Hotel de Glace: sleeping in the ice room
Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. Google rating 4.6 from 3,697 reviews. Checked on its own website on 14 November 2026.
Photo: inside Hotel de Glace. Pierre-Arnaud KOPP from REIGNIER, France, CC BY 2.0.
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The cold room to book
Ice room
| Room to book | Ice room |
|---|---|
| Built of | Snow and ice |
| Room temperature | -4 to -5 °C |
| Thermal sleeping bag | Not stated |
| Toilets and showers | Not stated |
| Bathroom in the cold room | Not stated |
| Warm room for other nights | Not stated |
| Overnight season | Not stated |
| Price on its website | Not stated |
Other cold rooms here: Hand-sculpted suite
What Hotel de Glace says
“Extend the experience by spending the night in an ice room and savoring a gourmet dinner by Fairmont Le Château Frontenac.”
“Sleep in a hand-sculpted suite, surrounded by furs, polar glows, and crystalline silence.”
“Built each winter with more than 45,000 tons of snow and 3,000 blocks of ice, it has become far more than just a hotel: it is a living monumental work of art, a symbol of boldness, creativity, and innovation.”
“Interior temperature consistently between -4 and -5 °C”
Before you book
- Book the cold room by name. Choose "Ice room". Many visitors only buy a day ticket to look around.
- Plan one night in the ice. Most people sleep one night in the cold room and the other nights in a warm room.
- Ask about what the website doesn't say. It doesn't mention: thermal sleeping bag, toilets and showers, bathroom in the cold room, warm room for other nights, overnight season.
- Check the dates. Ice and snow rooms exist only in the cold months, and the opening date moves with the weather.
Other ice hotels
- ICEHOTELJukkasjärvi, near Kiruna, Sweden
- Lapland Hotels SnowVillageLainio, Kittilä, Finland
- Arctic SnowHotelSinettä, near Rovaniemi, Finland
- Kirkenes SnowhotelBjørnevatn, near Kirkenes, Norway