Location: Pello
Top Things to do in Pello
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Pello in Finland, from Europe region, is best know for Hiking Trails. Discover best things to do in Pello with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
Restaurants in Pello
1. Eeron Polku Trail
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By ReindeermanLapland - Lapland
Eero's Trail is a very nice trail (about 2 km) and you do not need to be a great "athlete" to visit it. The view at the top of the hill is very impressive: you can see forest everywhere and the beautiful lake of the area.
2. Maupertuis Memorial
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By ReindeermanLapland - Lapland
In 1736-1737 was conducted a French expedition to determine the shape of the Earth. It was led by French mathematician and philosopher Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis.. Maupertuis expedition’s purpose was to perform measurements to determine whether the Earth was round or flattened at its poles. Maupertuis was one of the leading philosophers and scientists of the Age of Enlightenment of the French Academy of Sciences.
Maupertuis was accompanied by Alexis Claude Clairaut, Charles Étienne Louis Camus and Pierre Charles Le Monnier, all astronomers themselves. The expedition also included Reginald Outhier, and Swedish scientists, the famous Anders Celsius and Anders Hellant.
Northernmost measurement site was the Kittisvaara Mountain, located about 3 km north of the Pello’s center. A Maupertuis Memorial was erected on Kittisvaara Mountain in 1956 to commemorate the expedition. The monument as such is rather modest but actually the whole Mountain Kittis creates the memorial with unique views over Tornio Valley. By visiting the site you can experience the views that the unique scientists lived in 18th century.
The access to site is easy in summer : in winter apparently you need skis or snow snow shoes to visit it.
3. Soulmate Huskies
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
A small family company of high quality husky tours.
Reviewed By amsterdam05 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
They have 60 dogs, husky's and other breeds. All very friendly. They are well kept and well trined. We first tried the 1,5 hour ride, which actually is a 1 hour ride and we liked it, so we booked the 3 hour ride, which is actually a 2 hour ride, which was fine with us because it was very cold. Beautiful landscape, lots of snow.
4. Ski Resort Ritavalkea
Overall Ratings
4 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By ReindeermanLapland - Lapland
Nice little ski resort some 80 km from Rovaniemi, capital of Lapland. Rather small compared to Levi or Ylläs, but nice views and not too far from Rovaniemi. Good place to start skiing season and for kids. Hopefully they will develop the resort since it has some unused potential.
5. Salmon Fishing Naamisuvanto - Petri Uusitalo
Overall Ratings
5 based on 1 reviews
Guiding for Salmon Trolling in Tornio River in Lapland, Finland. Guiding for Fly Fishing. Fly Fishing Courses for Kids. Fly Fishing in Pool Area. Renting Fishing Equipment
Reviewed By Seppa1969 - Tampere, Finland
I spent few days there and loved the experience. This place is home for couple who run the business. They accomodate about 8 people in main building and provide also cottage accomodation near by. I took few hours of fly fishing and had rowing boat and guide on two days. I had my own gear with me but their stuff was way better so decided to use their stuff. Fly fishing price included fishing rods, boots, clothes, lift to rapids and exellent advisor, Isak. Loved also vero long rowing boat fishing trips where I got nice salmon (5,7 kg). They provided nice video of the catch. Breakfast was ready every morning 9 am and even home dinner was nice. I can recommend the place for anyone who can handle home accomodation and who loves fishing.
6. Jaipaljukka
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By Miguel H - Rovaniemi, Finland
Short but exciting and marked trail, through the wild forest of Pello in Lapland, Finland; The rock formation was created by melting glaciers and tectonic plate movements towards the end of the Ice Age.
You can pick up different kind of berries, mushrooms, and even get close to common animals in Lapland like reindeer and elk.
7. Pello Bowling keilahalli
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By ReindeermanLapland - Lapland
A nice brand new bowling in the center of Pello in Finnish Lapland (about 1km from the town hall). Place was rather difficult to find (better road signs would be useful, especially for those who do not understand Finnish, like foreign tourists). The bowling is inside an old school building (from the outside it's hard to believe there is actually a bowling inside...). Technically talking this very new bowling was working very well and the staff was friendly. Decoration inside is still rather "sterile" (maybe because it is so new). A nice way to spend couple of hours in Pello, especially if it is a rainy days. This bowling fits also to families with chidren over 10.
8. Lapland Wild Fish
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By ReindeermanLapland - Lapland
This company, based in Pello in Finnish Lapland, realizes fishing excursions in the very beautiful Miekojärvi Lake. Miekojärvi is called "Arctic Circle" lake. In this lake you can get for example nice zanders or pikes. Most of the people come to Pello and to Tornio River Valley to fish salmon, but if you have time and money you can also try lake fishing in Miekojärvi Lake. Starting of the fishing trip is in Miekojärvi fishing harbor, which is easy to find.
9. Naamivaara Frisbee Golf Course
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By ReindeermanLapland - Lapland
I was playing in Naamivaara Disc Golf with three generations: frisbee golf is a great activity for children and also for younger ones. It was rather easy to find this golf course (located some 20 km from the center of Pello), however they could improve the street signs. The disc course golf as such has a nice profile and the landscape is rich. The placement of the tees is rather well indicated. The place is rather free of mosquitoes (at least on that rather windy day when I was playing there with my family). Globally it was a very nice experience (you can easily spend 2-3 hours on that place).
10. KalastuSSaario
Guided salmon fishing trips. Traditionell trolling and fly fishing. Torne river areas: Naamisuvanto, Teikosuvanto, Lempeansuvanto
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