Ice Hotel Quebec
One of the main attractions of the winter of Quebec (Canada) is the Ice Hotel (Eng. Hotel of Ice, fr. Hotel de Glace) Since the beginning of January to mid-March, he waits for the guests in their rooms made of ice and snow. Guests have to sleep on beds made of ice.
For reasons of fragility of the material of which created the Ice Hotel every year it has to be rebuilt. The construction of the hotel area of about three thousand square meters, leaving 15 tons of snow and 500 tons of ice. Construction is a whole month, it involves a few dozen workers. All the furniture of each of the 40 rooms made of ice.
The first time the hotel opened its doors in 2001 next to the waterfall near the Montmorency Kvebeka.S last winter, an exotic sight became much closer to the tourists, after moving to a new residence, located near the center of Quebec, in place of the old zoo. Over the years the hotel has visited more than half a million tourists.
It seems that spend the night would not be very comfortable, but it is not. On ice beds are warm mattresses and reindeer skins and sleeping guests in sleeping bags designed for polar explorers. Foot wall of ice is a natural insulator, in addition, guests can enjoy at bedtime spa and sauna.
Among the attractions for guests of the courses mushers, after which you can go into a separate trip to the dog sled, and a great ice-slide for the kids. The cost of living at about $ 200 per person.
