From our guide to Green Places to Stay
The Reino family have planted over 5,000 trees on their farm in the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. Lush organic gardens heave with fruit - peaches, bananas, grapefruit, oranges, apples, plums, strawberries and, above all, limes...
The real riches of Morocco are here: these thoughtful, creative, committed owners have made Dar Raha ('house of rest') into a place for encounters. Under their guidance, discover local history...
To stay in a hotel that makes imaginative efforts to reduce its impact on the environment is like meeting an interesting and worthwhile fellow-traveller. Who would choose to swim in an oil-heated pool if there was a solar-heated alternative? To eat imported food if the local food was equally delicious? To stay in a hotel that ill-treated its staff if another, nearby, belonged to the community? Each of those alternatives, when chosen, adds something special to a holiday.
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