Best Hotels in the Ice World

Ice or snow Hotel is no longer unusual in nowsaday, especially during the winter holidays . Here are some of the most popular ice hotels, as reported by NationalGeographic:


Hotel de Glace, Canada

 

This hotel is the only ice hotel in North America. The hotel is made of 150 thousand tons of snow and 500 tons of ice. The hotel has a ceiling height of 5 meters and carved furniture from blocks of ice. Each year, the hotel which has 36 rooms, attract 140 000 tourists.


Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel, Norway

    

This hotel is a seasonal hotel, which is built on the shores of Alta sungao and offers cool sensation typical of Norway.

The hotel has an ice chapel with seating furniture which is covered with animal skin to stay warm, and also an ice bar which serve drinks in glasses that are also made of ice and snow sled facility pulled by husky dogs with funny race. The hotel has 32 rooms and covered with reindeer skins.

Igloo Village, Switzerland

Views of the Alps and also the night sky full of stars are the things that makes this village special. Igloo village was made by the company Iglu-Dorf, who used to make an igloo for the winter event.Each Igloo can load, up to six people, and directly facing the Alps.The village is located in Engelberg, a mountain resort in central Switzerland.

Icehotel, Sweden

 

  

   

This hotel is the largest ice hotel in Sweden built 20 years ago. The hotel is made from 30 thousand to snis, a mixture of snow and ice in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, which is a village outside the town of Kiruna which has a population of 900 thousand people and dogs. Each year the hotel has 60 rooms which attracted more than 50 thousand guests to stay in the beautiful room that has an interior full of the ice.

At night, visitors can see the sights of the famous northern lights, the phenomenon of Aurora Borealis. The hotel also has a sauna and sleigh.

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9 Places for Romantic Wedding in Bali

9 Places for Romantic Wedding in Bali

Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island (strictly speaking, the province covers a few small neighbouring islands as well as the isle of Bali).

With a population recorded as 3,891,000 in the 2010 census, the island is home to most ofIndonesia's small Hindu minority. In the 2000 census about 92.29% of Bali's population adhered to Balinese Hinduism while most of the remainder follow Islam. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. Bali, a tourist haven for decades, has seen a further surge in tourist numbers in recent years.


Bali is an island of beautiful and romantic. Not only as a honeymoon destination or course, the paradise island can also be a destination for a wedding. There have been many people who hold the wedding in Bali, ranging from officials, celebrities to the expatriates. Here are the beautiful places in Bali to hold a wedding.

1. Four Seasons Resort, Jimbaran

There are many beautiful places in Four Seasons Resort, Jimbaran which could be explored for ceremonies and weddings. In one Gazebonya a suitable place to give a sacred promise. In Residence Villa, you can hold a reception in an elegant atmosphere, surrounded by gardens and a swimming pool in the middle there.Other places that could be used as a reception at the Garden with views of Jimbaran beach.

2. Tirtha Uluwatu

Located in Nusa Dua, Tirtha Uluwatu become a favorite destination for a wedding. Celebrities married there is Dewi Sandra and Glenn Miller, and David Rezer and Marcellino Lefrandt. Tirtha Uluwatu contained in a unique triangular-shaped chapel, surrounded by glass.

3. Luhur Tirta Uluwatu

There is a private villa that was built on private land area of ​​3000sqm with facilities, wedding pavilion, interconnecting indoor and outdoor dining locations, swimming pool and relaxation gazebo, full commercial kitchen and bar.

4. Ocean Blue Hotel

Located in Nusa Dua, Ocean Blue Hotel to be another option to get married in Bali. With the semi-outdoor building, will bring the bride and the guests to feel the romantic atmosphere created by Bluemoon Chapel and Villa. Bluemoon Chapel is suitable for the blessing ceremony. Surrounded by tropical gardens and the air that adds to the romance. In the evening, the bride can be holding a reception at the Bluemoon Hotel to enjoy a candlelight dinner. The cost of wedding packages here start from 19 million + + in Rupiah.

5. Alila Villa Uluwatu

Alila Villas in Uluwatu bring exotic ambiance to a wedding ceremony. A sprawling lawn and garden area and beautiful sea view, making the feel more intimate and romantic wedding. Place that became a favorite at Alila Villas in Uluwatu Cliff-edge is the Sunset Cabana (a cliff with dramatic views towards the Indian Ocean), The Look-Out (terrace on the second floor overlooking the resort and the Indian Ocean), The Hilltop (located at the top of most of the broad views of the resort).

6. Alila Ubud

Hotel Alila Ubud is located near the river that serves valleys views and green scenery. Blending contemporary design and traditional Balinese architecture, courtyards and private gardens, which create a sense of intimacy and exotic.

7. Ayana Garden

Location Ayana Ayana Garden is in Jimbaran villa. The place offers a variety of beautiful scenery. One signature at a wedding where Ayana is 'Private Secret Garden', which is a garden with an exotic atmosphere, surrounded by flowers and an endless expanse toward the Indian Ocean. In the middle of the venue there is a wood-style Joglo kingdom in Central Java.

8. Ayana Chapel

Chapel in the glass room at Ayana Villa that makes the atmosphere remains intimate, yet dramatic. Although the room, guests and the bride can see clearly the existing landscape around chapel.Consists of a vast expanse of the park, as well as tropical aroma that can be inhaled.

9. Karma Kandara Resort

Want to get married on the beach while enjoying the sunset? Karma Kandara resort becomes the perfect place to realize your desires . Karma Kandara Resort was built on a cliff overlooking the beautiful Indian Ocean. The resort provides 180-degree views of the spectacular ocean blue backdrop for your exotic wedding in Bali.

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Trip to Sabang - Indonesia

SABANG - INDONESIA

Sabang is located at the tip of the island of Sumatra - Indonesia, on Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province. To get to Sabang, we have to cross from BandaAceh by boat for several hours.

                                     

The tip of the island of Sumatra and the Indonesian state hasbeautiful beaches and exotic. Plus the sea is directly related to the Indian Ocean. So many local and foreign tourists who visit thisSabang.

Its location is so strategic, that is easily accessible from other continents make Sabang as a tourist or a honeymoon. There are many activities to do while in Sabang.

You can do diving, snorkeling, swimming, sunbathing and enjoying the sunset in the evening. The waves are not too big to make youand your partner safe to swim at the beach.

If not satisfied to spend their honeymoon with a tour or activity for granted, you can hire a boat to get to the sea and dive with a partner.

Enchantment under the sea that is so extraordinarily beautiful and the tour will make your honeymoon unforgettable. Plus divingactivities with a partner company of a bunch of fish that will warmmood came over the sea.

But if you and your partner do not dare to dive, you can besnorkeling from the surface. Look-marine biota, and other marinecommunities can spoil your eyes and your mind.

Having tired of diving and snorkeling, you can sunbathe or relax on the beach punctuated with laughter and a stretch of sea that no limitwill relax your body and mind.

You can enjoy the sunset in the evening.