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Green Places to Stay: Eco-lodges and Other Green Places to Stay (Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay) | 
 enlarge | Author: Alastair Sawday
Publisher: Alastair Sawday's
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 58498
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1901970779
Dewey Decimal Number: 647
EAN: 9781901970777
ASIN: 1901970779
Publication Date: September 28, 2006
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 Eco travel November 23, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the book I've been waiting for! A selection of exciting, intriguing and ethical places to stay around the world, hand-picked by people whose judgement I trust.
Special Places is like having a trusted and well-travelled friend who can suggest somewhere lovely to stay wherever you want to go. I've been relying on them to find great B&Bs in the UK for five years, and they never fail. The places they recommend aren't just good, they're quirky, interesting and friendly too, and a world away from boring old B&Bs that have nothing to offer beyond a bed for the night and an indifferent breakfast.
Green Places to Stay follows the same trust-based approach. It provides short descriptions of wonderful places from South America to Central Asia, allowing travellers to combine adventure with a commitment to the planet, and to be confident of finding a warm welcome too.
Eco-tourism is a complex field, and no one system for evaluating venues is infallible. But the Green Places guide does its best to identify the different contributions these places make. Some use solar energy, others build from recycled materials, and some give discounts for guests arriving by public transport. And the guide awards points for social responsibility as well. So if a travel lodge is supporting local schools or hiring staff from nearby villages, its efforts are recognised.
The book also discusses the ethics of international air travel. If you're hoping that visiting a green place will salve your conscience about the carbon emissions it took to get there, forget it. But at least there are tips on reducing your environmental impact and offsetting the carbon emissions of your trip.
This is a lovely book, but be warned: it's impossible to use it to find a B&B where you're going without coming upon six other places you want to visit on the other side of the planet as well.
A Green Book on Green Special Places to Stay November 23, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Alastair Sawday practises what he preaches. The offices from which his numerous Special Places to Stay books are put together are eco-friendly, and benign to the environment. His guides are produced using minimal energy for the lowest ecological impact.
But his books are beautiful to the eye and have a feel-good factor, and prove that travel doesn't have to be harmful to the environment. What better to prove that than this Green Places fo Stay guide, with its verdant cover and beautiful pictures?
Green travel doesn't have to be a drudgery. This book is brimful of places to stay all over the world which are pleasurable, which awaken the senses, rather than dulling them with luxurious uniformity. It includes eco lodges, working farms or vineyards, beach huts, guest houses, campsites, hotels, tipis, yurts, safari camps, and the colourful pictures whet the appetite.
Another lesson taught by this guide is that environmental friendliness doesn't stop with nature. There is also such a thing as being friendly towards the social, cultural and linguistic environment. Tourism should not be exploitative, but should contribute to the local economy and show respect for the traditions of the locality which one visits.
This book is a treat to read. It is ideal for the armchair traveller. It offers a feast of descriptions of places worldwide which sound and feel great, and it is a lesson in geography and cultural diversity. There is a detailed introduction, and features on fair trade tourism, and how to make a positive difference when you travel.
This is a unique guide book, different from all others, full of treats and full of discoveries. I recommend it wholeheartedly.
Green Places To Stay November 22, 2006
This is an excellent book for anyone who's even remotely concerned about the impact that travel and tourism has on the planet.There is some good information on traveling ethically as well as the impact of Fair Trade in tourism. On the places to stay angle, as always the team have discovered some absolute gems, with destinations all over the world, from our own doorstep to some incredibly remote and extreme locations.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to travel to amazing locations whilst benefiting local comunities and at the same time leaving as little negative impact as possible on the earth.
SUCH a lovely book November 22, 2006
This is such a lovely book, exciting and inspiring (I'd had numerous people make a beeline for it during the short time it's been resting on my desk). As a source of learning how to reduce the impact of your travel on the environment, it's an ideal companion. The guide covers worldwide destinations and some marvellously exotic and authentic properties, from ecolodges, mountain cabins and tree houses to Cornish tipis. It also goes to show that you needn't sacrifice comfort or a spot of luxury with a selection of some really stunning hotels. Aside from beautifully character-laden properties, there are also some really good tips on making your holiday just a bit greener, which are easy to adopt and can be applied to wherever and whenever you take a break. It's a brilliant present for adventurous travellers, or those who would like a more informed view about the way they travel. I first learned about Sawdays when I picked up a copy of their British Hotels and Other Places some time ago - well worth considering if you're going to pack in flying altogether and stay in the UK!
Great resource for off-the-beaten-track special accommodation November 22, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We have used Alastair Sawday's Special Places to stay in Ireland (where we live) book on numerous occasions and never been disappointed with the recommendations in it. As my husband works in the area we were excited to learn about this new publication and ordered it before our recent holiday to Spain. There were a few listings for the Andalucia region, where we had booked our flight only holiday and we were torn between the Yurt Hotel near Rhonda and a hillside retreat closer to Malaga, where our flight would land. We went for the mountainside retreat and what a hidden gem it turned out to be. The book also provided bedtime reading as we drooled over the quirky places listed worldwide. We will be planning our holiday next year around some of the books contents. It is great to have real options for eco-minded tourists ranging from luxurious hotels in the Indian Ocean to eco-lodges in South America. This is a fast growing area and it is fantastic to have some of the best places around the globe listed in one publication.
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