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Posted by Richard Hammond at 09:09 on Thursday 19 April 2012
The finalists have been announced for the inaugural Eurostar Ashden Award for Sustainable Travel.
Posted by Rhiannon Batten at 10:02 on Sunday 15 April 2012
Rhiannon Batten tests out The Bivouac, Yorkshire's newest glampsite, with yurts, bunkbarn, cafe, and off-grid log cabins in the woods.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 04:18 on Sunday 08 April 2012
Tell us your favourite train journey in the UK or Europe: the best ten will be published on Greentraveller later this month..
Posted by Nick Stewart at 01:51 on Thursday 29 March 2012
As we launch our new Greentraveller Guide to the Peak District, Nick Stewart takes a look at the Environmental Quality Mark and how it supports good...
Posted by Tom Watts at 12:08 on Wednesday 14 March 2012
In celebration of beautiful, natural areas in the UK, we've published a Greentraveller Guide to the Peak District - England's first...
Posted by Tom Watts at 02:47 on Monday 12 March 2012
No sooner had we checked in to our first hotel than we met up with professional Northern Lights photographer Øystein Lunde Ingvaldsen to swot up on...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 08:02 on Monday 12 March 2012
Richard Hammond has a truly rural Welsh farmland experience in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park, mid Wales.
Posted by Nick Stewart at 11:32 on Tuesday 28 February 2012
Here's an innovative scheme in the Brecon Beacons where local 'Ambassadors' provide visitors with a 'sense of place'.
Posted by Jasmine Venditti at 07:04 on Saturday 18 February 2012
RAW, the artisan wine fair, is a two-day celebration of fine, organic and biodynamic wines from around the world taking place in London on May 20th...
Posted by Jasmine Venditti at 09:15 on Friday 17 February 2012
Now in its fifth year, the Crickhowell Walking Festival in Wales 25 Feb - 4 March aims to provide a wide range of walks for all ages,...
Posted by Tom Watts at 09:45 on Thursday 16 February 2012
As part of our celebration of travelling to wonderful natural areas in Europe, we've published a Greentraveller Guide to Holidays in Kent.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 06:25 on Wednesday 01 February 2012
From stylish country hotels and cosy cottages to eco cabins and yurt camps, our pick of the best green accommodation in Britain.
Posted by Anita Pati at 12:39 on Tuesday 31 January 2012
Anita Pati visits a part-Jacobean farmhouse B&B and self-catering cottages on a working farm in rural Herefordshire.
Posted by Tom Watts at 05:17 on Wednesday 25 January 2012
Here's a wonderfully understated online resource that can help you find a cab from pretty much any train station, tram, metro & underground...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:30 on Thursday 19 January 2012
Google has now integrated routes and timetables for train travel (in addition to car journeys) across mainland Britain into its Google Maps.
Posted by Tom Watts at 11:25 on Wednesday 18 January 2012
Our pick of the most unusual, quirky, innovative places to stay, including airstreams, pods, romany caravans, treehouses, yurts, tipis, threepis(!),...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 01:20 on Monday 31 October 2011
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...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 06:18 on Tuesday 19 September 2006
Richard Hammond visits a luxury treehouse in the South of France.
Posted by WillRoss at 01:58 on Tuesday 27 July 2010
Will Ross introduces 'Sail Rail' - a unique initiative that offers all-inclusive tickets for combined ferry and train travel from UK...
Posted by Catherine Mack at 11:37 on Monday 01 March 2010
Our popular guide to how to travel to and from Ireland by train & ferry services to/from Scotland, Wales and England.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 09:29 on Saturday 03 November 2007
Richard Hammond visits one of Under the Thatch's most popular lets - a Romany Caravan in West Wales.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:23 on Wednesday 18 July 2007
Richard Hammond is one of the first to visit the Lake District Yurts.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 06:25 on Wednesday 01 February 2012
From stylish country hotels and cosy cottages to eco cabins and yurt camps, our pick of the best green accommodation in Britain.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 01:49 on Monday 29 May 2006
Richard Hammond reviews Canvas Chic, a truly luxurious eco-camp in Ardeche, France.
Posted by Holly Tuppen at 07:39 on Wednesday 21 July 2010
Thanks to the new 'across-channel' Green Way (Avenue Verte), we can all enjoy traffic free cycling trips through the best of South England...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 01:39 on Saturday 30 December 2006
Review of Loch Ossian Hostel, Scottish Highlands | Richard Hammond
Posted by Richard Hammond at 08:11 on Tuesday 12 August 2008
Richard Hammond takes the laid-back route to Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily on a no-fly island-hopping adventure in the sun... I was standing on...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:15 on Monday 11 December 2006
Lundy Island is managed by the Landmark Trust, which has restored over 20 of the island's buildings making them available all year round as...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:47 on Monday 12 February 2007
Yurt camps epitomise the fashion for cool camping, yet some are little more than glorified tents plonked in a spare field. Not so at La Huerta Yurts...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 02:00 on Tuesday 27 June 2006
Richard Hammond reviews Hoopoe luxury yurt hotel in Andalucia, southern Spain.
Posted by Anouk van den Eijnde at 04:02 on Sunday 19 December 2010
Our pick of the best luxury yurt camps in Europe, including a wonderful bolthole in Andalucia and a back-to-nature site in the mountains of central...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 01:01 on Saturday 17 February 2007
Our guide to top of the best eco-friendly weekends in the UK and France.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 06:25 on Wednesday 01 February 2012
From stylish country hotels and cosy cottages to eco cabins and yurt camps, our pick of the best green accommodation in Britain.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 03:34 on Wednesday 28 March 2007
As green travel has become big business it has sparked a rise in faux ecotourism, or 'greenwashing', GreenTraveller's Richard Hammond reports on the...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:15 on Saturday 20 October 2007
Ten eco-friendly winter activities, from skiing without leaving the UK to snow shoeing in the French Pyrenees...1. Take the train Not only is...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 01:01 on Saturday 17 February 2007
Our guide to top of the best eco-friendly weekends in the UK and France.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 12:07 on Saturday 31 March 2007
Richard Hammond reports on a new guide to 'responsible escapism' in the UK...It's seemingly easier to find an eco lodge in east Africa than it is to...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 11:48 on Saturday 25 August 2007
As a third series of Tribe gets underway, Bruce Parry and his crew describe their personal highlights from their latest extreme adventures, and...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:00 on Wednesday 02 September 2009
Increasingly, travellers are volunteering for placements abroad to work on conservation and development projects, thinking they will be benefit local...
Posted by Holly Tuppen at 07:23 on Wednesday 03 August 2011
Our 8-day blog/twitter trip (with high def video!) travelling on Switzerland's iconic train journeys, including the Glacier Express and Jungrau...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 06:19 on Saturday 22 July 2006
A new walking holiday in the Indian Himalayas is offering the chance to experience life in traditional mountain villages.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 11:30 on Saturday 03 February 2007
Camping and caravanning have long enjoyed a close association, yet while there is little doubt that camping is low impact, should caravanning be...
Posted by Catherine Mack at 01:05 on Friday 02 March 2007
Catherine Mack describes ten tree-friendly holidays, from tree houses to tree climbing, where she says you can 'branch out' this spring...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 02:00 on Tuesday 27 June 2006
Richard Hammond reviews Hoopoe luxury yurt hotel in Andalucia, southern Spain.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 02:12 on Monday 14 May 2007
Mark Hodson picks the best website and guidebooks for green travllers.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 04:09 on Friday 14 December 2007
A new travel club for the upmarket eco traveller has launched.The Nature & Kind Travel Collection describes itself as a "direct booking solution...
Posted by Catherine Mack at 01:15 on Wednesday 28 October 2009
How do you make a group of greenies see red? Ask them how they feel about certification | Richard Hammond
Posted by Catherine Mack at 11:37 on Monday 01 March 2010
Our popular guide to how to travel to and from Ireland by train & ferry services to/from Scotland, Wales and England.
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