Upon arrival, you’ll receive a welcome cocktail (everyone needs help dulling that frigid chill) and access the Nordic ...

Icehotel 36 has opened in Swedish Lapland, revealing a playable ice piano and new art suites created by international ...

Sweden’s famed Icehotel has opened its doors for winter with 12 temporary art suites promising travellers a cool night’s sleep. The Icehotel 35 opened on Friday (13 December) in celebration of the ...

For 35 years, in the depths of winter’s coldest and darkest moments, artists, architects, and engineers from all over the world have journeyed to the small village of Jukkasjärvi to redesign the ...

Adorned with glistening artwork and only built for a few months before it melts away, Sweden's Icehotel has opened its chilly doors for the winter season. Located in Jukkasjärvi, the unique ...

Looking to escape? Here’s a recent trip local readers took to Japan. Check it out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com/tag/wish-you-were ...

’Tis the season. No, not for winter holidays – for ice hotels. From Canada to Finnish Lapland and even Zermatt, the year’s most frigid travel novelty has returned to the frozen tundra across the ...

While many people book vacations to destinations with warmer climates during the winter months, some travelers prefer to embrace the cold and find wonder in frosty locales. For the latter, you may ...

Sweden's ICEHOTEL, located in Jukkasjärvi and now in its 22nd season, exists every winter as an "ephemeral art project." The entire structure is built from scratch each year. Building begins in ...

(Updated 10/10/23) My first experience sleeping in a cave hotel was many years ago in Santorini, in one of those typical whitewashed hotels dug into the volcanic rock and once used as inexpensive ...