If you are an environmentally conscious traveller, this list of five eco-friendly accommodation establishments from The Guardian will help you on your way.
1 Spain
Explore Andaluci?a’s pueblos blancos from Los Castanos near Ronda whichtrains local women in hotel management. From 100 per night B&B. 0034 9521 80778, loscastanos.com.
2 UK
There’s Moet in the vending machines, movies on demand and 4,000 free digital music tracks to sample at The Zetter in Clerkenwell, London, which has its own borehole, saving on water, and where all timbers are recycled and all paints are eco-friendly. From £130 a room. 020-7324 4444, thezetter.com.
3 Italy
All rooms at the Feng-Shui-designed Villa Casanova in Venice are made with natural materials; cork, slaked lime, travertinomarbles and oil-polished wooden floors.Until the end of June, three nights in the four-poster Romantic room costs 360 with breakfast and a bottle of wine. casanovavenice.com, 0039 4 1526 2857.
4 Denmark
Hotel Alexandra is one of Copenhagen’s five designer hotels yet the only one to been given the country’s “green key” award for its eco-friendly facilities. From 195 per double. 0045 3374 4444, hotel-alexandra.dk.
5 Switzerland
Ayurvedic and shiatsu therapies complement the chic alpine ambience at Hotel Fidazerhof in the Swiss Alps. From Sfr110 per room. 0041 81 911 3503, fidazerhof.ch.
Via: EcoFriend