Stay in snow castle in Kemi - Kemi ice castle hotel

Old beautiful brick and stone castles are always nice but if you want to experience something really unique in your next trip Kemi Snow Castle (Ice castle hotel) may be right place for you. The castle is built for each winter period using real snow and ice! Needless to say this snow/ice castle hotel is open only on wintertime. Wikipedia says that the SnowCastle of Kemi is the biggest snow fort in the world and that is very likely the truth.

The SnowCastle is rebuilt each year with different architecture. The SnowCastle usually has:

• SnowRestaurant that has furniture made of ice and covered with reindeer fur
• SnowHotel with special honeymoon suite
• SnowChapel which is very popular wedding place

Kemi SnowCastle usually includes some children activity areas and ice sculptures. This ice castle hotel is very popular tourist attraction and visiting it can be very unique experience even if you don't stay at the ice hotel. Visiting SnowRestaurant and other snow activities is something you cannot do anywhere else.

I haven't stayed at SnowCastle but visited the restaurant and if you are interested in this SnowCastle I recommend you an option to stay in some other hotel near this ice castle and visit the building and restaurant during your stay. Here you can see hotels near Kemi SnowCastle (ice castle).

Castle hotels in Finland - Hotel Vanajanlinna in Hameenlinna (less than 1 hour from Helsinki)

Hotel Vanajanlinna is one of the few castle hotels in Finland. In Finland castle hotels are not as common as for example in the western neighbour country Sweden. Hotel Vanajanlinna is a four star hotel near Hameenlinna city, which is less than 1 hour drive from the Helsinki capital. Hotel Vanajanlinna is very popular in Finland for all kinds of corporate events and weddings but it also attracts some foreign tourists that want to see Finnish countryside outside capital. There is also golf field next to Vanajanlinna Castle Hotel so it's also great place for golfers.

If you are interested in this castle hotel in Finland you can see more and book a room here:
http://www.booking.com/hotel/fi/vanajanlinna-paalinna.html?aid=1170706