Posted by Adam Z. | Filed under Feature, Hotel, News, Travel
To start off, an ice hotel is actually a very temporary structure. Its re made every year and is dependent on specific colder temperatures to sustain its survival. This hotel is aimed at travelers who look for that environmental experience. The lobby is filled with ice sculptures and unique food and beverages that are selected for these conditions. We wonder how their wi-fi system is.
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Though there are many ice hotels throughout the world, the original stands, or actually has stood in Jukkasjarvi , Sweden. The whole phenomenon started when a french artist created an igloo to house his exhibit. Local tourists were in need of a place to stay and asked the Frenchmen if they could shack up in his ice box. They laid down some sleeping bags and the rest is really cold history.
Each March, 10,000 tons of ice and 30,000 tons of snow are gathered to create the hotel. Whatever is left over is used for the next years hotel. The Swedes have to wait till about November, when its cold enough, to get the whole building process started. The hotel is not exactly entirely made of ice. There is a frozen steel frame that created the rooms and other areas of the hotel. The hotel is opened to the public in sections until December where the hotel is usually completed.
Again, everything is made from ice, including the cups, the chairs, the beds, a church, a main ballroom and of course a bar, appropriately named IceBar. IceHotel can house up to 100 guests in their private suites.
You definitely can’t go to the Ice hotel and not have questions. We wondered about the beds. Sleeping on ice? Well not exactly. There is some cushion coming in the form of animal skins. And the price? Its actually rather on the cheap side , considering that its a unique experience its about $90 a night.
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