Ice hotels of the world

Today travellers often visit places where the indoor temperature never rises above minus 4 degrees Celsius. For example, the Kingdom of Everfrost in Sakha (Yakutia). It has a function hall for blessing and purification rites, decorated with swans, which symbolize purity in the Yakut mythology and fidelity in the European culture

Temperature in the drift stays at -10°C in the harsh Yakutian winter, when it is -50°C outdoors, and is -4°C in the 30°C July heat. This is the natural property of permafrost that freezes this northern land

Each guest staying at the Ice Hotel in the Krvavec Ski Resort, Slovenia, is given a sleeping bag to sleep on ice beds covered with ram skins. The hotel’s walls, 40cm thick, are also made of snow. Temperature within the guestrooms varies from 0°C to -4°C.

The ICEHOTEL Jukkasjärvi in northern Sweden was built in 1990. Before that it was a hut made of blocks of ice hosting a grand exposition of ice art and was called the Arctic Hall. Later the idea to create a new conceptual hotel Jukkasjärvi appeared. This hotel is a short-life construction, as in spring it melts to the nearby Torne River and has to be built anew in winter. Construction starts in November, and in December Jukkasjärvi opens to guests.

The cost of accommodation in Jukkasjärvi includes mulled wine in the morning brought to each guest in their ice bed and a morning sauna. To avoid freezing, guests visit the Ice Bar Absolut, carved of the most transparent ice, on their way to bed

The Ice Hotel Quebec-Canada is located 20 minutes from Quebec. There is no electricity or bathrooms in the hotel: All home comforts are in the adjacent facility. Temperature in the guestrooms always stays above –4°C, even when it is -30°C outdoors. Guests sleep in sleeping bags on ice beds covered with deerskins

The Ice Hotel Quebec-Canada looks amazing, with its carved walls, columns, arches, candlesticks, and chandeliers. Apart from the guestrooms, the hotel has an ice bar, a café, a chapel, an art gallery featuring ice sculptures, a cinema, a skating rink, and a museum of Inuit culture.

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