In time I came to enjoy the hot steam of the sauna, but despite my growing love for Finland during several trips since, I could never get into the ice water.

But you can also book your own chef for a weekend, or have a guide help you make your birch whisks for those post-sauna thrashings.

There are two bedrooms downstairs with a full bath, a workout room, a laundry room, and a sauna room/ski storage area.

After an exhausting day, one should definitely go the the local sauna.

The house is built into the side of the mountain, so there are no windows for the downstairs bathroom, workout, laundry and sauna room.