Karelian Winter Week – Nature, Flavours & Northern Magic
Experience the Karelian winter with all your senses
Relax in a Karelian-style spa, savour authentic local cuisine, meet gentle animals and walk beneath a starry sky in the peaceful winter landscape.
During your holiday, you can enjoy fun winter activities, from traditional kicksledding to excursions through snow-covered forests. You will stay at the unique Break Sokos Hotel Bomba, where the warmth of the spa, restful nights and a leisurely atmosphere complete your winter escape.
Welcome to North Karelia to experience snowy nature, Karelian flavours and genuine local hospitality!
Available: 1.1.- 30.3.2027
Highlights of the Week
- Accommodation at Bomba Spa Hotel
- Traditional Karelian Dinner & Evening at a Local Guesthouse
– Enjoy home-style cooking, local stories and warm hospitality
- Day Trip to an Alpaca & Animal Farm
– Meet alpacas and farm animals, feed and pet them, and enjoy the calm countryside
- Guided Northern Lights & Night Sky Excursion
- Sliding snowshoe trip
- Ice fishing trip
- Winter swimming opportunity
Price: €1780 / person (7 nights / 8 days, double or twin room)
Single room supplement: +€40 per night
Price Includes:
- 7 nights at Bomba Spa Hotel
- Half board (breakfast & dinner daily)
- One traditional Karelian dinner at a local guesthouse
- Day trip to an alpaca farm
- Guided Northern Lights & Night Sky excursion
- Daily access to the Bomba Spa
- Sliding snowshoe trip
- Ice fishing trip
- Transfer from/to Nurmes railway station: including price
Optional Activities and Services:
Available on request for an additional charge.
Prices range from €25 to €250 per person, per activity, depending on the selected activity and group size.
- Guided snowshoeing or winter forest walk
- Karelian pasty baking workshop
- Guided hike in a national park
- Private sauna evening with local delicacies
- Husky safari
- Transfers to and from the activity locations
Transfers
Private taxi transfer from Kuopio Airport: €480 one way (1–15 persons)
Transfer from Nurmes railway station: including price
Group transfer options available on request
Arrival by plane:
Arrival day: one group transfer from Kuopio Airport (around 17:00) or Siilinjärvi railway station (around 16:00)
Departure day: one group transfer to Kuopio Airport (flight around 14:00) or Siilinjärvi railway station (train around 13:00). Departure from guesthouse at 11:00.
Arrival by train:
Pick-up from Nurmes railway station at 14:00 or 20:00
Departure day: trains leave at 06:35 or 15:40
Info:
- How to get here: see more
- Travel insurance: not included in the package. We recommend you to take a travel insurance before the trip.
- We reserve all the rights to change the program if necessary due for example to weather conditions -
