8-Day Helsinki and Rovaniemi Tour with Aurora and Santa Claus Village

• Arrive in Helsinki, enjoy a private transfer, and check in to your hotel.
• Take the day at ease and get acquainted with the weather and surroundings.
• Go for a walk in the city and rest overnight.

• Have breakfast and enjoy a free day to explore the city by yourself. Meet your hosts, try some local food and drinks, go shopping, pursue your interests, or simply rest.

Option/suggestion: Visit Tallinn, Estonia. Take a day trip to Estonia's capital, Tallinn. Tallinn lies across the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki and makes an easy day trip by ferry for those keen to experience its medieval charms. Book a return trip in advance to secure your preferred crossing and avoid transport worries on the ground. Then, cruise across the Gulf and explore the city, especially Tallinn's UNESCO-listed Old Town, museums, shops, and restaurants.

• Have breakfast and start your 3-hour city tour with a guide and vehicle.
• Helsinki is one of the most modern and culturally progressive cities in the world and is famous for its design and architecture. Take full advantage of this opportunity to discover beautiful Helsinki. You will have the chance to visit the Senate Square and Lutheran Cathedral, the elegant Uspenski Cathedral, the famous fish market, the monuments to Havis Amanda and composer Jan Sibelius, the famous church in the Temppeliaukio rock, and much more.
• You will also visit Seurasaari, known as "Squirrel Island," an open-air museum located on a beautiful green island just a few kilometres from the heart of Helsinki. The island is an oasis in the middle of the city. The museum, open in summer, displays the traditional Finnish way of life with its cottages, farmhouses, and manors from the past four centuries, brought here from all over Finland. The tame birds and squirrels provide a warm welcome to all visitors. The museum has 85 different buildings that tell about the lives and folk traditions of local people in times past.
• Take your bags, catch your train to Rovaniemi, and enjoy a private transfer to the train station.

Extra: Entrance ticket to the Rock Church: 3-5 € per person

• Have breakfast after your overnight ride and morning arrival in Rovaniemi. You will get a private transfer to the hotel and enjoy some free time.
• In the evening, go on the Aurora hunt: a 3-hour adventure from Rovaniemi that increases your chances of witnessing this extraordinary natural phenomenon. Absorb the quiet winter setting and stay warm with a hot drink and sausages sizzled over a campfire.
• Look for the lights, and if luck is on your side, enjoy an impressive display of luminescent ribbons dancing overhead.

Please note that the Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon, and sightings cannot be guaranteed.

• Have breakfast and see top Rovaniemi attractions on a panoramic tour with a professional guide before travelling to Santa Claus Village for a 4-hour visit.
• You will have the opportunity to meet Santa Claus, send Santa-stamped greetings, visit the elves' workshops, and join an Arctic Circle crossing ceremony.

Santa spends his time at Santa Claus Village all year round on his life mission: taking care of children and the kindness of grown-ups, and spreading the message of love and goodwill of the Christmas Spirit throughout the globe. Rovaniemi is Santa Claus's official home.

• After breakfast, head to the reindeer farms, an important part of Lapland's life and culture.
• Meet real reindeer herders, who will tell you about their way of life hand in hand with nature. There are many great opportunities for taking photos during the farm tour. You can feed the reindeer with their favourite snacks and enjoy a short sleigh ride of 500 metres pulled by a reindeer along the beautiful forest trails.
• Have warm drinks with a pastry served indoors at the farm while listening to exciting stories about reindeer herding and wilderness life in Lapland.

• Eat your breakfast and spend a free day exploring the city by yourself.
• Meet your hosts, try some local food and drinks, go shopping, pursue your interests, or simply rest.

Option/suggestion: Husky farm and safari.

• Have breakfast and spend some free time before transferring to Rovaniemi Airport, from where you will take your flight(s) to your original destination.