Most hotels go to great lengths to keep their guests warm. Europe’s ice hotels, on the other hand, invite them to sleep in sub-zero temperatures.
Yet these spectacular snowbound retreats have become bucket-list destinations, with elaborate ice sculptures, frozen cocktail bars and otherworldly bedrooms that are rebuilt from scratch every winter.
From Norway to Sweden, Austria to Switzerland, Europe’s icy accommodation offerings have expanded rapidly.
In the holy grail of winter holiday destinations, Lapland offers several snow hotels to choose from, while other countries have set up seasonal igloos for an impossibly whimsical holiday for the family.
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