Source: www.sejour-vacances-ski.com

So, has the recent snow and big freeze tempted you to take a winter holiday, or would you prefer to hibernate until the summer kicks in?

Personally, I am sick of the winter, but if you’re not then here’s a list of suggestions for perfect winter sports and activity breaks:

1-    Build shelters and spot bats by day and snuggle up your log cabin by night in Yorkshire.

2-    The more adventurous of us may fancy searching for snow buntings in the Highlands.

3-    A Narnia-inspired skiing break for the family in Switzerland.

4-    Blast away the cobwebs in the Lake District by hiking with ice picks and crampons.

5-    Adrenaline junkies might like the sound of speeding around in snow scooters in France.

6-    If your kids are missing the snow now it’s melting they fancy this ‘Snowmen in Sweden’ break.

7-    A scenic cross-skiing adventure overlooking pine forests in Scotland.

8-    Learn essential survival skills in Derbyshire, including how to light a fire from a bow drill.

9-    Those who like orienteering might prefer to navigate their way round Bienn Damph in Scotland.

10- Finally, a mountain bike trek with a visit to a Welsh Whisky distillery – an interesting, and potentially dangerous, combination.

So, we’ve got the ice hotel in Sweden, the world’s only seven star establishment in Dubai and now, welcome, a zero star nuclear bunker hotel near Austria called the Null Stern.

The height of glamour it is not, but according to Doug McKinley, a journalist from the Observer who recently stayed at the hotel, it does offer a certain charm. Twin brothers have purchased the 1980’s nuclear fallout shelter and transformed it – I use that word loosely as the it only consists of two bedrooms which sleeps up to 14 people, a shared bathroom and a lounge – into the world’s first zero star hotel.

Forget the usual perks that you get in hotels, such as complimentary toiletries; if you spend the night here the only freebie that you’ll receive is a pair of ear protectors to muffle the sound of the ventilation system. The Null Stern takes the guest back to basics and makes them appreciate the idyllic setting and fresh air.

However, I’m not sure that I would want to spend a night there. I’m a fan of my creature comforts and I don’t know if I’d like the claustrophobic feeling of not having any windows. That said, at £14 a night it is a bargain, and seems to be popular as it has bookings up to 2012.

Would you like to spend a night at the Null Stern hotel?

Source: www.sevelen.ch