Guardian and Observer Ethical Travel Award, 2008
Paris Velib – the city's self-service bike scheme launched in 2007, has won this year's Guardian, Observer and guardian.co.uk Ethical Travel Award.
Second place went to Wilderness Scotland - the adventure travel company that offers low impact tours into Scotland's Highlands and Islands.
Third place went to Under the Thatch, which lets out a collection of unusual places to stay (mostly in West Wales) including restored thatched cottages, a romany caravan and a former railway carriage.
Photo: © Henri Garat and Mairie de Paris
The judges were Isabel Choat (Guardian Travel Editor), Jo O'Connor (Observer Travel Editor) and Richard Hammond (founder of GreenTraveller.co.uk).
The Man in Seat Sixty One – seat61.com - won the 'Best Travel Website', which according to judges, "is at the forefront of the green travel trend".
For more details on the winners of the Ethical Travel Award.
For the full list of winners of all the Travel Awards, see: Guardian, Observer Travel Awards 2008.
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Paris cycle hire
I’ve used these cycles in Paris and they’re a great idea and a great way to get around. Some of them are already in pretty bad condition, but you’d expect that I suppose as so many people use them. It’d be great to see other cities picking up on the idea, but I’m not sure they’d be used in the UK.
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