Arctic Bath from above [Photo provided to China Daily]
Intrepid globetrotters and holiday adventurers who think they've done and seen just about everything the travel landscape has to offer might want to consider a serene and spectacular escape at the enticingly named Arctic Bath. The just-opened resort in Harads, Swedish Lapland – home of the indigenous Sámi people, it's an area sometimes referred to as northern Europe's last wilderness – is well worth the plunge.
Part of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World group, the audacious, circular 12-room floating hotel/spa (with a plunge pool in the middle) is set on the Lule River and is inspired by the timber-floating era, when felled trees were transported downriver for processing, with the main building representing a "log jam".