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General Ice Hotel Information |
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Specific Hotels and Igloos |
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Almost
all these ice hotels and igloos have associated winter activities like dog sled
rides, horse drawn sleigh rides, ice fishing, etc. |
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Finland -
This country now has five tourist attractions related to
ice hotels and igloos.
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Snowcastles
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Snowcastles.net Located in the beautiful
Lapland area of Finland, they have several sites with log cabin and igloo suites.
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Lainio Snow Village. Inside the walls of Snow Village there is
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Ice Bar,
Snow Hotel, slides for kids and lots of ice and snow sculptures
on the courtyard. Everything is made entirely of snow and ice. The
Snow Hotel has seven igloo shaped rooms. Other activities
include husky dog sled rides, reindeer rides, horse sleigh rides,
skiing and snow shoe trips. There are also Lapland ceremonies
to see.
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Rovaniemi Snowland. You can spend the night in an igloo
restaurant and dance at an Ice Arctic Disco.
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Kemi Snowcastle. This is located on the northern coast of
the Gulf of Bothnia and includes the Manmut Snow hotel and an ice
restaurant.
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Igloo Village Kakslauttanen. There are 20 igloos located
here. They also have an ice gallery and an ice chapel where
wedding ceremonies are performed.
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Greenland - Hotel Arctic. How about staying in
an igloo. Just go to Ilulissat,
Greenland. Besides ice igloos they also have aluminum igloos
for those that want to rough it in luxury.
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Norway -
They have two ice hotels this season that we have found.
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Bjorli Ice Hotel.
This is an ice hotel located in Bjorli, Norway. It has a longer
season than most ice hotels.
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Alta Ice Hotel. This is an ice hotel located in
Alta, Norway.
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Romania Ice Hotel. The Ice
Balea Lake in
Romania opened in 2006.
Balea Lake is situated in the Fagaras
Mountains which are part of the Carpathians mountain chain.
Here is another
website with better pictures.
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Sweden Ice Hotel.
The Ice Hotel is situated on
the shores of the Torne River, in the old village of Jukkasjärvi in
Swedish Lapland
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