Inspiring holidays you can reach without flying
A hand picked portfolio of hotels, cottages, B&Bs, treehouses, yurts and campsites plus city breaks, family holidays, activity holidays and escorted rail journeys organised by specialist tour operators.
Over 20 free e-guides to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Parks and other fantastic holiday destinations, packed with tips on where to sleep, eat, shop and visit.
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Tree house holidays in Europe
We've updated our popular treehouse holiday page with our video of what it's like to stay in Keycamp's family-friendly treehouses in Brittany. -
New Series: Great Weekends By Train - Brighton
In the first of a series of posts about easy weekend breaks from London, Emma Field visits Brighton. -
Hotels with Natural Swimming Pools
A selection of our favourite places to stay that have natural swimming pools. Compared with chlorinated pools, a dip in these pools is like swimming in Evian!
Green travel news and reviews
A wildlife-watching trip to the Dyfi Biosphere, Wales
Posted by David Atkinson at 12:02 on Friday 17 May 2013
David Atkinson visits the Dyfi Osprey Project in the Dyfi Biosphere, Wales, for a day of bird watching, and meets Monty and Seren, two of the nature reserve's finest feathered friends
Walking trails around Dolgellau in the southern Snowdonia National Park
Posted by David Atkinson at 09:34 on Friday 10 May 2013
David Atkinson and daughter Maya spend a day exploring the woodland trails in Coed y Brenin, a mountain-biking centre in Snowdonia National Park
Review of Secret Cloud House Holidays, Peak District
Posted by LucySymons at 12:00 on Wednesday 08 May 2013
Our writer, Lucy Symons, tries her hand at glamorous camping in a yurt in the picturesque Peak District.
A wildlife and local-culture safari in Snowdonia National Park
Posted by David Atkinson at 10:26 on Friday 03 May 2013
David Atkinson and daughter Maya spend a day hunting for mini sea creatures in the rock pools on Llandanwg Beach, a remote spot on Snowdonia National Park's coastline
Review of Orion B&B & Treehouses, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
Posted by Richard Hammond at 11:09 on Tuesday 30 April 2013
Richard Hammond stays in some spectacular treehouses on the Riviera in France, and relaxes by the property's wonderful natural swimming pool
Review of Rail Holiday (converted carriages), Cornwall
Posted by Chloe Stickland at 09:17 on Friday 26 April 2013
Our writer, Chloe Stickland, stays in delightfully individual family-run converted railway carriages stationed in St Germans, South East Cornwall.
Ireland’s Family Friendly Eco-Retreat Boghill Turns Twenty
Posted by John Sannaee at 08:31 on Friday 26 April 2013
Residential holistic eco venue Boghill, Western Ireland, is celebrating its 20th birthday with an Irish music extravaganza.
Review of Little Goonreeve, Truro, Cornwall
Posted by Chloe Stickland at 02:34 on Thursday 25 April 2013
Our writer, Chloe Stickland, has a yomp in the farmyard of Little Goonreeve in some borrowed wellies and samples some delicious home made Cornish offerings.
Traincation to Scotland
Posted by John Sannaee at 09:07 on Thursday 25 April 2013
Michael Davies explores the stunning scenery of the Scottish Highlands and Skye, and discovers just how easy it is to reach Britain's great wilderness areas by public transport.
Finalists announced for Eurostar Ashden Awards for Sustainable Travel
Posted by Richard Hammond at 03:10 on Tuesday 23 April 2013
Four sustainable travel schemes from the UK and Belgium have been announced as finalists in the 2013 Eurostar Ashden Awards for Sustainable Travel.
Top free gifts offered to Greentravellers
Posted by LucySymons at 11:14 on Monday 22 April 2013
Our selection of the best gifts offered to people who quote “Greentraveller” when they book a holiday.
Review of Thorney How, Independent Hostel, Lake District
Posted by LucySymons at 08:40 on Thursday 18 April 2013
Lucy Symons stays in a fabulous independent hostel in the Lake District and thoroughly enjoys some home comforts in a warm and cosy environment.
Meeting Exmoor’s ponies in Exmoor National Park
Posted by Paul Bloomfield at 11:51 on Wednesday 03 April 2013
For an encounter with an animal rarer than the giant panda, head west: Paul Bloomfield meets the ponies of Exmoor – and the people working to protect them
Hiking the Coleridge Way, Exmoor National Park
Posted by Paul Bloomfield at 10:20 on Wednesday 03 April 2013
Two centuries ago, the Romantic poets sought inspiration on the byways of Exmoor: Paul Bloomfield follows in their footsteps on a section of the Coleridge Way...
Greentraveller Guide to the Dyfi Biosphere
Posted by Florence Fortnam at 02:32 on Wednesday 27 March 2013
As part of our celebration of the most beautiful natural landscapes in the UK, we've published a Greentraveller Guide to the Dyfi Biosphere
Greentraveller Guide to Snowdonia National Park
Posted by Florence Fortnam at 02:44 on Wednesday 20 March 2013
As part of our celebration of the most beautiful, natural areas in the UK, we have just published a Greentraveller Guide to Snowdonia National Park
Greentraveller Videos of Green Tourism Businesses
Posted by Richard Hammond at 03:31 on Friday 15 March 2013
We have teamed up with Powys County Council Tourism Services to produce a series of videos featuring green tourism businesses.
Greentraveller Guide to Exmoor National Park
Posted by Florence Fortnam at 12:30 on Friday 15 March 2013
As part of our celebration of the most beautiful, natural areas in the UK, we have just published a Greentraveller Guide to Exmoor National Park
Great Weekends by Train: The Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent
Posted by Emma Field at 05:08 on Monday 11 March 2013
The fourth installment of our series of posts about easy weekend breaks by train from London sees VisitEngland’s Emma Field head to the Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent.
Video & Blog: A winter slow holiday by train at Fuschl am See, Austria
Posted by LucySymons at 05:06 on Wednesday 06 March 2013
Lucy Symons takes the train to Austria to try a snowshoeing and cross-country skiing holiday run by Inntravel in the beautiful village of Fuschl am See.
