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Ecohomes available for holiday
lets:
- There are increasing numbers
of self catering eco-homes available to let -they are arranged
by country below, with a couple of examples from each. Follow
the link under each country for a longer list.
UK
- Natural Retreats , Yorkshire Dales -http://www.naturalretreats.com
Their vision is to build environmentally friendly,
luxury residences, founded on sustainable principles, within,
or close to, all 14 National Parks in the UK by 2011. Their first
site at Richmond in the Yorkshire Dales is now open offering
luxury modern eco cabins in beautiful countryside.
- Newt Cottage, Hunting Hall Farm, Northumberland -http://www.huntinghall.co.uk
A stone farm cottage on a small, traditional
family farm. The cottage boasts and air source heat pump, solar
panels, sheeps wool insulation and other green features. The
farm has been developed with many conservation measures -it is
a haven for wildlife and they breed rare pigs, and young environmentals
can explore the farm trail through the Denes Wetlands and arable
fields bordered with hawthorn hedges.
- Organic Parc,
North Wales -http://www.organigparc.co.uk
Traditional
stone cottages in North Wales with eco friendly features, set
on an organic farm on the Lleyn Peninsular. Water supplied from
a natural spring, organic welsh wool carpets. Their aim is to
provide five star accommodation without compromising the environment.
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 Tor Farm, Somerset -http://www.torfarm.co.uk
- Two self catering lodges in
a Somerset Orchard. Enjoining fantastic views, the lodges are
clad in English cedar insulated with pure lambs wool with environmentally
friendly green roofs, one with a living sedum roof and the other
with slates made from recyled car tyres. A reed bed has been
dug and planted to purify the water from the septic tank. Each
has its own private hot tub and breakfast is available from the
farmhouse.
Belgium
- Energite -http://www.energite.be
Three
independant gites located on an 18th century farm in the Ardennes
offering ecological breaks. Wooded setting with their own orchard.
Websiote mostly in French but some pages translated.
Cyprus
- Spitiko
Toy Archonta, - http://spitiko3elies.com
- Apartments in a restored traditional
village house for rent for alternative holidays. The lodge is
located in the centre of Treis Elies village and its balconies
offer a lovely view to the quiet village. Activities include
walking, cycling and cookery. They aim to help support the ongoing
life of the village, whicxh will die if no action is taken, with
the manufacture of traditional foods and fruit products.
Czech Republic
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France
- Covert Cabin, Dordogne -picturesque
off-grid woodsman's and fisherman's cabins set beside a lake
in Perigord Vert Natural Park -lighting is provided by a combination
of solar and oil lamps and candles. The owners, Robert and Diane
Kirkwood, are currently planning to build their own eco house.
- Les
Cygnes -http://www.lescygnes.net
Eco friendly luxury gites in the Poitou Charente
region in SW France.
- Perche dans le Perche -http://www.perchedansleperche.com
Set
in 25 acres of unspoilt countryside of La Renardiere in Normandy
is this 5-berth treehouse in a sweet chestnut tree that can be
booked for periods up to a week.
Germany
Greece
- Ionian Eco Villagers -http://www.relaxing-holidays.com
Offer
locally owned self catering cottages and studios in secluded
areas of Zakynthos and the Ionian. They support local conservation
efforts and encourage home owners with the installation of green
features. A proportion of their income goes towards maintaining
the "Earth, Sky and Sea Information Centre" which aims
to educate visitors about turtles and other endangered species.
Ireland
- EcoBooley -two bedroom, eco-friendly holiday cottage
in Co. Tipperary, part of a project to develop ecologically friendly
holiday accommodation in Ireland. Power is supplied from a water
driven electric turbine, along with a wood burning stove. Local
sheep's wool is used for insulation in the roof, and there is
composting toilet.
Italy
- Locanda
della Valle Nuova,
Urbino http://www.vallenuova.it
A charming country house in a 185-acre organic farm set
in in a landscape of rolling hills, rich in wild flora and fauna,
and protected ancient oakland. They grow their own wheat, fruit
and vegetables and raise cattle, pigs and poultry with 100 per
cent natural feed. They make our own bread and pasta, jams and
wine, and in autumn there are truffles from the woods.Guests
can swim in a solar powered pool.
Netherlands
- Amsterdam
-House Boat Hotel -self catering privately owned accomodation
on houseboats.
- Biezen Eco Tourist Farm -http://www.eco-touristfarm.com
Website
in Dutch only.
Norway
Poland
- Earth Hands and Houses -http://earthhandsandhouses.org
Join them for workshops on building with earth, clay
and straw, or simply rent their straw bale house in in Przelomka
in the north-east of Poland.
Portugal
- Pure Portugal
-http://www.pureportugalholidays.com
Self catering
holiday accomodation -offerings include a vegetarian owned quinta
set in vines and olives, a tipi and a caravan for rent; horse
riding and trekking in the picturesque wooded hills of the Gois
valley; self-catering apartments in an historic watermill on
the River Alvoço; bed & breakfast or rent an off-the-grid
solar powered cottage overlooking the beautiful Rio Mondego;
eco-friendly yurt camping on an organic smallholding.
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- Quinto
de Rabacal -http://www.rabacal.com
Off grid self-catering in a beautiful setting in
14 acres of the Mondego Valley natural reserve. The restored
stone cottages have solar power, supplented by wood burning stoves
in winter and water is provided from a gravity fed well. Organic
vegetables can be supplied from the garden, and there is swimming,
kayaking, and a variety of wildlife to be discovered.
Spain
- Canmerla, Girona -http://www.canmerla.com
The restoration of a ruined farmhouse into an ecological
farmhouse for rent with fabulous views. The house is run entirely
on solar power and the farm produces organic olive oil -the owners
plan to plant over 2,000 trees in the next few years,
Switzerland
- Swiss-Chalets.com -ski chalets in Villars Gryon, Switzerland.
Turkey
- Pastoral Vadi,
Fethiye -http://www.pastoralvadi.com
Up to 45
guests can be accommodated in wooden houses with outdoor verandahs
on a working organic farm on the banks of the Karg. Also offer
traditional mud-brick or stone houses. All houses are constructed
to ecological architectural standards, with recycled waste, grey
and black water. Learn organic agriculture, pottery, weaving,
cookery and wood carving, Natural Therapies include classical
yoga, bioenergy, reflexology and voice meditation with discussion
of acrophonology (name energy). You will be taught basic yoga
exercises on the riverbank under the trees, guaranteed to de-stress
and enable you to reach towards a higher consciousness.
- See also eco friendly holiday
homes in:
- Africa
| Asia
| Australasia
| Canada
| Central
America | South
America | USA
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