Rent a holiday apartment in Tankavaara

Tankavaara is a small settlement in Finnish Lapland on or near the E75. If you would like to rent a holiday apartment in Tankavaara, it is worth first asking whether gold panning, gold rush history and Nordic nature are the focus of your trip. This combination defines the character of the destination.

Key facts on the subject

• Small settlement in Finnish Lapland on or near the E75.
• Gold panning and gold rush history are characteristic features of the location.
• The Kultamuseo is in the surrounding area, approximately 0.3 km as the crow flies from the Tankavaara location.

Gold history and Nordic landscape

Tankavaara is known for gold panning and its connection to the gold rush history of Lapland. In addition, Tankavaara and its immediate surroundings offer a Nordic landscape with forests, streams and wide open skies. If your travel group has different interests, you can weigh gold history and an interest in nature as two clearly recognisable focal points.

The Kultamuseo provides a specific cultural connection in the wider surroundings of Tankavaara. It is approximately 0.3 km as the crow flies from the location; this figure is not a walking or driving distance. This creates a clear combination of gold history, museum and Nordic landscape for your stay.

Which accommodation in Tankavaara suits your travel plans?

Those who plan to include the Kultamuseo and the Gold Village experience as fixed items on their itinerary can consider accommodation in the Tankavaara area as a short-distance base for these destinations. The location on or near the E75 is part of the orientation to the area and can be compared with your own travel plans when choosing accommodation.

If gold history, the Kultamuseo and the Gold Village experience are the main focus, accommodation in the Tankavaara area is the obvious base. Those planning other destinations should compare the location separately with their own travel plans. For your search, you can consider holiday apartments, holiday homes and hotels as accommodation types side by side.

Further guidance

For an overview of the wider travel region, you can visit Lapland. For further thematic guidance, the following are also available: Dacha settlements: history and significance, The history of the dacha movement and Holidays with a dog on the Baltic Sea.

Other local pages to explore are Luosto, Kilpisjärvi, Salla, Mäntyjärvi and Pelkosenniemi.

Tankavaara is particularly well suited to a trip that combines the unusual theme of gold prospecting with Nordic nature. For this focus, accommodation in the area is more suitable than a base oriented only generally towards Lapland.