Source: Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation
Kirovsk, Murmansk region, a resident of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) opened the first hotel in the city with maximum accessibility to the mountain slopes of the Khibiny.
This was reported on its website by the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic (ERDC).
We are talking about a historical building of 1935, the reconstruction of which was carried out by
Sokroma Real Estate Company (owned by Sokroma Hotels Group, St. Petersburg). The project was implemented under an agreement with the ERDC.
The result is a three-star Sokroma Hyperborea network spa hotel, consisting of 45 rooms of various categories - from economy to deluxe, a lobby, a children's room and meeting rooms.
“Designers were able to find original solutions on how to combine history and modernity - the interior is decorated with art objects and themed murals. The first guests were received in May, when the polar day comes, and we are waiting for the main stream by the beginning of the ski season. We can accommodate up to 90 people at the same time, or 6,000 people a year,” said Daria Kovalevskaya, general director of Sokroma Nedvizhimost, quoted by the ERDC.
Each apartment of the hotel has a living room, an individual kitchen, a sleeping area, heated floors and a bathroom, Internet access, TVs with free access to online cinemas and the possibility of ordering food in the room. “Darkening during the period of white nights, which will last until July, is provided by shade curtains. The hotel also has a laundry room with modern professional washing and drying systems that guests can use on their own. Skiers are provided with equipment storage and drying systems.
Those who come to Kirovsk in the summer will be offered to go hiking for rare minerals that are found only in the Khibiny. You can also get acquainted with the Khibiny minerals in the hotel lobby, where the exposition is located.
In autumn, the hotel will open a SPA with a Russian steam room, a phytozone, a hammam and a salt room.
“They will build a separate restaurant “Ded Borey” for 50 seats with a summer terrace and mountain views, authentic arctic cuisine and a gastrobar, parking for 30 cars. It is planned to improve and organize fair activities in the adjacent territory,” the ERDC reported.
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