Lapland's largest ever ice hotel opens
A hotel crafted out of 1,000 truck loads of snow has opened in Lapland.
Each year the frozen water and snow hotel is created in late november, but this year it is the largest ever and even features a restaurant, bar and guest lobby.
15 ice sculptors have spent the last three week constructing the 20 double igloo rooms and six special suites which cost £280 per night.
Guests are advised to take their own warm clothes but are supplied with sleeping bags, fleeces They are also given instructions on how to survive a night in the hotel ... I have stayed in a few places which could have done with that.
Each morning visitor are given a hot berry juice in their rooms which are ornately decorated with ice carvings, to help them warm up
Should less hardy travellers have problems sleeping in the chilly rooms there are also a couple of "warm" bedrooms.
Should the alcohol at the bar not get rid of the shakes there are also saunas available at Snowvillage, which is located between Finland's biggest ski resorts.
Anyone wanting to stay will need to go soon, as temperatures rise in the spring, the entire complex melts.
Link:
Snowvillage
A hotel crafted out of 1,000 truck loads of snow has opened in Lapland.
Each year the frozen water and snow hotel is created in late november, but this year it is the largest ever and even features a restaurant, bar and guest lobby.
15 ice sculptors have spent the last three week constructing the 20 double igloo rooms and six special suites which cost £280 per night.
Guests are advised to take their own warm clothes but are supplied with sleeping bags, fleeces They are also given instructions on how to survive a night in the hotel ... I have stayed in a few places which could have done with that.
Each morning visitor are given a hot berry juice in their rooms which are ornately decorated with ice carvings, to help them warm up Should less hardy travellers have problems sleeping in the chilly rooms there are also a couple of "warm" bedrooms.
Should the alcohol at the bar not get rid of the shakes there are also saunas available at Snowvillage, which is located between Finland's biggest ski resorts.
Anyone wanting to stay will need to go soon, as temperatures rise in the spring, the entire complex melts.
Link:
Snowvillage
