We took the risk of staying at this new hotel and it certainly paid off! I have split my review into accommodation, skiing and excursions.

With the hotel being new, there weren’t many reviews on here and we were delighted when we arrived. We stayed in a room with a sauna and jacuzzi on the balcony. The rooms were up to date, with TV’s, an oven, microwave and hob. The beds were very comfy and everything felt brand new. Out of the room, the breakfast was great. A range of fruits and cakes; hot food; fresh bread and waffles each morning. The location of the apartments could not be better. It is the only hotel on the Ruka Valley side but this is where most the ski lifts are. You can hop on the gondola (open until 7pm) to get to ruka village/ or get a taxi (only 5 minutes) where more restaurants and bars are. The manager (Jussi) was a great help when we had a slight issue and he did everything to help. We ski regularly and this has to be one of the best accommodations we have stayed in.

The skiing is great. If you are used to the Alps it will be completely different. The snow is soft and lots of it! We completed all the runs and came across no ice! The runs are lovely, picturesque and empty. It doesn’t take long to get down to the bottom but it doesn’t take long to get back up!! The queues are small with lots of lifts. On NYE it was slightly busier with a few locals, but it was manageable. The slopes are all lit up and open from 9:30am - 7pm (on Friday they open until 11pm). It is cold, but as the hotel is ski in/out you can go inside to warm up before heading back out! There is something for everyone on the slopes. The red/blacks are challenging enough with a snow park fit for anyone who wants a real challenge! The blues are lovely for new skiers (and a ski school as well). Overall, the skiing is fantastic and a great experience.

Finally, we went on a couple of excursions (Santa’s grotto, snowmobiling, husky ride and Reindeer Farm). There are many more available and the Crystal Ski reps were really helpful as to which ones to pick. If you are tempted to visit Ruka, I would certainly recommend it - it is magical!

We just returned from a 6 nights stay at RukaValley and would gladly recommend this place for anyone. The hotel is ideally located right next to the slopes and is only a gondola right away from Ruka Village. We stayed in one of the lux rooms, which was nice but nothing special. We really enjoyed the sauna, also the drying cabinet was such a good thing to have. However, we missed more hanging space for clothes (although there was plenty of storage place, there was no place to really hang your clothes) and thought that the beds were really not that great as the mattress topper was too thin and flimsy (made it easy for you to fall off the bed). Also, we still don’t kind of understand the concept of the hotel, is it a hotel or apartments as you get a hotel breakfast but on the other hand don’t have housekeeping. We thought the other facilities of the hotel were excellent. The ski storage was good and placed conveniently. Would also highly recommend their restaurant (Camp Kitchen and Bar). Everything we ate there, whether lunch or dinner, was excellent and the service was great. Lastly, the tiny K-kauppa grocery store was the cutest thing and had everything we could think off.

We were tranferred to this location by TUI because the originally booked apartments in Suomotunturi were being renovated and not yet finished.

This transfer was very nice, because Ruka Valley just opened half december 2019, so we were the first users of the apartments. The hallway still smelt the fresh paint and our in apartment-sauna heater smelt dust as for the first use...

The skislope is just outside the door and a rentalshop is inside the building. All equipement was brand new and of the topbrand Salomon.

Finland is not cheap, so prepare your creditcard for the skicard and ski-rental . Also for the excusions like husky-tour en rendeer-tour. 90 euro pp is normal...

You can book halfboard or just breakfast. But that ain't cheap either...

Dinner is a la carte on thursday and friday and as a buffet the rest of the week. Latest round is 21.00 hours, which is late. Too late for us, so we sneaked in half and hour earlier... Still not very early to have dinner after a long and active day...

But the staff is very friendly and easy going.

The restaurant has good food (fish, meat and veggie), a very good wine choice (expensive).