Tipsy organised a three-day stop in Stockholm, which seems the right amount of time for a first glimpse of this lovely city – it’s never enough time, of course, but we did get to see quite a few of the great sights. Gamla Stan We stayed in Gamla Stan – the beautifully cobbled old town – and it’s a perfect …

There can be no doubt that staying at an Ice Hotel, where the inside (a balmy minus 4) is warmer than the outside (minus 26), and sleeping in a room of ice, on a bed of ice, in a sleeping bag, is a once-in-a-nine-life experience, that is just, most probably, the most unusual place you’ll ever stay in in your …