Europe

Canary Islands green vacation homes ‘need’ tourists

15 August 11

| Green Travel News | The Bioclimatic Houses of Tenerife, a village of unique eco-homes, invite you to stay with them on your next visit to the Canary Islands—and if you do, you’ll be helping to determine which of these green designs work best. Only 25 of the homes (known as Casas Bioclimáticas on this Spanish […]

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Finnair to make longest commercial biofuel flight

14 July 11

| Green Travel News | A Finnair flight between Amsterdam and Helsinki next week will be the longest commercial biofuel flight flown anywhere in the world to date. “We want to be a pioneer in sustainable development in air transport. Engine emissions account for the biggest environmental impact of flying, so investing in research into […]

Treehotel: Sweden’s new ways to sleep up a tree

29 January 11

| Green Travel News | One of the world’s most unique eco lodgings, in a forest in Swedish Lapland, has added The UFO and Room With A View to its guest experiences. Now there are a total of 6 amazing, upmarket tree houses (plus a treetop sauna) at the Treehotel, Sweden’s most startling hotel since […]

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Let your iPhone be your tour guide: GPS-guided walking tours

11 November 10

| Green Travel News | No need to endure the stale jokes and take-it-or-leave-it schedules of city bus tours ever again. Be greener and walk at your own pace, on your own timetable, without fear of missing a thing. GPSmyCity, an iPhone software start-up based in Las Vegas, offers a travel app that turns your […]

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Sweden’s Treehotel adds 2 more eco-suites

22 September 10

| Green Travel News | One of the world’s most unique eco lodgings, in a forest in Swedish Lapland, has added The UFO and Room With A View to its guest experiences. Now there are a total of 6 amazing, upmarket tree houses (plus a treetop sauna) at the Treehotel, Sweden’s most startling hotel since the wildly […]

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Going green in Malta with new Crystal cruise

20 August 10

| Green Travel News | This fall, Crystal Cruises‘ passengers can give back to the tiny nation of Malta. The luxury cruise line’s Go Green in Malta offers the chance to plant trees in the island’s only national park, donate food at a local charity and learn eco-conscious planting and harvesting practices at a local organic […]

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Langham goes EarthCheck

30 April 10

| Green Travel Spotlight | Langham Hotels, with its legendary hotel heritage dating back to 1865 as Europe’s first Grand Hotel, is partnering with EarthCheck, the world’s largest certifier of sustainable travel and tourism operators. All Langham properties (and its Eaton Hotels group as well) will be upgrading to EarthCheck’s international standards of best green […]

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Rome: la dolce verde

8 February 10

| Greening in Roma | They say Rome is an old city that never gets old. We never tire of it. Long ago we fell under the thrall of its simple classics of cuisine like cacio e pepi, an irresistible Roman dish that consists of only 3 ingredients. Of its piazzas, ostentatiously grand or all […]

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Greening in Cyprus

5 May 09

| Shades of Green | Green has many meanings on this island of drama and history in the eastern Mediterranean. Cypriots probably identify the word first with their infamous Green Line, which has separated them into mutually wary Greek and Turkish enclaves since 1974. Arriving in early spring, as we did, the absolutely stunning greens […]

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