Levi or Yllas?

Morning all! Just trying to book a week to Finland. We rather like the look or Yllas - Snow Princess Hotel, but my sis who has already been with her kids stayed at Levi and says theres more to do there and that Yllas is too isolated. We rather like the sound of isolated as we are not going there to ski, rather to experience lapland. Four of us going - 2 adults and 12 and 10 year old. Any advice would be good!

Carrie xx

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We have been to Yllas and Levi many times, Levi is a purpose built holiday resort with everything centred around the ski slope, not exactly commercialised but a lot more commercial than we went 7 years ago. Yllas is more of a traditional lappish village, very picturesque, quite spread out but everything easily accessible. There have been quite a few cabins built recently in Yllas but mostly out of sight so it keeps the village feel. Both have an abundance of trips and safaris take, Levi has more %26quot;nightlife%26quot; but Yllas has some very nice restaurants and pubs.

I hope this helps :)

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Hi

When did you last visit Levi or Yllas?

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We were in Levi and Yllas in January 2007, we also went to Yllas in May.

Umfortunatley we can%26#39;t go this winter as we have 4 month old baby and might be to cold for him.

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Hello,

I%26#39;m a Finn and been several times both in

Yllas and Levi and also other ski resorts in

Lapland. I find Yllas the best place if you

want to feel real winter spirit. It has the

most beautiful scenery (seven fells), picturesque

village atmosphere and a lot of things to do.

An other place, quite small but beautiful is

Luosto, not far away from Yllas. Levi is compact

but too %26#39;city like%26#39; to my taste, party atmosphere

for young adults. I%26#39;ll propably choose Yllas also this winter for my winter holiday. Anyway what ever is your choice, have a lovely holiday in Lapland!

Rauno

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Thanks for the info imago2.

TB how would you compare the 2 resorts?Thanks.

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I think Imago has it pretty much summed up.

Levi is seen as the place with the nightlife for the young, especially once the high season kicks in, at the end of feb.

Levi centre is frowned upon by the locals because it as lost the traditional Lapland charm, because of the comercialization, although some would say it is not commercial but having seen Levi 7 years ago, the difference is massive.

Akaslompolo (yllas) still has the village feel, its 2km from the slopes but it%26#39;s only a short ski bus ride away. There a few really nice pubs/restaurants all within the actual village. There has been a lot investment into Akaslompolo recently but because of strict planning restrictions it has still managed to keep the feel the traditional feel.

The other resort in Yllas is Yllasjarvi, which at the moment is going through heave development, with the Gondola being built (should be finished in the next couple of months) it is in much the same mold of Levi, but going back 7 years. Most of the cabins, Hotel/Apartments, shops and resaurants are at the base of the slopes.

I personally like all the resorts all for different reasons. Akaslompolo is my favourite I find it has a magical feel, but Levi with everthing within close proximity does make it easy with small children.

I hope I didn%26#39;t go on to much :)

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Tb

That is fantastic info thanks very much.

We to have visited Levi now 4 times in the last 5 years and have noticed the difference in the resort even over the last year,but still love it as a resort but are going to try Yllas for a change as fancy somewhere abit different for next new year.

thanks again the info is great.

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We are planning to go again next year (back from Levi less than a week ago!) We have three smallies

(4,6,7)and kidsland was a godsend we all enjoyed it - Is there anyhing like this in Yllas? I fancy the idea of Yllas next time!! I have definitely been bitten by the bug....

Thanks

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Janet

Dont think there is the kids land that is in Levi but not to say there wont be something like that by next year.If you take a look on the yllas.fi there is a fair few places that look good to take children called something like animal park.They have skiddoo etc there.

Looking forward to hearing what poe tuesday/bluebell has to say when they return on sunday as if there are things to be found out then im sure they will know it.

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In Akaslompolo and Yllasjarvi there is a childrens ski area but not like kids land.

In Akaslompolo you also have two good area%26#39;s for children, one is a petting zoo which also has childrens ski-doos, sledging area and horse riding. There is also Lapp Village which also has childrens ski-doos, reindeer and huskies, you can also find Santa%26#39;s shop there, Santa is there in December.

There is also a nature reserve but that is being rebuilt at the moment.