Vodka at Ice Bar, Orlando, Florida, USA. Open all year.
CANADA
JAPAN
ROMANIA
SWEDEN
The first ice hotel was in Sweden. You can stay in an ice hotel until April 2021. North Sweden is not your only option.
You could also pick an ice hotel in Canada or Finland.
If you don't have the time or money or are not sure whether this will suit you, you could try an ice bar.
ICE Bar
One in Florida, USA is open all year. It also claims to be the world's largest ice bar.
SWITZERLAND
CANADA
Ice Hotel[edit]
The Hôtel de Glace (English: Ice Hotel) first opened in January 2001. 85 rooms are furnished with ice beds covered with deer furs and mattresses and equipped with arctic sleeping bags.[1] It was originally located on the shores of Lac-Saint-Joseph, Quebec, 31 minutes north of Quebec City, but has since moved closer to the city, 10 minutes away from Old Town Quebec.[6] It operates from the first week in January to the last week in March.[7] It has the adjacent Le Quatre Temps restaurant, an ice bar named Absolut Ice Bar, which serves Absolut Vodka and other beverages, sauna and outdoor hot tub.[3][8] Construction involves the use of blocks of ice and snow.[8] In 2005, construction involved "400 tons of clear ice blocks, trucked in from Montreal, and 12,000 tons of snow produced on site."[8] Beds are constructed of ice, which are topped with "a wooden boxspring and mattress",[3] and mummy-style sleeping bags are provided.[3] The hotel offers paid tours, the participants of which are allowed to use the ice bar until midnight.[3] Ice Hotel was previously the only ice hotel in North America.[3]
Finland[edit]
SnowCastle of Kemi[edit]
The SnowCastle of Kemi in Kemi, Finland is the largest snow fort in the world, is rebuilt every winter and has a snow hotel[10] with double rooms and a honeymoon suite. The facility also has a restaurant, chapel, and ice sculptures.[10] It is near the Gulf of Bothnia.[10] The style of the facility, including the theme, shape, size and decorations, changes annually.[10]
- SnowCastle of Kemi
The dining room in February 2013
Lainio Snow Village[edit]
The Lainio Snow Village is located 150 km north of the Arctic Circle in Lapland.[11] This snow hotel is built in the winter atop a wood building. In 2007, construction began in November, and in early November, it began providing lodging.[11] The hotel has restrooms and a sauna, and the village has a restaurant.[11] Rooms are decorated with artwork created from snow.[11] In 2007, art students contributed to the art with professional artists.[11] In the summer, the village provides log cabin lodging.[11]
The Alpha Resort Tomamu in the Shimukappu village of Hokkaido Island in Japan builds and opens an ice hotel every year.[12] It may be Japan's first ice hotel, and everything in it is constructed from ice.[12][13] The hotel interiors are typically −3 to −5 °C. Guests dine on ice tables and sit on ice chairs covered with sheepskin. The hotel provides sheepskin apparel for guests to stay warm.[12]
SWEDEN
From Wiivoyage
- 1 Ice Hotel (Ishotellet), Marknadsvägen 63, ☏ +46 980 668 00, ✉ info@icehotel.com. A hotel constructed entirely out of ice. There are many copycats now, but this is the original. Outdoor activities such as dogsled tours are arranged by the hotel but reservation may be advisable, and cheaper alternatives may be available from companies in nearby Kiruna. Remember that winter in Lapland can be very cold, and though Ishotellet provides snowsuits and boots, you may need to bring equipment such as expedition-grade gloves, face masks, and goggles depending on conditions. Read the weather forecast. It is also possible to visit the ice hotel as a tourist attraction without actually spending a night there. It is worth seeing the ice sculptures in the rooms and in the floors. While much of the ice hotel exists only between November and May, a few suites are preserved and open all year around. A stay will cost you upwards of €300/night.
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UK
I wanted to go to the Ice bar in London for my birthday in March. Then I discovered a few restrictions. First it was expensive. Secondly, you had to book a time and could not stay there the whole evening. thirdly you had to be warmly dressed which ruled out most of my pretty evening clothes.
I might be middling it up with the naked restaurant and the blind restaurant. Anyway, all three sounded amusing but I never made it to any of them for my birthday. We ended up eating locally so we could get home soon after eating and drinking.
USA
Useful Websites
Covering hotels in several countries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hotel
USA
https://icebarorlando.com/
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