The ICEHOTEL ® lies at the heart of Swedish Lapland surrounded by snow, ice and forests with the potential for dazzling displays of Aurora Borealis to light up the night sky. With exciting daytime activities and expertly guided Northern Lights excursions, this iconic location is the ideal base for both unparalleled Arctic adventures and maximising your opportunities to witness the Aurora. Though there are now many hotels made of snow and ice, there is only one original. During this holiday, the world-famous ICEHOTEL ® is your base as you go searching for the Northern Lights. After admiring the impressive ice sculptures, winter suites and ice chapel, you'll get to experience both the cosy hotel 'warm' rooms as well as the incredible opportunity to stay in an ice room. Don't worry, the Arctic-grade sleeping bag means you will be surprisingly warm through the night. The wonders continue outside too, with an array of amazing Arctic experiences on offer. Your time has been left completely free so that you can decide which activities suit you best. Perhaps you want to snowmobile over the frozen landscape or instead, take a tranquil horse ride into moose-grazing territory. As darkness falls, you will have the chance of seeing the Northern Lights during a dedicated activity into the wilderness. You can hunt for the Aurora by snowmobile, dogsled and even take a course on Northern Lights photography. The ICEHOTEL ®'s location in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi, 200km north of the Arctic Circle. This places you firmly in the Aurora zone and gives you a pristine winter wonderland to enjoy. From the impressive Torne River, whose frozen waters shape the hotel to the mighty mountain range Kebnekaise, there is plenty of wilderness to explore here and our range of activities helps you do just that. See our 'personalise' section for more details. Please note, the ICEHOTEL ®, Sweden is open to the public between 10 am and 6 pm. Guests sleeping in a cold room will get exclusive access to their rooms from 6 pm (deluxe suites and warm rooms from 3pm), and a wake-up call is around 7:30 am.
