bathroom

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds

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Basic Cabin, Shared Bathroom

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Twin Room

Superior Twin Room

  • 17.5 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Sodankyla

Located in Sodankyla, Tankavaara Gold Village is in a national park, a 5-minute walk from Kultamuseo and 6 minutes by foot from Gold Prospector Museum. .This inn is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Urho Kekkonen National Park and 0.5 mi (0.7 km) from Koilliskaira Visitor Centre.
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What's nearby

  • Kultamuseo - 5 min walk
  • Gold Prospector Museum - 6 min walk
  • Koilliskaira Visitor Centre - 7 min walk
  • Saariselkä Ski Resort - 27 min drive
  • Saariselkä Sport Resort - 27 min drive

Getting around

  • Ivalo (IVL) - 42 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Ravintola Wanha Waskoolimies - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Tankavaaran kultakylä - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Vuotson Porokylä - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Tankavaaran ravintola ja majoituspalvelut - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Reindeer Club and Safaris Oy - ‬7 min drive

About this property

Tankavaara Gold Village

Inn with free parking, a quick walk to Kultamuseo
Tankavaara Gold Village offers 18 accommodations with hair dryers. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
Recreational amenities at the inn include a sauna.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 18 guestrooms.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a sauna or take in the view from a terrace. Additional amenities at this inn include complimentary wireless internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and a picnic area.
Satisfy your appetite with local cuisine at Old Gold Prospector, a restaurant which features a bar/lounge. Dining is also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 9 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 9 AM and 10:30 AM.
Old Gold Prospector - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Wild West Saloon - This pub serves light fare only. Open daily.

Languages

English, Finnish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 9 AM–10:30 AM: EUR 14 for adults and EUR 7 for children
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar

Restaurants on site

  • Old Gold Prospector
  • Wild West Saloon

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Sauna
  • Snowshoeing

Guest services

  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Housekeeping (limited)
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer
  • Towels

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 9 AM - 9 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 9:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 25 per accommodation, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately EUR 14 for adults and EUR 7 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: EUR 50 per person (one-way)
  • Pet fee: EUR 25 per accommodation, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Long-term renters welcome

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Tankavaara Gold Village Inn
Tankavaara Gold Village
Tankavaara Gold Village Inn Sodankyla
Tankavaara Gold Village Sodankyla
Tankavaara Gold Village Inn
Tankavaara Gold Village Sodankyla
Tankavaara Gold Village Inn Sodankyla

Tankavaara Gold Village Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 58 out of 122 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 122 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 122 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 122 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 122 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed in a rustic cabin in the woods but beds comfy and staff on site very helpful - restaurant good
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Bardia

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great cottage in a perfect location. Moreover, you can learn about Gold panning which is an onsite activity as the place used to be a place for gold seekers.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Pasi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Upea majoitus
Upea majoitus
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

6/10 Okay

Chad

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Cabin stay
I stayed in the cabin with a friend for a couple of nights and did some gold digging across the road. The cabin was neat and served our purpose. The camping washroom facilities ok but the shower could use some improvements. The restaurant had really good food!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

J.T.M.

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

E Wan

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
cozy place in finland
Cozy place for travel. good location to see aurora. highly recommend for all traveler
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great overnight accommodation up north travel
Great staff. Shower/bathroom was small and difficult to take shower if you were tall. Clean, basic accommodations. Would stay again for an overnight if in the area.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Don

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fun rustic cabin in middle of nowhere
Great to be in cabins in nowhere in middle of Finnish snowy winter. In summer probably a little tacky next to fake Gold Mine town. Bathrooms are communal and have ventilation and plumbing issues. Food is excellent, prices are great.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy cabin with fireplace.
Proposed to my partner in one of the log cabins. Great service feom staff and the food was great at the onsite restraunt. Also saw the aurora dueing our stay. Awrsome accomodation!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent winter trails for XС Skiing! Nice cabins. Wonderful bar.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very fabulous and mystical place Tankaavara. The team was maximally helpful. I recommend it to all!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Adeline, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel staff were all very friendly and helpful. The room was also warm and cosy. During the stay in the hotel, we managed to see the northern light! Thankful that we stayed in the hotel. The food was also great and nice!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Annika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Winter road trip
Cottage was like was like were said on page, bed was comfy, there should be have better pictures from cottage on page tho. Fireplace was awesome and romantic. We did sausages and marshmallows there. Area was cozy and quiet middle of nothing as we wanted. We were traveling with own car so was easy to go example to Saariselkä. Service on place was friendly and home like and I really liked it. Because we travelled on wintertime place was really quiet from other quests. Summertime this place is more busy for sure. It was sad that we didn’t saw northern lights but it’s not place fault. :) breakfast was 10e, and really homemade. We loved reindeers there, Lumi and Urho really made our day there. Recommended this place everyone who want to be in quiet and basic and near nature like place. I want to go there again on summertime.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

Robert, South Germany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy cabin next to the nationalpark
I stayed in one of the wooden cabin which are moderate equipped but that was the appeal of the place. Living close to nature with no modern frills. The place has a good heater so it was comfortable warm and there is a open fire place you can use. There are nice walking trails starting there or in the closely area and of course the gold museum and some other attractions of former times. The staff is very helpful and always open for a chat. You can get tasty local food as well. What does one need more to have a good time?

10/10 Excellent

Wing Yan Yeda, Hong kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very happy experience
We started our honeymoon in Tankavaara Gold Village. We stayed there for three nights. It was overall a very great experience to me as I had never stayed in a cottage before. The size of the cottage is good enough for a couple, nice, warm and very clean. Although I thought there would be a kettle inside the cottage. The kitchen wasn't far away from the cottage at all, so it was okay. We got to see the Northern lights twice, on our first and third nights during our stay. Marko and Samo were very friendly, and were very responsive to email enquiries. The food there were very delicious, especially the reindeer beef burger with bacon. The prices of the food were very reasonable. The hotel itself has its own character, and the location is just perfect for guests who are looking for somewhere close to the nature. It's a fantastic stay for us. the bathroom and toilet were generally clean as I was the only one using it as it was low season. But for the kitchen, it could be a bit cleaner. However, they have all kinds of utensils you need for cooking, so convenient. airport pickup was very reasonably priced compare to other hotels. So much easier than to catch a bus. Highly recommend! As it's a gold village, of course we had to try gold panning.nThis is what you can't miss when you stay there I think!

10/10 Excellent

Chun Ho, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A fantastic village
The village may be quite small, but the atmosphere is simply fantastic. The staff there is very friendly, they had also sent us information on the activities they could help to arrange before we arrived there. They also helped to arrange a guided tour to the Gold Museum nearby, which does worth a visit. The restaurant there is very good too, except that there are too many reindeer dishes (this is a common problem in Lapland anyway...) The village is also a very good place if you are looking for northern lights, there is nearly no light pollution, and we were able to see the lights during the first night of our stay. Would recommend everyone to stay there for at least 1 to 2 days, but make sure you have got everything you need before getting there, as the nearest supermarket is kilometers away.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Huoltorakennus epäsiisti ja esim vessan lukko rikki, ravinyolsn terassin lautoja laho nnut.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Dietbert

Liked: Staff & service
Die Hütten sind schon älter und sehr rustikal, sogar mit Kamin und bereitliegendem Holz. Die Betten sind groß aber die Matratzen viel zu dünn. Habe kaum geschlafen. Die kleinen Hocker passen zwar optisch zum Stil, zum längeren Sitzen sind sie nicht geeignet. Die Sanitäranlagen sind renovierungsbedürftig. Netzes Restaurant mit gutem Essen. Nächste Einkaufsmöglichkeit 7 km entfernt.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

FABIENNE

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Pas mal
Un endroit qui rappelle les villages de chercheurs d'or. Des jolis petits chalets, salle de bain commune avec toilettes proches des logis. Par contre on a l'impression de dormir sur des planches de bois. J'avais demandé par mail avant le départ si il y avait un sèche cheveux, on m'a répondu à l'accueil. Hors il n'y en avait pas.... Louer le kota pour 1h coute 20 euros et 8 euros pour le bois. Cher !!!!! Mais à faire Nous avons été choqué par l'organsime qui était sur place avec des traineaux à chiens. Nous n'avons pas participé à cela mais la dame a attrapé 2 chiens par le cou et trainés jusqu'à les mettre dans de minuscules box pour les enfermer. Les pauvres chiens ne touchaient quasiment plus le sol. Je trouve ça scandaleux. Je dénonce cet acte lamentable.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Julie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Skøn hytte stemning
Vi ankom om aftenen og havde set frem til at bo i hytten - men de havde ikke flere hytter og tilbød os hotelværelse, hvilket slet ikke var det ophold vi ønskede. Vi endte med at få en mindre hytte en bestilt - hytterne er FANTASTISKE, så hyggelige. Madrasserne trænger til udskiftning - men stemningen kan man ikke købe sig til.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Helena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
25 asteen pakkasella sai mökkiin vain 1 kopan puita Paikka ihana paikat siistit Ja palvelua sai monella eri kielellä Menen toistekkin ihan takuulla
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023