Tag: adventure travel activities

Mar 01, 2013 14:14 GMT ICEHOTEL ICEHOTEL has noted a 19% increase in their horse-based products this winter. Now, don’t jump to conclusions, you won’t find any stallions on the hotel’s restaurant menu. The success figure is thanks to an increased interest in horseback moose safaris, part of the adventure menu on offer to guests at ICEHOTEL - a delectable and non-fatal experience for horses and humans alike.

Feb 19, 2013 09:53 GMT ICEHOTEL What goes on in the mind of an artist with only three weeks to build a hotel room out of ice and snow? Now, ICEHOTEL offers guests and fans online the opportunity to meet the makers of the hotel online to hear in their own words the ideas behind their designs at the 23rd annual art exhibition and hotel made from ice and snow in Jukkasjärvi, northern Sweden.

Feb 11, 2013 08:00 GMT ICEHOTEL In June, ICEHOTEL introduces the opportunity for guests to experience a range of new wilderness adventures including stand up paddling (SUP), cross-country cycling and an adrenaline-filled zip line track amongst the tree tops. The new activities will be available several times in the week and as an addition to best-selling summer adventures like white water rafting and ice sculpting.

Oct 15, 2012 11:02 BST ICEHOTEL With exceptionally good forecasts of northern lights for the winter season of 2013, ICEHOTEL re-launches the Northern Light Flight packages – one of the latest and most unusual ways to experience the Aurora Borealis. The flights take passengers up in the winter night skies of Swedish Lapland and offer the opportunity to learn more about and experience the magical northern lights from above.

Jun 01, 2012 11:53 BST ICEHOTEL In Kiruna, situated 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, the northern lights sweeps its green brush across the sky already in August. The region has the Northern hemisphere’s best prerequisites for spotting northern lights and is also the first place where you can travel to look at this phenomenon before the snow spreads its blanket over the landscape.

Oct 24, 2011 07:00 BST ICEHOTEL Spaceport Sweden has collaborated with the ICEHOTEL, Kiruna Airport and Scandinavian Airlink to launch an exclusive space tourism experience that will allow clients to get an even closer look at the magical and mythical northern lights. The premier flight takes place on the 15th January 2012.

Aug 25, 2011 07:00 BST ICEHOTEL The dropping of the temperature to several degrees below zero in Jukkasjärvi, Swedish Lapland marks the start of an ephemeral art endeavour: ICEHOTEL. Twenty different projects shall form a unity and out of this springs an enormous creative zest and power. This year’s artists come from 15 countries, among others: Argentina, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Norway and The Netherlands.