Who wants to spend their winter vacation trying to get sand out of their pants, getting sun burned and using a palm tree as a Christmas tree? Try one of these cool winter getaways, instead.
Winter Vacation - Sweden (Ice Hotel) 6w2am
This hotel is built from scratch every year, which means brand new beds, sparkling clean walls and art gallery, a theater, and a bar. Each room is unique. You sleep in a cozy warm sleeping bag on top of a bed made from snow and ice, and covered with reindeer skins. In the morning you'll find hot lingonberry juice by your bed. What service!
Winter Vacation - Lapland, Finland (SnowCastle) 1q163w
Cross the drawbridge and step into a winter wonderland. The SnowCastle in Kemi, Lapland has a courtyard full of famous fairytale characters. You'll also find these frozen figures in every cave and secret chamber. There's even the fierce Dragon Slide to watch over the throne. SnowCastle also has a SnowRestaurant, SnowHotel, SnowChapel and the CastleCourtyard. There are 15 rooms you can stay in and all of them are decorated with characters from the Northern Gulf of Bothia.
Winter Vacation - Quebec, Canada (Ice Hotel Quebec-Canada) 255ul
The Ice Hotel in Quebec, Canada has 16 foot high ceilings, walls covered in a warm sleeping bag to go on top of your bed of deer pelts. Each room is unique because different artists add their personal touch.
Winter Vacation - Greenland (Crystaline Igloo Hotel) 653267
Greenland isn't a ice sculptures inside and around the hotel. Most of them are lit up and made by local artists and igloo builders.
Winter Vacation - Manchuria, China (Habin Ice Latern and Sculpture Festival) 1w6o5z
If you want to check out the most amazing ice sculptures in the world, head to the most northern part of China from January to March. The Habin Ice Latern and Sculpture Festival takes place in Manchuria, the coldest place Statue of Liberty, the Great Wall of China, and even a huge Russian church made completely from ice. The best time to see it is after dark. Purple, pink, blue and green neon tubes glow inside these crystal works of art.
