We booked our holiday through Crystal Ski - great experience with them and from what we've heard, good value. Excursions, lift passes, extra luggage and snowboard carriage all booked easily and hassle free. Good start. We arrived in Kuusamo on 8th January to a snow covered runway and Crystal ski reps ready to guide us to our coach. All the... More

The location is beautiful, no doubt about it. We flew to Father Christmas's certified airport too. Hotel was comfortable and clean. A little overheated at night time. Food was plentiful but on 3 nights there was no choice and it is rather creamy and heavy, takes some getting used to. The excursions are fun and novel and worth doing -... More

Stayed in a cottage at Iso Syote for 7 nights on 1st April 2012 with my husband and two children ages 7 and 9. Booked the whole experience myself as it worked out cheaper than using holiday company or travel agents. Tiina at Iso-syote.net is the most amazing woman ever and helped us organise thermal clothing, booking meals at the... More

We stayed at Iso Syote for 4 nights on 12 March 2012 with my friend. The airport transfer was good and took about 2 hours. We arrived at the hotel about 8:45pm, and was in time for dinner. The scenery was stunning. The rooms are basic, but clean and everything you need. The staff are very helpful and friendly. The... More

Stayed at Iso Syote for 7 nights commencing on the 26th February 2012 with my husband. The journey there was good, we were collected from Olou airport by a taxi driver who took us to a large luxurious minibus/taxi where we spent 1.5 hrs travelling 150 km to Iso Syote. As the taxi started to climb the hill towards the... More

A week in this hotels wonderful hill top chalets is just the most fantastic experience. Light the log fire and just relax after you have taken part in one or two of the following activities.Husky dog, sleigh rides, Ice fishing .Snow shoe walks, Snowmobile rides or Skiing. We,as a family have just returned from Lapland and staying for a week... More

First visit was 4 years ago, thoroughly enjoyed it then and equally as much on this occasion. Stayed second week in Feb 2012 in one of the fell top cottages, (2 adults and 2 children aged 9 and 12) and took the half board option. The cottage was very clean and warm, very close to the hotel, less than 1... More

We travelled here after Christmas and stayed in a log cabin with our two small children near to the hotel which we used on a Half Board basis. The Crystal rep couldn't have been more helpful and we had pre-booked a few activities which I'd recommend because its cheaper and some aren't bookable when you get there; these are the... More

I have just returned from staying in a log cabin in the Iso Syote resort. This was a wonderful holiday, worth a visit. I went with teenagers and stayed a week, there was always something to do despite being at the top of a mountain surrounded by wilderness. I booked with Thompson and took the 5 day activity adventure. It... More