'Frosty' Romanian guesthouse offers visitors a North Pole experience

London, Dec 29 (ANI): A guesthouse in Romania is made entirely of ice, including its reception, glasses, furniture and glittering white walls.

Every winter since 2005, the Hotel of Ice near the glacial Balea Lac in the Romanian Carpathians is rebuilt every year from natural materials, guaranteeing a unique experience each time.

Local craftsmen painstakingly carve huge blocks of ice that have been cut and removed directly from the Balea Lac to construct the walls and are used to raise the walls and snow from the mountain blocks is packed in to keep the walls together, the Daily Mail reported.

In 2010 the builders constructed an Ice Bar and the Ice Restaurant at the hotel, which in general has between 10 and 14 rooms, located at an altitude of 2,034m.

The temperature inside the hotel is maintained at around -4C - although the warm and fleecy blankets for the beds are provided to the guests. (ANI)