
	Where results make sense

Topic: Ice hotel

Related Topics

Ice sculpture

Rock carvings at Alta

Tourism in Finland

Kemi

Alta, Norway

Lake

Tourism in the Netherlands

Tourism

Nordkapp

Jamaica Bay

Nile

North Cape

Lucas Radebe

Himalaya Mountains

Mount K2

In the News (Thu 17 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Sweden's Ice Hotel - News for Kids
		The story of the ice hotel is certainly a fairytale come true.
		This was how the ice hotel was born and now almost 16 years later the hotel is raved about around the world, and has been featured in television and travel magazines.
		Fairbanks, Alaska, has ice beds with Caribou pelts that call visitors to the adventurous Chena Hot Springs Resort's and Aurora ice museum built in 2004; it is the only one in the United States.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art16888.asp (498 words)

	Ice hotel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is Europe’s northernmost ice hotel, as it is located in the Finnmark region and is approximately 250km from North Cape.
		In 2006, the first ice hotel was built in Eastern Europe at Bâlea Lac (Romania), deep in the Făgăraş Mountains, at an altitude of 2034 m.
		The Ice Hotel near the village of Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna, Sweden is the first and most famous of the ice hotels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ice_hotel (717 words)

	Québec City: Fire & Ice
		In addition to the Carnival, for the hardy visitor a night or two in the Ice Hotel is a fine climax to a winter vacation.
		It is as if the owners of the hotel want to prove to the world that guests at the ice hotel are offered the same amenities as those who stay in regular hotels.
		Ice Hotel Québec-Canada opened its curtains (for doors) during the winter in 2001, but as happens every year, the ice hotel is fated for an annual rebirth.
	www.romartraveler.com /RomarPages/QuebecCityFireAndIce.html (1942 words)

	Five-Star Hotel...of Ice
		The Ice Hotel is an oversized, complex Eskimo igloo.
		The igloo now has a triple layer of insulation: an ice coating on the interior of the snow walls, the snow walls themselves, and ice coating on the exterior of the snow walls.
		Hélène Barbeau, the hotel's director of communications, notes that at the bar, the furniture and even the glasses are made of ice.
	www.riverdeep.net /current/2001/01/013101_icehotels.jhtml (1133 words)

	Ice Hotel
		This is not the kind of reception one expects from the average hotel, but then, this is certainly no average hotel - this is a hotel created out of thirty thousand metric tonnes of snow, and five thousand tons of ice.
		Ice, gleaming and translucent, is used to great effect for pillars, sculptures, furniture, the 8 foot cascade of the chandelier in the lobby, and to allow light through the snow walls.
		Approaching the Ice Hotel at the end of the journey, the dogs are encouraged - faster, faster - and in finely calculated percentages, they increase their pace at each command.
	www.escc.se /misc/IceHotel.html (1792 words)

	Tiny ice hotel opens in remote Romanian mountains - Boston.com
		Tucked away in a remote valley in Romania's Carpathian mountains, a tiny ice hotel has opened to try and attract tourists and their cash to the unspoiled forests of some of Europe's greatest wilderness.
		BALEA LAC, Romania (Reuters) - Tucked away in a remote valley in Romania's Carpathian mountains, a tiny ice hotel has opened to try and attract tourists and their cash to the unspoiled forests of some of Europe's greatest wilderness.
		Made of ice from a nearby lake, the igloo-shaped hotel cost less than $12,100 and took a month to build.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/02/08/tiny_ice_hotel_opens_in_remote_romanian_mountains/?p1=MEWell_Pos4 (790 words)

	CNN.com - Quebec: Chill out at the Ice Hotel - Jan. 9, 2003
		The Ice Hotel saw 100,000 visitors in its first two years, 4,500 of whom were adventurous enough to spend the night on the ice beds in one of the hotel's 32 rooms and suites.
		The hotel is affiliated with the original Ice Hotel in Sweden, and Desbois says many people who have visited that facility come to the Canadian outpost.
		The beds at the Ice Hotel are made of ice, but guests have a wooden plank, a foam mattress, a fleece sheet, deer pelts and a sleeping bag for insulation.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/01/09/ice.hotel (681 words)

	Ice Hotel
		Paying to stay in a four star hotel, this did not sound like the depiction of comfort, but if you follow the sleeping guidelines given to you by the hotel, it is really not that bad.
		Romantic nights in the Ice Hotel cost as much as a Caribbean cruise but you have to make allowances since the entire structure becomes a big puddle in the spring and has to be rebuilt each winter.
		There is no doubt that the Ice Hotel is an amazing place, based on its uniqueness and beauty, but I am sure many people have their doubts.
	www.travelscribes.com /ice_hotel.htm (993 words)

	Ice sculpture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ice sculpture is a form of sculpture that uses ice as the raw material.
		These large ice blocks must be moved by heavy machinery and are used for large ice sculpting events or as part of an ice hotel.
		Ice sculpting started to become important in Quebec in the 1880s, as traditional sculptors like Louis Jobin turned their skills on this less permanent medium.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ice_sculpture (1464 words)

	CNN.com - Travel - Canada's planned Ice Hotel gets warm reception - November 1, 2000
		The Ice Hotel's facilities will include a bar, a cinema and art galleries, with exhibits made of ice, as well as executive suites complete with an ice bed.
		The concept of an ice hotel is being imported from Sweden, which constructed what its owners say was the world's first ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi, some seven hours' drive from Stockholm.
		The Quebec Ice Hotel will have a surface area of 1,000 square meters (10,760 square feet), one quarter the size of the its Swedish counterpart.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/TRAVEL/NEWS/11/01/canada.icehotel.reut/index.html (435 words)

	Alaska magazine \| Ice Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The experience became slightly less edgy with the fire marshal’s edict that every bedroom in the hotel include an extinguisher and smoke alarm—real ones, not ice mock-ups—apparently to protect guests from accidentally setting themselves on fire while surrounded by tons of frozen water.
		This 18th century regent was said to have built an ice palace 80 feet long for her court jester when he married, forcing the newlyweds to spend the entire night in a four-poster bed of ice under supervision of royal guards.
		The resort is not nearly as strict as Anna; a regular hotel room comes as part of the package for those who find it necessary to flee in the night.
	www.alaskamagazine.com /stories/0205/feature_icehotel.shtml (1573 words)

	Ice Hotel in Sweden - Let the Ice Hotel Warm Your Heart
		Sweden remains the main venue for buildings made of ice - there are ice galleries, ice restaurants and ice bars as well as the ice hotels - but other Scandinavian countries have not been slow off the mark with their own versions.
		The real adventure of an ice hotel is in staying the night but many visitors simply arrive for the day to dine in the restaurant or to sample a shot of vodka served from a glass made entirely of ice.
		The original ice hotel in Sweden is only in existence for around four months each year before it (quite literally) melts away to nothing but it's remarkably busy during its short season.
	www.vacation2europe.com /ice-hotel.html (579 words)

	CNN.com - Travel - Lodgers get cool reception at Swedish Ice Hotel - December 14, 2000
		STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Sweden's annual all-ice hotel is growing in size to accommodate increasing demand, with about 10,000 guests already booked for its chilly rooms ahead of Thursday's official opening.
		This winter's Ice Hotel in Jukkasjarvi, a village 120 miles (193 kilometers) above the Arctic Circle, is the biggest ever, with an ice dome hovering 30 feet (9 meters) over an ice bar and a stage, hotel spokeswoman Helena Sjoeholm said.
		The Quebec Ice Hotel -- the first of its kind in North America -- will be about one-quarter the size of the one in Sweden, he said.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/TRAVEL/NEWS/12/14/ice.hotel.ap/index.html (558 words)

	Ice Hotel-Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Now that the ice hotel at Chena Hot Springs Resort is history, resort owner Bernie Karl plans to bring the enterprise back to life as a museum.
		The Aurora Ice Hotel, which was open to guests last winter but melted under the early summer sun, won't be back again this year, Karl said.
		The plan didn't work, however, and by early summer the elaborate ice chandeliers were collapsing from the ceiling, convincing project organizers to abandon their hopes for a year-round ice hotel and to let the structure melt.
	fairbanks-alaska.com /ice-hotel-museum.htm (569 words)

	Ice hotel under threat - World - Travel - smh.com.au
		We woke on Christmas morning in the frozen silence of a hotel made of ice and snow, a unique shrine to an Arctic under threat from climate change.
		After the heavy silence of the room, the outside world was alive with sound -- the pealing of Christmas bells at the ice church, the baying of sled dogs and the hum of snowmobiles.
		Surveying the ice-pillared hall from a petal-shaped throne under a ice crystal chandelier, he admits the season is getting shorter but says this is the coldest winter he has experienced in his years planning the hotel.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/ice-hotel-under-threat/2006/12/26/1166895278771.html (649 words)

	Ice Cap - Hotel Solutions
		Ice Cap equipment offers high efficiency, long equipment life span and minimal maintenance.
		When customer acceptance and retention are critical, Ice Cap’s quiet operation and superior design equate to increased guest comfort and return visits.
		Whether your requirements are for new construction, replacement of existing PTAC units or the renovation or conversion of existing buildings, Ice Cap offers the design flexibility, product support and project management to ensure that you come out ahead.
	www.icecap.com /hotel.htm (148 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ice hotel succumbs to sun damage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		FAIRBANKS (AP) — The frozen martini glasses are disappearing, ice chandeliers are falling from the ceiling and the walls of the Aurora Ice Hotel are shrinking.
		Resort owner Bernie Karl and ice carver Steve Brice finished the structure in late December and had hoped to keep the hotel open throughout the summer by using the foam panels and thousands of feet of hose pumping coolant through the ice walls.
		Hewitt said the resort stopped accepting guests for ice hotel rooms at the end of March and planned to use April as a testing period for how well the structure could hold up in warmer weather.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/hotels/2004-06-04-ice-hotel_x.htm (486 words)

	Ice Hotel Trip
		The plan was for flights to and from Quebec, a night at the Ice Hotel, a dogsledding excursion and a night in Quebec.
		This very elegant hotel was built as a railway hotel in the late 19th century and is, allegedly, the most photographed building in Canada.
		The Ice Hotel is quite expensive and is probably better visited as part of a winter sports vacation at the Duchesnay Resort (which has a "normal" hotel, as well), rather than on its own.
	www.xenophilia.net /icehotel/icehotel.html (1527 words)

	Ice Hotel
		The reason they have to rebuild it every year is that is made out of ice and it melts away in the summer.
		The bed is a wooden slat affair that sits on blocks of ice and has a thin mattress covered in reindeer skins, but you are also given some very good sleeping bags so the minus 5 degree centigrade temperatures are survivable.
		By traditional we mean that we went naked and Terry even took the option of a dip through a hole in the ice to cool off in the river.
	www.tlsugrue.co.nz /ice_hotel.htm (856 words)

	The Ice Hotel
		The Ice Hotel is the brainchild of a Swede named Yngve Bergqvist, who built a large igloo as an offbeat venue for an art exhibition, and, as a way of introducing Lapland as a desirable winter travel destination.
		Construction of the Ice Hotel, which melts in the spring and must be rebuilt every year, begins in November, when the water in the Torne River freezes.
		The Ice Hotel is more than just a place to stay, it's a fun place to visit just to look around: each year, internationally acclaimed artists design the rooms and carve the many ice sculptures that decorate the hotel.
	www.parentnetsweden.com /Infopages/Resources/travel/iceH.htm (374 words)

	weather.com - Travel News Results Page
		Almost everything is made of ice in the lobby of the Ice Hotel Glace (2001).
		The relatively small Ice Hotel Glace in Quebec, Canada, has taken the travel world by ice storm, hosting a remarkable 40,000 visitors, 1,500 overnight guests, and 6,000 participants at special events, like weddings in the hotel's ice chapel.
		Mahy said that part of the beauty of the Ice Hotel is that each year it can be built differently to add more accommodations or activities for guests.
	www.weather.com /newscenter/topstories/travel/020122xtravxicehotelglace.html (681 words)

	Discovery Channel - Ice Hotel
		The free-standing snow arches are supported by pillars of ice to give them extra stability.
		The interior of the hotel is designed by different artists from all over the world every year.
		The blocks of ice used for this purpose weigh almost two tonnes; they were cut out of the river back in March with special ice saws and stored in a freezer house.
	www.discoverychannelasia.com /icehotel/winterstale/index.shtml (220 words)

	Architecture of the Ice Hotel - Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
		The hotel is constructed from 4,750 tons of beautifully sculpted, yet architecturally sound snow and ice.
		Guests are treated to two art galleries (the art is also made of ice), a movie theater, and a bar where vodka is served in glasses made of ice.
		The year it opened, 2000, the hotel had a capacity of 22 guests, and it was sold out.
	www.glasssteelandstone.com /CA/PQ/QuebecCityIceHotel.html (253 words)

	Québec City's Ice Hotel
		Last night I rented a room in the Ice Hotel and I froze to death.” She looked angry as she continued, “I was so cold that I spent most of the night in the outside heated washrooms, sitting on a toilet seat.
		All the exquisite furniture was created from sheer ice and a large unique ice candelabra, hanging from its 5.4 m (18 ft) ceiling, completed the aura of strangeness.
		Ice Hotel Québec-Canada opened its curtains (for doors) during the winter in 2001, but as happened in the previous year, the ice hotel is fated for an annual rebirth - to disappear at the beginning of April as it slowly melts away under the warm spring sun.
	www.lovetripper.com /issues/issue-56/quebec-ice-hotel-HS.html (1515 words)

	Ice Festivals \| Hotels \| Holidays \| Winter Vacation \| Sculpture \| Igloo \| Frozen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Ice Hotel is on the shores of the Torne River in the old village of Jukkasjarvi, Sweden.
		10,000 tons of crystal clear ice from the river and 30,000 tons of pure snow are used to build the Ice Hotel every year.
		The Ice Hotel in Quebec, Canada has 16 foot high ceilings, walls covered in artwork and furniture (made from blocks of ice) to chill on.
	www.kidzworld.com /article/1621-winter-vacation-spots (574 words)

	Chillin' at the Ice Hotel: Quebec \| Vagablond
		The Ice Hotel is located in the village of Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier at Station Touristique Duchesnay, a former forestry center that is now a recreational resort on Lake Saint-Joseph.
		Ice blocks are used for interior structures such as columns, the bar counter, furniture and sculptures.
		Ice blocks are also placed at the extremities of the hallways in a brick like fashion.
	www.vagablond.com /1849 (1812 words)

	Ice Hotels: Interesting Thing of the Day
		Ice hotels are built, naturally, entirely out of frozen water in the form of ice blocks and hard-packed snow.
		In some cases, blocks of ice are sawed from a river; for other parts of the building snow is compressed into wooden forms to create building blocks.
		The ice hotel in Die Another Day, while based on the Icehotel in Sweden, was really made out of plastic.
	itotd.com /articles/418/ice-hotels (931 words)

	Icehotel Jukkasjarvi : Ice Hotel holidays and excursions in Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The hotel was around 6-7000 square metres and to create it, took over 3,000 tonnes of ice and 30,000 cubic metres of snow.
		The ice used to build this incredible structure is a particular feature of the Icehotel® as it is crystal clear – the fast-flowing river Torne ensures few bubbles are trapped within it.
		Ice rooms will be ready for guests and you’ll be able to watch some of the ice sculptures and artists at work, finishing off their creations and certain aspects of the hotel – quite a privilege.
	www.arctic-experience.co.uk /tour22w (1043 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)