Travel Goals

1. Climb to Everest Base Camp.
2. Climb Mt Kilimanjaro.
3. Learn to Scuba Dive.
4. Visit every continent.
5. See the Galapagos Islands.
6. Sail down the Amazon River.
7. Climb Ayer's Rock.
8. Ride the Trans-Siberian.
9. Go into space.
10. Go wild at La Tomintina.
11. See the sunrise from Mt. Fuji.
12. Gaze at Borobudor.
13. Visit the Pyramids
14. Safari in East Africa.
15. Go to the World Cup!
16. See Machu Picchu.
17. Join the Century Club.
18. Visit Antarctica.
19. Do development work.
20. See Petra Jordan.
21. Backpack the Eastern Block.
22. See the Northern Lights.
23. Vegas Baby! Vegas!
24. Greek Island hop.
25. Cycle Tuscany.
26. Visit India.
27. Lounge in the Seychelles.
28. See Morocco.
29. Oktoberfest!
30. Caravan across the Sahara.
31. Visit Tibet.
32. Fly first class.
33. Go to Israel.
34. Carnival!!!!
35. Mardi Gras!
36. Cannes Film Festival.
37. Sundance Film Festival.
38. Eat a sushi meal at NOBU
39. Pacific Island hop.
40. Spend a night in the Ice Hotel.
41. See Glacier National Park.

Book Your Travel Here!!

The Swedish Ice Hotel is located in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. It has over 80 rooms and is built using ice from the nearby Torne River. Construction begins in October using 10,000 tons of ice and 30,000 tons are snow. The 30,000 square foot hotel is located 200 km north of the Arctic Circle and features an Absolute Vodka ice bar, an ice cinema, an ice chapel, ice family rooms, and ice suites. The whole structure uses 4,000 tons of ice.

The hotel began in 1990, when French artist Jannot Derid held an exhibition in a cylinder-shaped igloo in the area. One night there were no rooms available in the town so some of the visitors slept in sleeping bags on top of reindeer skin, beginning the world’s first “ice hotel.”

The ice hotel gives you a different way to holiday. It’s an interesting place to stay for those that love the snow. Rooms start around $300 a night and the hotel is open from December through April. Temperatures range from -5 C to -8 C. That’s pretty cold but considering temperatures can get -37 C below out, it’s not too bad. Guests sleep on Reindeer skin and sleeping bags, making for a nice comfortable, and cozy, sleep.

Since the hotel melts and has to be rebuilt each year, no two years feature the same design. Every year they reshape and redesign the whole hotel giving returning visitors a new place to return to. Last year’s theme was “the milky way.”

The popularity of this hotel has inspired imitators in other Arctic areas like Norway and Canada. For more information on the original, go to their home page at The Ice Hotel.If you are considering going, make sure you book well in advance as the hotel increasing popularity means it is booked far in advance.

5 Responses to “Unusual Place of the Month: The Swedish Ice Hotel”

1. Anil on May 14th, 2008 6:54 pm

   looks amazing! Ice bars are becoming pretty popular these days. I haven’t made it to the one in London, but can tell you from first hand experience that you are better off giving the one in Benalmadena, Malaga a miss. In fact, you are better off giving Benalmadena a miss.

2. Christine Gilbert on May 15th, 2008 12:25 am

   Wow this looks seriously amazing.

3. travelphilippines on May 15th, 2008 7:19 pm

   i wonder when can i go there… sigh looks soo amazing i wanna sleep in one of the room…

4. backpakker on May 16th, 2008 1:27 pm

   im shivering just looking at the pics..wow !thanks Matt
   Lakshmi

5. Maryam in Marrakesh on May 18th, 2008 8:21 pm

   I have always found the concept of this hotel just so fascinating. It is sublime.

   PS Thank you for your visit to my blog and your sweet comment:)

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