Look: Kashmir’s first Igloo café all set to amaze tourists

Guests are seen inside an Igloo made of snow by a hotelier to attract and provide his customers an outdoor winter experience in Kashmir's Gulmarg tourist and ski resort, some 55kms north of Srinagar.

Children are seen inside an Igloo made of snow. It took around 15 days to build this Igloo.

Gulmarg was developed as a resort by the British nearly a century ago, and the region's eternal appeal with foreign visitors has made it a year-round destination. In summer, tourists meander through meadows, ravines and evergreen-forested valleys. In winter, they snowboard and trek on Asia's largest ski terrain. Above, a guest takes pictures inside the Igloo made of snow.

With its blanket of white, the idyllic hill station is seeing tourists again fill its hotels and ski, sledge and trek its Himalayan landscape.

Tourists inside the first Igloo Cafe enjoy at Gulmarg near Srinagar.

The tables and the benches are all made of ice.

The concept of such snow restaurants is new in Kashmir. However, it has been tested in Finland, Canada and Switzerland.

Guests are seen inside an Igloo made of snow by a hotelier to attract and provide his customers an outdoor winter experience in Kashmir's Gulmarg tourist and ski resort.

Tourists drink tea inside the Igloo cafe.

Snow-covered mountains and houses in a ski resort in Gulmarg, 55km north of Srinagar.

Tourists enjoy in the snow at Gulmarg near Srinagar.