In an ice hotel, ice surrounds you everywhere- tables, chandeliers, bar, bedrooms and even vodka glasses are all made from ice. Tables and chairs are covered with the skin of reindeer. There are special sleeping bags covered with reindeer skins. These bags can cause sweating even though the room temperature is actually between minus four to minus nine (-4 to -9 C).
Alta Igloo
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This is located in the Lapland region of Norway. This hotel features 30 rooms including two suites, two bars and lounge area. It is decorated with ice sculptures and ice furnishings. This hotel also contains an ice chapel and ice gallery. The theme of this hotel changes every year. You can stay here for around $300 per person based on double occupancy. This includes one-night's stay, round trip transfers to the city of Alta, a two-course dinner, breakfast and a morning sauna. This hotel also offers day trips, snowmobile safaris, astronomy tours and wildlife viewing.
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This is the first ice hotel of the world which was built in Jukkasjarvi village near North Lapland in Sweden. It has 85 rooms and suites, a bar, reception area and church. Each room is unique and the architecture of the hotel changes every year. The hotel charges around $150 to $220 depending on season and days.
Ice Hotel Chapel
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This hotel is near Quebec, Canada. The hotel features 85 beds, 13 suites, a movie theatre, two art galleries, a night club, the Ice Lounge, and a romantic Ice Chapel. An overnight package includes one-night's accommodations in the queen room, a welcome cocktail, a gift certificate per person worth $10, access to the Nordic-style relaxation space with hot tubs and sauna, a hot beverage in the morning, a full buffet breakfast and complete equipment for the night including sleeping bag, blanket and a pillow for around $550 to $670 depending on the day of the week.
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Igloo Dorf is another variation on the ice hotel theme with small igloo villages built each winter in five different locations in the Swiss and German Alps: Zermatt, Engelberg, Gstaad, Scuol and Zugspitze. The Zermatt village features four beds, four romantic suites, one whirlpool and an igloo bar. At Zugspitze, there are 50 igloo beds, four romantic igloos, two whirlpools and an igloo bar. Each igloo village offers saunas and an igloo bar serving meals. Rates vary from $120 to $175 depending on the season and days.Aurora Ice Museum
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This restaurant cum museum is in Alaska. Here everything including bar glasses and chandeliers are designed as fine art work. The cost of the package is $449 per person based on double occupancy which includes accommodation for two nights, Chena sled dog kennel tour and ride, geothermal renewable energy tour and ground transportation to Fairbanks and the resort. Though it has only four rooms, each room has quite a unique style.
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No doubt, these hotels all give a memorable experience for the visitors. Hence they became popular places for birthdays and wedding day parties. These are especially wonderful honeymoon spots for newly wedded couples.
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