How many times in your life do you think you will sleep in -5 degree room, on a bed made of ice and purely surrounded by ice and snow! I think it may be a once in a lifetime for me, and what fun it was!
It is hard to explain why you may pick this unusual holiday for a weekend getaway but it really was such a fun experience I am really glad we did it!
You can opt to have a husky transfer but we saved that for another day and took a quick 15 minute coach transfer to the hotel.
On arrival we had a brief tour and then it was time to check in - our first night was 'on ice' so we couldn't go and unpack as you normally would on arrival - instead you get a locker/changing cubicle depending on your room type and you can get changed and leave all your belongings locked in here.
We got wrapped up in our warm clothes, lots of layers, and headed off for drinks in the Ice Bar to celebrate our arrival.The bar, deluxe suites and most of the art suites are located in the newly build Ice 365 - which is now, for the first year ever an all year round resort.
We were assigned the Art Suite - Mermaid Fitness which was just fantastic - such works of art, we couldn't believe it.We had a 'survival' talk at 5pm and were shown the best way to enjoy your night in the cold - and honestly having now done it, you really don't feel the cold if you wear your thermals and snuggle down into your sleeping bag. I think I went to bed at about 11.30pm and next time I looked at the clock it was 6.30am.
The activities on offer are really great experiences - we enjoyed husky sledging, cross country skiing, feeding reindeers and our finale was a snowmobile trip in search of the Northern Lights - this deserves a post of its own so read more here...Overall the holiday was a really fun experience which 3 nights, 4 days was just perfect to fit everything in. It isn't the kind of holiday you do every year, but I would definately return one day - but there is so much more to see so until next time!
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