Travel

Tenerife's GF Hotels achieves environmental excellence

Grupo Fedola (GF) Hotels is the first hotel chain in Europe and third in the world to obtain the ISO 21401: 2019 certificate for meeting the environmental, social and economic requirements of this leading sustainability management system.
The house is furnished simply and the tiles bringing out the Arab soul
Philippe Xerri's bijou house in Tunis

Rock the Kasbah furniture designer Philippe Xerri has renovated a charming house in Tunis in a simple style using local materials
Turquoise seas around the island of Harris
In celebration of Harris Tweed: From the Land Comes The Cloth

The story of that most renowned of fabrics, Harris Tweed, has been captured in a collection of beautiful photographs of its Hebridean home by Ian Lawson, who has produced a book charting his journey through these islands. Which, if you hate hot weather, are the perfect summer holiday destination.
Fistral beach is a paradise for surfers
Tom Raffield at Fistral Beach Hotel & Spa

Cornwall's coolest furniture maker has worked on one of the county's most popular beach hotels
Hotel for Cornwall's The Eden Project

Architect practice Tate Harmer has been awarded planning permission to build a sustainable hotel for visitors to The Eden Project
A labour of love..Follonico has been beautifully restored
A Tuscan farmhouse: Follonico's rustic elegance

This house in southern Tuscany has been refurbished using reclaimed, recycled, upcycled materials, with plenty of antiques and vintage finds for charming, restful interiors
A natural pool is chlorine free
Tree house holidays

If you prefer warm rather than boiling hot weather, October's a good month to take a break. And if you want an eco holiday, then a tree house is perfect. Especially if it's in the South of France and has a natural pool to swim in
The sun terrace outside the master bedroom. The re-build took 16 months
Great House on Necker Island

Chances are you can't afford it..nope, not even for one night. But pictures of this beautiful house in the sunny Caribbean can cheer us all up. And Sir Richard Branson's house has been refurbished to extremely high eco standards you'll be glad to hear
Finisterre has swimwear ranges made from Econyl
Be a more eco traveller

We should all holiday close to home if we’re to save the planet... but that’s just not going to happen any time soon. So let’s all do our bit to lessen the impact of our wanderlust on the environment, says German sustainable travel experts Green Pearls
Over ocean bungalows at MahaRaja resort in Indonesia
Travel: emission-free dive boats at RajaAmpat, Indonesia

Scuba divers and snorkelers staying at the MahaRaja Eco Dive Lodge can enjoy a more eco-friendly visit to the green deeps thanks to dive boats that fitted with electric outboards
The Seychelles: prioritising the environment over tourism

You may lament the lack of cheap package holidays to the Seychelles, but you not going there is helping keep its islands as nature intended. Abby Trow talked tourism and the environment with Seychelles Tourism Minister Didier Dogley on his recent visit to the UK