Ivalo travel guide

Ivalo (Avveel, Avvil, Âˊvvel) is a village in Inari Municipality, in Finnish Lapland, located on the Ivalo river 20 kilometres to the south of Lake Inari. It has a population of 3,998 as of 2003 and a small airport. 30 kilometres south of Ivalo is a very popular resort named Saariselkä (http://www.inarilapland.org/en/index.html). Many tourists visit this place every year for winter sports (downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, husky and reindeer sledge riding) and for summer activities (trekking and hiking in the Saariselkä fjells, canoeing in Lapland's rivers, mountain biking, panning for gold, fishing, etc...). (...) more…