Snow Village[edit]
Snow Village is a half-hectare village and 30-room ice hotel located in Parc Jean-Drapeau, east of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada that first opened in 2012.[9] It has suites, standard rooms and igloos, an ice restaurant, ice bar and patio, ice chapel and outdoor hot tubs.[9] It is constructed from man-made snow created by snowmaking machines, which is blown onto frames that are removed when construction is complete.[9] This is performed because the density of the artificial snow is greater than that of natural snow.[9] The hotel is equipped with fire alarms that are built into snow walls, as required by the city of Montreal.[9] Initial construction cost $2.1 million, and the Quebec government provided some financial support for its construction.[9]