Station transfers and electric bike hire encourage car-free holidays. The five cottages get bags of character from a strict upcycling ethos and are run on 100% renewable energy – Honeysuckle Lodge has an “eco hot tub” sunk into the deck. There are barn owls here, nine species of bat, tree pipits, hares, nesting nuthatches, and in winter the fields flutter with flocks of migrating thrushes. No stone has been left unturned in delivering low-impact holidays at this 21-acre conservation project and rural getaway in Devon. The hut has one double room and sleeps eight others in a shared room, from about £34pp, Wheatland Farm, Devon Operated by Wildlife Adventures and marketed by the European Safari Company the hut is part of a drive to use tourism to help protect endemic species such as the Apennine chamois and the Marsican brown bear. The hut can accommodate groups of up to 10. This is a place where bears, wolves and wild boar roam. It sits high in the Abruzzo mountains, in a saddle at 1,780 metres, accessible only by foot, mountain bike or snowshoe. Recently renovated, with a loan from Rewilding Europe Capital, this stone shepherd’s hut has the low impact of a bothy, with a few added luxuries: a woodburning stove for cooking and heating, and solar-powered electricity and hot water. All you need to do is sign up You will be seen for FREE by thousands of active buyers from across the globe, searching Global Catalog every day for companies just like yours. From £ 450 a week sleeping four, .uk Terraegna Mountain Hut, Bisegna, Abruzzo, Italy Content Seeing is believing You found this company profile listed on Global Catalog, so we’re confident buyers WILL find your business, too. E-bikes are available to hire from Dounby village, five minutes’ walk down the road.

Solar panels and a small wind turbine provide the electricity it is insulated to high levels and well stocked with plastic-free kit. Its off-grid location was part of the attraction when the owners converted it to a holiday home. An impressive number of self-catering holiday cottages on the islands have achieved the Green Tourism Business Scheme Gold award, including cosy Dene Cottage. The ambition to transition to zero carbon is putting the Orkney Islands on the green map.

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