If you are tired of noisy cities, crowded beaches and tourist routes, you can try ecotourism – it involves nature rest far from noise and fuss. At the same time, the conditions can be as comfortable (for example, when you stop in the house on the farm with all amenities),
and as close as possible to the wild. Another important part of ecotourism is to strive to minimize the environmental harm. Therefore, the owners of such hotels and farms usually choose environmentally friendly materials in the construction of buildings and use electricity from alternative sources. We have gathered five places in different countries of Europe, where you can enjoy a calm vacation without harm to nature.
Tree Hotel Wood Hotel, Sweden
The Tree Hotel Hotel is located in the middle of the forest near the Swedish village of Harads. Its visitors can settle in rooms in the form of a flying saucer, bird’s nest, mirror cube or other unusual shapes. Although the rooms are on the trees, they look modern, and you can not worry about safety: the rooms are reliably fixed on pine trees 4-6 meters above the ground. In addition, all rooms have Wi-Fi, heating the floor and dry closets: the creators of the hotel emphasize that one of the main components of its concept is to have a minimal impact on the environment. The dimensions of the rooms vary from 15 to 75 square meters and allow both two people and large families with several children.
For an additional fee, guests are offered to go fishing, riding bicycles or kayaks and visiting the sauna.
Night at the hotel: from 34,396 rubles per 1 person per night.
Eco-hotel Whitepod, Switzerland
Another unusual hotel is located in the Swiss Alps. Guests are placed in “sort” – small houses in the form of spheres consisting of triangles. This form was chosen due to its environmental friendliness: it allows you to use a smaller amount of metal without compromising for the stability of such houses. In addition, the hotel use special devices that help to reasonably consume water and electricity. One “under” is one number, in each of which, in addition to the bedroom, there is a bathroom and everything you need. Hotel owners offer many different entertainments depending on the season – however, for a fee. For example, in winter you can ski or go in a dog harness, and in the summer you can walk around the mountains, ride bicycles or fly on a paraglider. In bad weather, you can stay at the hotel to try one of five types of massage, including Ayurvedic and therapeutic.
Night at the hotel: from 23,471 rubles per 1 person per night.
Ashness eco-farm, Great Britain
The farm is located in the north of England in the middle of the picturesque Valley of Borrowudale – near the lake and the village with the market. The owners offer a choice of one of five rooms in an old village house, depending on the number of guests – each of them has all the amenities, including shower and central heating. Basically, sheep is grown on the farm, but there are chicken here – the eggs that they carry are prepared for breakfast. Guests can take care of animals, feed them and just enjoy a calm vacation away from the city in the middle of English nature.
Night at the hotel: from 4,200 rubles per 1 person per night.
Eco-farm Tenuta San Carlo, Italy
Located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the Tenuta San Carlo farm stretches through the beaches, swamps, fields and forests. Tourists can stay in a farm house, help feed animals and collect vegetables for dinner with your own hands. Guests are offered to treat, for example, fresh Tuscan tomatoes (in paste, pizza, or just like that),
mushrooms collected in the forest (in risotto or climbing),
as well as olive oil from olives grown here. Farm owners note that they seek to do everything in maximum harmony with the environment. “Our approach to food is simple: there is what you grow, keep animals free, and not in captivity, and listen to nature,” they say.
Night at the hotel: from 4,800 rubles per 1 person per night.
Camping Munda Ecoturismo, Portugal
If you want to meet a piece of Asia in Europe, you can go to Portugal and visit a camping in the Mongolian style. Instead of tents here, there are traditional Mongol yurts, into which from one to four people can settle. Each of them is equipped with its own kitchen, shower and toilet, and in the camping territory there is a sauna and eco-bass with a system of natural water purification. Olive and fruit trees grow in the local garden, and fresh vegetables and herbs in the garden grow. Hopping owners offer to do cycling and walking around the mountains or simply enjoy silence and calm in the middle of Portuguese nature.
Night at the hotel: from 3,500 rubles per 1 person per night.
The author of the text: Yana Kasatkina
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