Icehotel Anyone?
March 10, 2009 – 1:35 pmIf you want to go to a strange and wonderful hotel, you may want to consider Icehotel in Northern Sweden. At Icehotel, you become immersed in the arctic culture, without freezing yourself to death. It’s not cheap to stay at Icehotel, but how could it be? The place has to reconstructed out of ice each year!
Conceived by Yngve Bergqvist, a river-rafting guide who wanted to lure visitors to the Arctic north during the winter, the Icehotel started out in 1990 as nothing more than a crude igloo. Now, it’s a fanciful ice castle that’s rebuilt every November with an unparalleled level of artistry — which explains why each winter 16,000 guests pay hundreds of dollars a night to sleep on a slab of ice and thousands more make the trek just to tour the rooms for the day.
Now this vacation might not be for everyone, but for folks who go it sure sounds like a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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