Rovaniemi it is located in Finnish Lapland. In addition to hosting the village of Santa Claus, the real and inimitable one, from 26 December to 31 March 2013 you will have the opportunity to stay in a hotel made entirely of snow and ice.
Is called Arctic Snow Hotel and is approximately 25 kilometers from the center of Rovaniemi. It is a decidedly icy experience as you can stay in rooms made entirely of ice and snow at an internal temperature between 0 ° and -5 ° degrees. The cost is 125 euro per person (75 euros for children) and it is quite high, but it is all relative if you consider that you will be in the Arctic circle, you will have the opportunity to enjoy the Northern Lights and you will be immersed in an unspoiled expanse of snow. You will sleep in warm sleeping bags, so take it easy.
In addition to sleeping there, the hotel offers an ice bar, an ice restaurant and also an always ice sauna. The sauna in Finland it is something vital, a place to relax and cannot be missing in any home, let alone in a hotel. If you prefer a more normal sauna, the hotel will be able to offer you another one in wood. Near the Lehtojarvi lake you can go cross-country skiing and ice skating. If you feel like it, I recommend a snowmobile ride, which can always be booked on site.
In case you want to eat warmer, the hotel offers you the Lumikartano, restaurant (ravintola, in Finnish) entirely in wood where you will also find the reception of the Arctic Hotel. Not far away there is also the Kota restaurant, this a little smaller. Are you also planning to get married? No problem, you will also find a small church, obviously made of ice. In short, an experience difficult to forget.
