The only ice hotel in southeastern Europe, the one located in Sibiu county, central Romania is already 60% booked although he is not built yet. The hotel is highly sought by the Romanian and foreign tourists, especially the Brits.
The Ice Hotel at Bâlea Lake will have 14 rooms this year, with a double room costing EUR 100 per night. Tourists can also book an ice igloo, which costs EUR 150 per night, but which can accommodate six people.
The hotel doesn’t exist yet, as the ice of the Bâlea Lake is not frozen yet and there is not enough snow. Yet, builders hope they will start the construction at the end of this month so that the hotel can be ready for opening on December 23.
Every year, the hotel was decorated with ice sculptures representing a certain design theme. This year, tourists will sleep in ice beds next to sculptures featuring music stars: Freddie Mercury și membrii trupei Queen, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Prince, ABBA, Madonna, Peter Maffay, BZN and The Rolling Stones, but also local musicians such as Corina Chiriac or the members of the Holograf rock band.
The theme of the ice hotel last year was the “Cinema ice”, which means the ice sculptures in the rooms are inspired from the cinema. The hotel’s guests will sleep in rooms with the interior design inspired from such films as: Star Wars, The Hobbit, Ice Age, The Passion Of The Christ, Mihai Viteazul, Rocky III, Gladiator, King Kong, Titanic, Jaws, Harry Potter and Dracula.
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