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Levi is one of Finnish Lapland’s best-known ski resorts and one of the easiest to reach: Kittilä Airport is about 15 kilometers from the resort, roughly 20 minutes by car. The village sits at the foot of Levi fell, with lifts, restaurants and shops within walking distance, and the ski season usually runs from late autumn into early May. For a private villa stay, Levi combines easy access with everything that makes Lapland worth the trip: snow, forest, saunas and the northern lights.
Getting to Levi
Kittilä Airport (KTT) has flights from Helsinki year-round, and in winter there are also seasonal flights from other European cities. From the airport it is a short drive to the resort. If you are combining Levi with a visit to Santa Claus Village and the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, plan on about 170 kilometers each way, roughly two to two and a half hours by car.
When to visit Levi
| Months | What to expect |
|---|---|
| November – December | The ski season gets going and the days grow very short, with blue twilight around midday. December brings the Christmas season. |
| January | The coldest and darkest month, and the quietest after the New Year week. |
| February – March | Deep snow, longer days and often clearer skies. The most popular weeks for skiing and safaris. |
| April – early May | Spring skiing in bright sunshine, with snow still on the slopes. |
| Late August – September | No snow, but the northern lights season begins and the fells turn red and gold in the autumn ruska. |
Northern lights season runs from late August to early April. For more detail, see our guide to the best time to see the northern lights in Finland.
Things to do in Levi
- Downhill skiing and snowboarding. Slopes on several sides of the fell, with floodlit runs through the darkest weeks of winter.
- Cross-country skiing. Levi has more than 200 kilometers of cross-country trails through forest and over the fells.
- Husky and reindeer safaris. Short rides or full-day trips into the wilderness, often with a meal by a campfire.
- Snowmobiling. Guided trips across frozen lakes and through the forest, by day or in the dark looking for the aurora.
- Northern lights outings. Guides follow the forecasts and drive to wherever the sky is clear.
- Sauna and ice swimming. Every Finnish stay should include a proper sauna, and the brave can follow it with a dip in a hole in the ice.
Where to stay in Levi
Levi offers two quite different settings. Villas near the village and lifts put restaurants and ski-in access within reach. Villas on the Utsuvaara heights and in the forest around the fell are quieter, with wide views and darker skies for the northern lights.
Our Levi villas are mostly kelo and log villas built for groups, with private saunas, outdoor hot tubs and open-plan living floors. Most come with a private chef, a driver-host and housekeeping, so meals, transfers and activities are handled at the villa.
Levi or another Lapland resort?
Levi suits groups who want an easy journey and a lively resort village nearby. If you would rather have longer runs and a national park on the doorstep, look at Ylläs. For wilderness and the far north, look at Saariselkä. Our guide to where to stay in Finnish Lapland compares them side by side.
When to book
Christmas and New Year, February and March are the busiest periods in Levi, and the larger villas are usually requested well in advance. Outside those weeks, shorter lead times are usually fine.
Tell us your dates and your group, and we will match you to the right Levi villa and plan the days around it.
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