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The Ice Hotel at Balea Lac, a unique tourist attraction in Romania In the county of Sibiu, somewhere in the Mountains, at over 2000 meters altitude, there is a beautiful glacier lake called Balea. This sight attracts tens of thousands of tourists from all over the world every year. In the summer, visitors come to Balea Lac when crossing the picturesque Transfagarasan road. Or when they are trying to conquer Moldoveanu, the highest mountain peak in Romania.  In winter, after the temperatures fall below zero degrees Celsius, they reach Balea Lac in particular to visit the famous Ice Hotel. This is the only hotel made 100% of ice blocks in Eastern Europe! About the Ice Hotel The daring project was born in 2005. Then the hotel owners decided that every year should come with a new design and different decorations. Practically, the hotel appears every December and closes at every end of March. It is built using only ice and snow, both as building materials and for furnishing and decorating. The raw material for building this amazing palace is provided from Lake Balea, located at an altitude of 2034 meters. The constructors cut out ice blocks from the frozen lake and start building the hotel. They stick the blocks together with snow. The hotel is located close to Transfagarasan, one of the most beautiful roads in the world! How to get to the Ice Hotel In the winter the access road to Balea Lake is closed. However you can still reach a lower point by car: the Balea Cascada Hotel. This is where the cable cart station is. The cable cart connects Balea Cascada to Balea Lake and it is by far the most convenient and recommended way to get to the Ice Hotel.  The cost of an ascending-descending ticket for