Best Places to Stay: Northern Lights

If you’ve never seen the northern lights, there’s still time to catch the spectacular display this year.

The aurora borealis–named, aptly, after the Roman goddess of dawn and the Greek word for the north wind–can appear on a clear night from September through April, and is often at its most intense in February and March.

Here are three stand-out lodges that will get you up close and personal:

■ Lyngen Lodge, Djupvik, Norway (from $322 per person, including meals) 

■ Forest Hotel: Tärendö, Sweden (from $241)

■ Ion Hotel: Nesjavellir, Iceland (from $276, including breakfast)

via National Geographic