Certainly not a traditional hotel, the Ecopod Retreat offers guests a stay in one of two pods tucked away in a birch woodland setting in Scotland. Both light-filled domes are over 750 square feet and offer views of Castle Stalker (named from the Gaelic Stalcaire which means hunter or falconer) ...

Domes are the all the rage in eco-tourism these days. Where old-style hotels needed deep foundations, roads, pipes and cables to be laid down – eco domes are made from special vinyl that is warm, durable and light. They are built using the “leave no trace” philosophy and the hotel’s ...

Where the crystal crags of the Andes meet the Atacama Desert there is a magical land where the skies are clear 300 days of the year. The annual melting of snow from the mountains feeds a valley all the more green against the pure blue skies. It is the home ...