I had already visited, a few years ago, the admirable Hotel de Glace in Quebec City, an architecture to say little surprising, with rooms with beds covered with thick furs, but still ice, bar and chapel attached. A place to be thrilled, especially for those who, like me, are of a cold nature, but with its undeniable charm. Besides perfectly inserted in the scenarios from the Great North of Quebec.
This year, however, the Quebecchesi did not settle for the usual hotel and wanted to do things big, even building an entire city of ice, the Canadian Snow Village, which will close its doors to the first warm rays of the spring sun, on March 27, 2012.
It is a scale reproduction of the city of Montreal, with a hotel of 15 rooms and thematic suites illuminated by sparkling color games, a restaurant with 100 covers, a real igloo, a conference center and even a bridge.
Truly a singular place, different from each other you will have happened to see, that will catapult you in a glacial atmosphere, but with all the comforts of the 21st century. A miniature Métropole, almost suspended over time, an ephemeral and fragile work of art: all the imposing structure of ice has in fact the hours counted, because at the first warm this fairy city is destined to dissolve. And perhaps part of his charm lies right here, in the caducity and brevity of this appearance among the snows, an enchanted mirage of magic and a thousand multicolored lights.
If you’re passing through the city, don’t miss the opportunity to venture into the streets of the small ice Montreal built on the island of Sainte-Hélène, right in front of the Vieux-Port, enjoy a dinner at the Mont Blanc restaurant, dress the Inuit’s shoes and make a stop in a real igloo. And maybe, after a candlelight dinner and a moonlight walk of the long Arctic night, if you are in sweet company you might also think of spending a romantic night tenderly embraced in an ice room.
