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The Ice Hotel opened on New Year's Day in 2001. [1] It was the first ice hotel in North America, and the only one until 2012. [3] For its first year, it was located in Montmorency Falls Park, on the outskirts of Quebec City. [1] In 2002, it moved to the nearby Duchesnay resort in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, where it stayed until 2010.
The only ice hotel in North America opens every winter, from January to mid-March. Made entirely of snow and ice, this architectural marvel is a wonder to behold. Explore the beautiful Grand Hall, chapel, ice slide, rooms and suites, and finish your tour at the Ice Bar with a delicious cocktail served in a glass made of ice.
- 2280, boulevard Valcartier, Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, G0A 4S0, QC
- (418) 844-2200
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Jan 27, 2015 · Hôtel de Glace Hotel Kaesong / CC BY-SA 2.0. Comprised of 15,000 tons of snow and 500,000 tons of ice, the Hôtel de Glace is a massive undertaking, yet each spring it completely disappears. With ...
Dec 7, 2023 · Each year, the ice hotel is built from scratch at Valcartier, a resort complex located about a 40-minute drive from Quebec City. Beyond the hotel and chapel, you’ll also find an ice bar serving drinks in ice glasses, an ice slide and a Sugar Shack (a small wooden cabin built in the middle of maple forests where collected sap is used to make ...
Dec 30, 2022 · The 2023 Hôtel de Glace, in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Que., north of Quebec City, is being built with 2,300 ice blocks and 30,000 tons of snow. It will have an ice bar, a grand hall...
The original Ice Hotel was created in northern Sweden some 30 years ago. Today there are over a dozen dotted around the world. Hotel de Glace has been built and rebuilt almost 20 times since its first construction in 2001. It takes 500 tons of super-pure ice blocks, 40,000 tons of snow, and about 32 days (depending on the weather) to build this ...
25 min read. Every year, a new hotel made entirely of ice and snow is built on the outskirts of Quebec City: the Hôtel de Glace. This unique structure is the only ice hotel in North America, and it offers a magical and unforgettable experience for visitors (day) and guests (night). It’s an attraction which is a real hotel.
