Villa Lanca
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Villa Lanca

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#4 of 4 hotels in Inari
4.2 of 5 bubbles
Location
3.6 of 5 bubbles
Rooms
3.4 of 5 bubbles
Value
3.5 of 5 bubbles
Cleanliness
3.5 of 5 bubbles
Service
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sleep Quality
Villa Lanca, located in the centre of Inari village is ready to welcome you to our artistic accommodation. Rooms have been renovated and redecorated, each with an individual style. Breakfast in the small café is included in the price. Most rooms have a full kitchen, and all have private bathrooms with shower, and wireless internet.You are welcome to visit our handicraft shop next door, and we can easily book activities e.g. husky safaries, horse back riding, horse sleigh rides and Aurora hunting trips for you during your stay, and offer advice on things to do. Free use of cross-country skis for guests in winter.
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Property amenities
Free parking
Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)
Free breakfast
Bicycle rental
Canoeing
Airport transportation
Gift shop
Non-smoking hotel
Wifi
Hiking
Horseback riding
Ski rentals
Skiing
Fishing
Outdoor furniture
Shops
Room features
Desk
Seating area
Kitchenette
Refrigerator
Bath / shower
Room types
Non-smoking rooms
Family rooms
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HOTEL STYLE
Mid-range
Languages Spoken
English, French, Spanish, Finnish and 1 more

Location

Kittilan ratsutie 2, Inari Finland
Name/address in local language
Getting there
Somewhat walkable
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Grade: 67 out of 100
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Ivalo Airport
36.3 km
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Rovaniemi Airport
265.7 km
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Barbarita76 wrote a review Aug 2016
2.0 of 5 bubbles
We were not given the category of the room we had booked via booking.com. We had booked a 45m2 apartment and ended up with a tiny room with a kitchenette you could barely use. There is not at all enough silverware, close to no cutlery, ONE mug etc. We find the information given online absolutely misleading.
Another drawback is that you are actually asked to pay the bill before even having been shown the room.
When we found out about the mix-up with our room category, we had already settled the bill.
Furthermore, there are no long reception hours to clarify things in the evening. When we addressed the issue the next morning, the manageress reacted poorly, unfriendly and unprofessionally. She ended up making booking.com and us (her guests!) responsible of this mess. According to her, we should just have complained earlier and should rather consider ourselves lucky with the comparatively low room rate in that area (98€!).
The guest house has been undergoing renovations and important changes in their policies (no more free breakfast, very strict cancellation rules, higher prices etc.) and allegedly she had informed booking.com about it.
Still, she was aware of the fact that we got another room than the one we had initially booked. And she wasn't willing to give us the room we had chosen, simply because it is more expensive now and because she considered that we should have been informed by booking.com. To us, this reaction seemed petty, small-minded and we couldn't get rid of the impression that generating maximised profits was the real motivation for all of the changements and her behaviour.
When it comes to sleeping, beware staying in downstairs rooms, as the upper rooms are equipped with wooden floors, making you hear every footstep. Moreover, our tiny room had two emergency exit signs illuminated and radiantly shining non stop. But worst of all was the quality of the matress. You could literally feel every bedspring.
The only three positive aspects that we could say about this hotel is the freshly baked bread, its proximity to Lake Inari and the Sami museum and the works of art decorating the place, especially the breakfast room.
But if you are looking for a good night's sleep and a warm, welcoming and hospitable environment - don't go there!
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Date of stay: August 2016Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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kimatty wrote a review Mar 2016
Hong Kong, China
3.0 of 5 bubbles
We have 4 people stayed at Inari Villa Lanca at feb 2015, we have seen the aurora at Inari Lake.

We booked the large room on second floor, it is spacious but it really dirty. The rubbish bin in the toliet is full already when we go inside at the first time.

Host is really nice but if next time I go back Inari, I will not choose to stay here as it really dirty.
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Date of stay: April 2015
4.0 of 5 bubblesRooms
1.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
5.0 of 5 bubblesService
Trip type: Travelled with friends
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firkinboo wrote a review Jan 2016
London, United Kingdom
3.0 of 5 bubbles
When we arrived the woman on reception immediately offered us an aurora tour for €220 per person, which is at least €100 more than other places. They had not bothered to turn any heat on in our room, so it was absolutely freezing, not welcoming at all. The TV doesn't appear to work. There are electrical wires trailing everywhere, like one stretched right across the bedroom doorway to trip you in the night. Bathroom is basic.
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Date of stay: November 2015Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Maitti67 wrote a review Sept 2023
Savonlinna, Finland
1.0 of 5 bubbles
The price-quality ratio is really bad, breakfast is not included, the soundproofing is really bad, the air quality is poor, the toilet shower smelled strongly of cat pee, the shower cubicle glasses are dirty, no floor towel, no floor trowel to dry the toilet floor, no shower soap.
Bed really soft, no TV, really ascetic room.
A charge of €25 for a pet dog without anything in return.
This 1 star for the friendly service. Fortunately, we were only booked for 1 night. I can't recommend.
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Date of stay: September 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip: Pysäköinti ilmainen
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Lieuwe Gerben L... K wrote a review Jul 2024
Bodo, Norway
1.0 of 5 bubbles
At first glance, fine. No cooking possibility ok! But only a kettle with too short cord..3 coffee mugs still Nasty from guests. A table that wobbles + 2 chairs in 3pers. room. Filthy and dirty and everything from previous guests under the bed. The shower very dirty and black and certainly times not cleaned. 1 window can only open from the 3 and also on the sun and street side. Emergency exit lots of light at night. Curtains too small, crooked and short. Sound of other guests. And then over € 100 definitely not worth it and therefore not recommended.
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Date of stay: July 2024Trip type: Travelled with family
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Pia287 wrote a review Sept 2020
5.0 of 5 bubbles
We got here at night, called the number on the door and got a room without any hustle. Clean, comfortable room with big bathroom, a minifridge and a water boiler.
Breakfast was homemade bread with cheese, ham and veggies, coffee and juice.

Very nice and absolutely nothing to complain about. The owner is apparently saami and you can buy their handmade crafts here.
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Date of stay: September 2020Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Katrrrina_90 wrote a review Aug 2020
Riga, Latvia
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Everything was great. Starting with very friendly staff, clean room to delicious breakfast with homemade buns in the morning. We only stayed at Villa Lanca for one night but it was a pleasant stay. Upon arrival we were told that there’s a chance to see the Northern Lights in the evening, even thou it’s still August. We took the advice and went out on a chase. We did see them! And it was amazing. Thank you!
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Date of stay: August 2020Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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tnbms162016 wrote a review Mar 2013
Tokyo, Japan
1.0 of 5 bubbles
I made a reservation direct with Villa Lanca, by email, a couple of months before my visit. It was a firm reservation, but the week before I went to Inari, I thought I’d better reconfirm. I also wanted information about activities in the area. So I emailed them, but got no reply. I sent two further emails, with no reply. So, two days before my visit, I phoned, just to make sure everything was in order. Nobody answered the call, but there was a voicemail, so I left a message. There was no response to this, so I phoned a second time, the day before my arrival. Same thing again – left a message, asking for response by phone or email, but I got no response at all. At this point, having no idea whether Villa Lanca was still in business, I made a new reservation with a different hotel.

I never stayed at Villa Lanca, but think it’s fair to say that (if they are still in business), their customer correspondence is unacceptably poor.
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Date of stay: March 2013
1.0 of 5 bubblesService
Trip type: Travelled solo
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Veronica P wrote a review Jan 2015
1.0 of 5 bubbles
I have been there one night! Thank god!!!
Super dirty! Not even the toilet paper in the bathroom!
The bathroom was dirty from the previous client!
The room was "sad" everything look just put there by mistake..,
TOOO MUCH EXPENSIVE for what they offer!!!!!
RUN AWAY IF YOU CAN!!!!
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Date of stay: January 2015
1.0 of 5 bubblesRooms
1.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
1.0 of 5 bubblesService
Trip type: Travelled with friends
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susannesmit1 wrote a review Sept 2018
Boxtel, The Netherlands
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1.0 of 5 bubbles
Villa Lanca eco resort, Inari.

Villa Lanca offers not only accommodation in the village of Inari, but also a “super nice eco resort” as they call it themselves.
Please, do not believe one word of it.
We have many complaints. We informed the owner (Satu) about our complaints, to give her a chance to avoid publication on the internet, but she did not give any reaction. So now we put our complaints on the internet to inform future travelers.

September 2018 we rented 2 cabins and we spend 2 nights in that “super nice eco resort” as the owner, Satu, called the accommodation. .
Our stay has been very, very disappointing. Absolutely we did not got what was promised by Satu. We found a badly equipped “eco resort” and a mess around.

We have many points to complain about. We just give a selection, otherwise the review will be huge..

 In the resort WiFi would be available. No WiFi at all.
 There would be a sauna. No working sauna there.
 There would be a shower. No shower to find.
 There would be a possibility to charge telephones. There was not.
 Upon arrival the gasbottle in one of the cabins was empty. We had to wait till 21.00h before a new bottle was installed. In September it is already cold.
 There were no bins in the rooms or in the kitchen.
 To the toilet we had to go through a mess and soil. Was it a compost toilet as said to us? We doubt very much.
 No water or desinfectans available at the toilet. A public toilet, which you will find everywhere in Finland, is much better.
 The kitchen, called by Satu a “beautiful jurt” was more worse equipped than a standard kitchen for backpackers. Fe: just one cooking pot available.
 One of the 2 gasburners did not work.
 No dry wood ready to use for the stove in the kitchen. Everything to make a fire we had to do it ourselves and in the dark.
 Because the oillamp in the kitchen did not work; in the cabins were just 2 very small candles. The batteries we got at 18.00, as some toiletpaper.
 Old rusted chairs in the kitchen……
 According to the owner, the cabins would have panorama windows. Notice, that the view is no panorama view. Only some trees and the mess and old things laying around.
 Etc. etc.

The ratio what we had to pay compared (70 euro per cabin per night) to what we got is unacceptable to us, seen the above mentioned complaints and the not mentioned ones.

So, anyone who read this review: be warned.
Do not go to Villa Lanca Eco resort, if you have expectations to find a “super nice eco resort”.
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Date of stay: September 2018
3.0 of 5 bubblesLocation
1.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
1.0 of 5 bubblesService
Trip type: Travelled with friends
Room Tip: No advise possible.
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Answer from YunRabbits
561 contributions113 helpful votes
website:kuljetusliikeilmarislant.fi/in-english/
Sylvia B wrote a tip Mar 2019
6 contributions1 helpful vote
2.0 of 5 bubbles
"Try another place!"
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North Farenheith wrote a tip Feb 2019
North Sydney, Australia4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
"Every room on the center of Village. Best conditions."
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susannesmit1 wrote a tip Sept 2018
Boxtel, The Netherlands11 contributions9 helpful votes
1.0 of 5 bubbles
"No advise possible."
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Ellie_Adventurer wrote a tip Feb 2013
London, United Kingdom12 contributions9 helpful votes
5.0 of 5 bubbles
"Definitely go for an apartment."
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nambijin wrote a tip Sept 2011
Kununurra, Australia27 contributions24 helpful votes
5.0 of 5 bubbles
"Villa Lanca has other rooms in a different part of Inari near the office/craft shop that we did not see as we needed a twin room. If you do not expect the Hilton I am sure they would be OK."
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Frequently Asked Questions about Villa Lanca
Which popular attractions are close to Villa Lanca?
Nearby attractions include Siida - Sami Museum and Nature Center (0.8 km), Reindeer Farm Renniina Inari (1.1 km), and Pielpajarvi Wilderness Church (0.1 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Villa Lanca?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free wifi, free breakfast, and free parking.
Which room amenities are available at Villa Lanca?
Top room amenities include a kitchenette, a refrigerator, and a desk.
What food & drink options are available at Villa Lanca?
Guests can enjoy free breakfast during their stay.
Is parking available at Villa Lanca?
Yes, free parking is available to guests.
What are some restaurants close to Villa Lanca?
Conveniently located restaurants include Restaurant Aanaar, Restaurant Aurora, and Papana.
Does Villa Lanca have airport transportation?
Yes, Villa Lanca offers airport transportation for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Is Villa Lanca located near the city centre?
Yes, it is 0.05 km away from the centre of Inari.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Villa Lanca?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English, Spanish, French, Swedish, and Finnish.
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