Co-create your own suite with one of ICEHOTEL’s designers. From February 1st, the hotel, based 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, will offer bespoke suites tailor-made to suit the wishes and tastes of individual clients. Like a haute couture of travel experiences, creating an experience which is unique and personal is in focus.
The suite should express the personal style and taste of the client, and will be made exclusively by order. But achieving that unique edge to travel isn’t the only ambition with this new experience – ICEHOTEL creators are hoping to get the client involved in the design process and bring guests even closer to the ice and the ephemeral art.
The suites are made of the exclusive natural ice from the river Torne and all the art work inside is original and handmade. Torne is one of the last untouched rivers of Europe and is completely free of pollutants, giving it a premium quality and such clarity that the one meter thick blocks which are harvested from the river are completely transparent and without air bubbles.
Each suite will be made exclusively for the client and after departure; it will be left to return to the river as the springtime sun returns. Once it is gone, clients will be given a bottle containing some of the meltwater, along with the sketches and blueprints for the design, and photographs of the suite.
The price tag is SEK1 485 000 (US$ 231 000), making it one of the most expensive hotel rooms in the world. According to CNN, the most expensive hotel rooms in the world come in at around US$65 000. Part of the proceeds will be donated to environmental initiatives in the Baltic Sea, where the river Torne runs into the ocean. In addition, the package includes a face-to-face consultation in the home town of the client, as well as a complimentary stay at ICEHOTEL and chance to take part in the creation of the suite which can take up to two weeks.
Guests will be able to stay in the ice suites during the winter months between December and March. The custom design hotel rooms can be ordered from February 1st at ICEHOTELs site: www.icehotel.com
Photo: “Art Deco” by Thomasz Czajkowski and Eryk Marks
