The nearby Icehotel Restaurant is a traditional wooden building with a contemporary interior - used for buffet breakfast and evening meals, chosen from a locally-inspired menu and served to an exceptionally high standard. There is also a stylish bar. The Homestead is a rustic log cabin restaurant about a 15 minute stroll from the Icehotel. Serving a hearty buffet dinner, you'll be glad of the walk back afterwards! The lobby bar in the main reception of the Icehotel complex serves delicious coffee, cakes and light snacks. When not sleeping in an ice room, there is a choice of heated accommodation: a chic 'hotel-style' Kaamos room for two; a two-bedroom Nordic chalet or a Northern Lights chalet, which comes complete with skylights for that all-important aurora watching - breakfast is included throughout.Our ICEHOTEL BREAK offers 3 or 4 nights with a single night 'sleeping on ice'. There is plenty of free time for you to rest, rejuvenate and explore your scenic surrounds perhaps by husky sledge, snowmobile or reindeer safari. The flexibility of this trip means it appeals to all ages, except families with young children.Our HUSKY ADVENTURE sees you out on the trail in charge of your own team of dogs, with a night at the Icehotel to finish. The festive season is a time for celebration and where better than the Icehotel to share Christmas or New Year with friends and family? The scenery couldn't be more appropriate and the atmosphere more magical. And instead of fireworks, Mother Nature could well provide her own. Icehotel - Sweden10 visit discover-the-world.co.uk/northernlights

A 98km drive northwest of Kiruna brings you to Abisko, Swedish Lapland. This national park, close to the Norwegian border, is undoubtedly one of the best places on Earth for observing the ethereal lights. From astonishing eruptions of neon light to calmer, pulsating waves - the whole gamut of appearances can be experienced here. The Abisko Mountain Station in the heart of the 77 sq km national park, benefits from a piece of natural luck; prevailing winds push cloud away from the station meaning the skies are more likely to be clear here than just about anywhere in the northern hemisphere. And being so remote, fantastic sightings are pretty regular, if the conditions in the Earth's upper atmosphere are right. Head up to the Aurora Sky Station at the summit of the park's highest peak, on a chair lift that is an adventure in itself and, as you stand beneath a vast sky of deep indigo blue, prepare to be amazed. Yes it may be cold up there in the crisp winter air but with a display that can be nothing short of phenomenal, you won't even feel it! Warm up in the delightful summit cafe or dine here, sharing your excitement with fellow aurora watchers. With the prospects of seeing such a spectacular natural wonder as well as sleeping in a breathtaking manmade wonder, our NORTHERN LIGHTS & THE ICEHOTEL trip sells out fast. The term 'book now to avoid disappointment' has never been so appropriate.If you are considering a longer winter holiday we offer some superb multi-centre options teaming it with such places as Iceland, Stockholm or Tromso. It may also be combined with a voyage on Hurtigruten, the famous Norwegian coastal steamer, or the 'over the roof of Norway' scenic railway - see our website for details. Abisko - Swedentalk to the experts 01737 218 804 11