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| Fairytale laser-lit igloos are hewn from ice blocks at -50°c (-58°f ) |
With its snow-covered landscape of frosted pine trees. frozen rivers and icicles, Lapland is the quintessential winter wonderland where sub-zero temperatures shiver as low as -50°C (-58°F). Under the eerie glow of Sweden’s polar skies, the Ice Hotel is a giant magical igloo built each November from ice blocks taken from the frozen Tome River. Hand-crafted ice pillars and ice-hewn furniture are strung together with glowing fibre optic cables. The ethereal northern lights can also been seen in this luminescent location 160 km (1oo miles) above the Arctic Circle. Make full use of the skis, sleighs and dog-sleds to explore Lapland’s reindeer trails and icy wilds. After several warming drinks from the Absolute lce Bar spend a night snuggled into a thermal sleeping bag under reindeer-skin rugs. Guests are awarded a certificate after surviving plummeting temperatures and are encouraged to thaw out in a pre~breakfast sauna. The beauty, the cold and the quick morning escape are all part of the fun. Come May, or earlier (should there be an unforeseen heat-wave) the walls begin to melt - and that is it for the Ice Hotel until it is time to rebuild the following year.
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