Private Santa visit in Salla: how to arrange it
Illustration photo: a letterbox for Santa, not in Salla.
The short answer
Ask the Arctic Circle café for its Santa afternoon as a private visit for your family: the listing says it offers exactly that. Settle three things in writing before you pay, because none is published: the total price, the day and time, and whether the gingerbread with Mrs Santa and the walk through Santa's village stay in.
How the operators compare
Prices are the operators' own published starting prices as of the date this guide was updated, and they change through the season.
| Shared afternoon | Private visit | |
|---|---|---|
| Other families | Yes | No |
| Price | Per person | Not published |
| Days | Monday to Saturday | Ask |
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Shared afternoon
- Other families
- Yes
- Price
- Per person
- Days
- Monday to Saturday
Santa's village, gingerbread with Mrs Santa and a family photo with Santa, with other families, Monday to Saturday.
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Private visit
- Other families
- No
- Price
- Not published
- Days
- Ask
The same visit offered to a single family as a personalised private experience, arranged by phone or e-mail.
Nothing is ranked: the shared and private versions are the same programme, and whether privacy is worth an unknown price is for each family to decide.
Where these figures come from
- Shared afternoon: Santa's village, gingerbread with Mrs Santa and a family photo with Santa, with other families, Monday to Saturday.
- Private visit: The same visit offered to a single family as a personalised private experience, arranged by phone or e-mail.
The Santa programme in Salla can be booked privately; what is missing is the detail.
What the visit holds
The café on the Arctic Circle guides families through Santa’s village, sits the children down to decorate gingerbread with Mrs Claus, and ends with a family meeting and photo with Santa. The shared version runs from Monday to Saturday in December and January.1
The private version
The same listing says the visit is also available to families as a personalised private experience, and gives the café’s phone and e-mail for it. It publishes nothing else about that version, so the price, time and content are yours to agree.
The alternatives are compared on the best Santa Claus visit from Salla.
Tours you can book
Meet Santa and Mrs. Santa at the Arctic Circle in Salla
Run by Napapiiri Café
From €105per person
Length3 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)
Questions people ask
Can we tell Santa about the children beforehand?
With a private visit, that is the main thing it buys. Send the children's names, ages and anything they are hoping to talk about, such as a wish list or a pet, when you confirm the booking. A family visit shared with others leaves Santa less room to use it.
What should the children wear?
Winter clothing for being outdoors: the visit begins with a walk along a snowy path to Santa's post office, cabin and sauna hut before anyone sits down with the gingerbread. Snowsuits, winter boots, hats and mittens, with a lighter layer underneath for the warm café, suit it best.
How do we contact the café?
The listing gives the café's phone number and e-mail for group and private requests. Write rather than ring if you want the price and the time in writing, and give your family's size, the children's ages and your preferred dates in the first message, since the season lasts only two months.