Sollia, Kirkenes: Pre-Cruise Hotel Review

The verdict

Sollia is for travellers with a car and a spare day. It’s out by the Storskog border, about 5.6 miles from the centre per Kayak, in a former sanatorium, and The Hidden North says you need a car.

It ranks last because it’s the furthest from the quay and nothing we know comes from the property itself. Even the name is in flux: Kayak and Trip.com call it Sollia Aurora Park, formerly Sollia Gjestegård.

Confirm it’s operating, and where it is, before you book.

Book it if

You have a car and want quiet away from town
You’re spending an extra day before the voyage

Look elsewhere if

You’re flying in without a car
You want to be near the quay on sail morning

Sail Morning

Your night before, from here

From check-in to the gangway, using only what Sollia publishes and our own map estimates.

Evening

Check in and settle

The Hidden North names a restaurant, Gapahukan; check it’s open the night you stay.

Before bed

Line up your morning

No ride to the ship is listed. Kayak puts it about 5.6 miles from the centre, and The Hidden North says you need a car.

Sail morning

Breakfast

Not confirmed on any page we read.

Heading out

To the quay

This is a drive, not a walk. The property gives its exact address only after booking, so our map pin is rough; Kayak puts it about 5.6 miles from the centre, near the Storskog border crossing.

While you sail

Your car

Kayak lists free on-site parking. Nothing for a voyage.

Score

Night-Before Score: 15 of 100

15No. 6 of 6

Distance to the ship15/30

Getting to the ship0/25

Parking while you sail0/20

Free breakfast0/10

The evening before0/15

Every point comes from the hotel’s own pages or its brand’s; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.

To the Ship

Getting here, and on to the ship

By our map estimate Sollia is about 14.5 km from Kirkenes Airport in a straight line, and about 7.7 km from Kaiveien 4. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.

Leg 1 · Kirkenes Airport to the hotel

Not stated

No airport shuttle is listed. Kayak puts the airport about 8.4 miles away.

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

Shuttle not stated

No ride to the ship is listed. Kayak puts it about 5.6 miles from the centre, and The Hidden North says you need a car.

From KKN without a hotel shuttle

Barents Buss and Flybussen meet flights for the ride to the centre, about 20 minutes, per Havila, and a taxi from the rank outside arrivals takes 15 to 20 minutes. Barents Buss lists NOK 150; no taxi tariff is published. The airport page has the fares.

Leg 1 · Drive in and park

Cruise parking unconfirmed

Kayak lists free on-site parking. Nothing for a voyage.

Parking for your stay: Free on-site parking, per Kayak.

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

Shuttle not stated

No ride to the ship is listed. Kayak puts it about 5.6 miles from the centre, and The Hidden North says you need a car.

Flying in the morning you sail? You can skip the hotel entirely; the airport page has the landing check.

Which quay

Kaiveien 4

Both coastal lines board at Kaiveien 4: Hurtigruten gives “Kaiv. 4” and Havila “Kirkenes Terminal, Kaiveien 4”. Sollia is about 7.7 km from our pin for the quay in a straight line, and about 9 km from the town centre. Neither line publishes the quay’s exact position, so treat both as estimates; the Kirkenes cruise guide has the rest.

Source: havilavoyages.com

Distance

~7.7 km, straight line

About 7.7 km from Kaiveien 4 in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.

Airport bus

Not stated

The hotel doesn’t say where the airport bus stops.

Parking

Parking while you sail

Cruise parking

Cruise parking unconfirmed

Kayak lists free on-site parking. Nothing for a voyage.

In town

Airport P1, 305 spaces, no price published

We found no car park for passengers at the Kirkenes quay; Cruise Norway’s 2022 port sheet lists only 30 bus spaces. The nearest published parking is at the airport: P1 at the terminal has 305 spaces, four of them accessible, and a cheaper P2 is 500 m away, per Avinor, which shows no prices. The airport is about 15 km from the port by road.

The Night Before

The evening and the morning

The evening

Not stated

The Hidden North names a restaurant, Gapahukan. We couldn’t find the property’s own site, so it doesn’t score.

Breakfast

Depends on the rate

Not confirmed on any page we read.

Address

Near the Storskog border, out of town

9900 Kirkenes; the exact location is given after booking

Fact Sheet

The fine print, in one place

Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Sollia publishes it. We couldn’t confirm the current name and operation, whether breakfast is included, the exact location, so ask when you book.

Check-in and check-out

Check-inAfter 14:00

Check-outBefore 12:00

Breakfast

Not confirmed on any page we read.

Parking for your stay

Free on-site parking, per Kayak

Pool

No pool mentioned on the pages we read

Pets

Not stated on the pages we read.

Rooms

In a former tuberculosis sanatorium building, per The Hidden North. Formerly Sollia Gjestegård; the new name appears only on Kayak and Trip.com, and we couldn’t confirm it with the property.

Accessibility

Sollia’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.

On site

GymNot stated
Sauna or spaNot stated
Family roomsNot stated
Pets allowedNot stated

Also worth knowing

Scored only on distance; we couldn’t find the property’s own site
Near Storskog, Norway’s border crossing with Russia
No Booking.com page we could confirm, so the button searches by name

Worth Knowing

Before you book

Worth knowing

The exact location is given after booking.
Free parking, per Kayak.
The name change is unconfirmed.

What we couldn’t confirm

The current name and operation
Whether breakfast is included
The exact location

Every hotel fact here comes from Kayak’s listing and a tour leader’s round-up on thehiddennorth.com (we couldn’t find the property’s own site), read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins.

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