Viking Star: Snow Grotto ice plunge

By Sally Macmillan
Updated July 9 2015 - 10:08am, first published July 5 2015 - 12:15am
Chill out: Snow Grotto Spa.
Chill out: Snow Grotto Spa.
Viking Star Venice.
Viking Star Venice.
Viking Star Istanbul
Viking Star Istanbul
New horizons: Viking Star infinity pool.
New horizons: Viking Star infinity pool.
Manfredi's Restaurant Viking star.
Manfredi's Restaurant Viking star.

In a world of cruising "firsts" Viking Star's Snow Grotto is unusual, to say the least. Who'd think that people would voluntarily submit their nearly naked bodies to sub-freezing temperatures in a frosty room on a cruise ship? Well, plenty of happy passengers are leaping from sauna to snow, just as Nordic people have done for centuries to rev up the circulation. In this case, though, it's in the environment of possibly the most spectacular spa at sea – which, unlike most cruise-ship spas, is free to use.

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