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GreenTraveller is a green travel guide to green places to stay and green holidays. It features eco-friendly places to stay in the UK and Europe and suggest low impact ways to get there. GreenTraveller also features ethical holidays abroad. More>>

Recommended Books

Alastair Sawday's Green Places to Stay edited by Richard Hammond

The Man in Seat 61: A guide to taking the train through Europe.

Go Slow England
by green maestro Alastair Sawday. Guide to special places to stay, slow travel and slow food.

Ecoescape UK
by Laura Burgess. Guide to eco breaks in the UK.

Ecoescape Ireland
by Catherine Mack. Guide to eco breaks in Ireland.

Earthscan's Ethical Travel Guide edited by Polly Pattullo with Orely Minelli for Tourism Concern. Directory of community-based holidays in over 60 countries. Includes a well-researched 50-page intro to the issues. Get a 10% discount via this link.

Lonely Planet's Code Green by Kerry Lorimer. Wide-format, lavishly illustrated book of almost 100 'responsible travel experiences'.

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The Times Holiday Handbook, by Cath Urquhart. Includes a section on how to ensure your holiday helps local people and lessen your impact on the environment.

Green Rooms
The AA's guide to 100 green hotels and ecolodges around the world.

The Rough Guide to Ethical Living, by Duncan Clark. Includes a section on ethical holidays. Get a 20% discount via this link using the promotional code: 'Rough'.

Travel with Kids, by William Gray. Includes lots of tips for eco-
friendly family holidays worldwide - 'from tots to teens'. Get a 20% discount via this link using the promotional code 'Green20'.

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Top Ten Green Places to Stay in Europe
Ten fabulous eco-friendly places to stay that are reachable by train, bus or ferry to Cornwall, Yorkshire, West Wales, Scottish Highlands, Pyrenees, Ibiza, France and Switzerland...

Beaches you can reach without flying
Majorca, Sicily, northern Spain and the islands off the west coast of France are home to some of the best beaches in Europe and are just a train and/or ferry ride away. And don't forget Belgium! There's free 24-hour rail travel to any station in Belgium available when you buy a Eurostar ticket to Brussels...

Tree House Holidays in Europe
Four great treehouse holidays, from a backpacker's mecca on Turkey’s Mediterranean Coast to plush treehouses near Nice on the French Riviera...

Ten of the best fair trade holidays
Featured on the labels of Fairtrade products are some of the world's most exotic destinations - Costa Rica for coffee, Sri Lanka for tea and South Africa for wine. But what if you want to holiday in these countries, and elsewhere in the world, while doing the right thing by the people who live there? Here are 10 holidays that make a difference to the local community...