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Hoopoe Yurt Hotel, Spain
Yurt lovers who find the 9,000-mile round trip to outer Mongolia a little hard on the wallet can now stay in a traditional Mongolian camp closer to home. The Hoopoe Yurt Hotel is a new yurt camp in the Grazalema mountain range to the south of Ronda, in Andaluciá, southern Spain.
The rustic solar-powered yurts, Mongolian, Uzbeki and Afghani, offer a few creature comforts, including a power point, outside bamboo bathroom (including hot shower), and a private garden.
There's yoga, reiki, massages and aromatherapy available in the local village and hill-walking and riding to the nearby Cuevo del Gato, where you can swim in mountain rock pools.
A yurt with one double bed costs £95 per night B&B. yurthotel.com, 00 34 696 668 388. The camp is two hours' drive from both Málaga and Gibraltar airports, and on the train line from Ronda to Algeciras... take an afternoon Eurostar to Paris then change to the overnight trainhotel to Madrid, which arrives just after 9am. Then take the train down to Ronda and Cortes de la Frontera, from where you can arrange with the owners to pick you up. For details of getting to Spain by train, see seat61.com.
Yurt hotel adds 'safari yurt'
Owners Ed and Henrietta tell me they've added an additional 'Safari' yurt at the top of the land. I remember having a look at the site when I was there - it's to the right of the entrance with great views over to Gaucin and Jimera. Plus they've moved out from the camp and have set up their own yurt home - a central 30 foot yurt with two 16 foot yurts and two 12 foot yurts attached. They reckon it could be "the largest yurt structure to be built". There's a pic of it at: www.yurthotel.com/about.html
Editor,
GreenTraveller
Yurts further a field
For another yurt experience try Huzur Vadisi, which means peaceful valley, and it truely is! Nestling among the pine-clad hills above the marina of Gocek on the Lycian coast.
www.huzurvadisi.com
A popular retreat for yoga holidays where guests and hang out in hammocks to recover from delicious and nutritious vegetarian meals. The array of salads, local olive oil and "village" bread are true home-cooking, and a revelation after typical Turkish restaurant fayre that rarely moves beyond grilled meat and fish.