New Year's resolutions and new green pearls
Eat healthier, exercise more and be less stressed – do you have New Year’s resolutions? There is one New Year's resolution, which we are happy to attend again this year: Veganuary!
Veganuary is a nonprofit organization and campaign that encourages people around the world to eat a purely plant-based diet in January. You can register online for free to get lots of tips and recipes. You also find a lot of inspiration on Instagram at #veganuary.
A purely plant-based diet helps to protect the environment, has a positive impact on our climate, saves animals and is also good for our health. Apart from that, vegan food is simply delicious! “How delicious?” you may ask? Our two vegan hotels Bio-Agrivilla i pini and Biotiquehotel LA VIMEA show their guests every day. Perhaps you would even like to eat plant-based long after the 30 days? Just give it a try!
We are pleased that we can not only count hotels among our green pearls that always have a purely vegan offer, but that other hotels are also part of the Veganuary, such as the SCHWARZWALD PANORAMA in Bad Herrenalb. Following the principle of the "planetary health diet", the Selfnesshotel has been offering creative vegan and vegetarian dishes for many years, à la carte as well as at the "Zero Waste Breakfast Buffet". You will also find vegan products in the bathrooms and in the wellness area – and of course well beyond January.
At Gili Lankanfushi on the Maldives, you can book a vegan experience in the Organic Garden with Chef Hari. Taste the freshness of exotic herbs, homegrown rocket and beach lettuce, then pick pomegranates and bananas.
Whether in Keemala in Thailand, in the Naturhotel Outside in East Tyrol, in the Strandhotel Kurhotel Juist on the North Sea island Juist or in the organic children's and family hotel Gut Nisorf – in many of our hotels you can also have vegan meals if you wish. By the way: Refugium Lindenwirt is now a member of Vegan Welcome and you can always enjoy regional and purely plant-based dishes at the hotel in the Bavarian Forest.
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Before 2019 came to an end, we shared our blog highlights for the year with you and reviewed our most beautiful trips of the year.
To the highlights of the editorial team
Environmentally friendly sunscreen? What does sun protection actually have to do with corals? This blog post was particularly popular in 2019 – and you can already remember our tips for the summer.
Do you already know our green pearl in Lithuania, the ROMANTIC Boutique Hotel & Spa? Here you stay in a former grain mill – tradition meets modern.
Are you always looking for very special experiences, far away from the tourist crowds? Here are our insider tips!
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We have found a new green pearl for you: the La Subida Country Resort in Friuli, Italy, on the border with Slovenia. Luxury close to nature and modern architecture, great wine and delicious food, here you can enjoy the Friulan lifestyle to the fullest.
Find out more about the La Subida
The Landgut Stober collects one award after the other – now there is another award for the sustainability of the hotel. In December, the testing institute CERTIFIED announced its test results for the year and the Landgut Stober not only secured the top grade 'Excellent', but also the first place in the 'Green Hotel' category.
The Keemala is a “villa wonderland” in the middle of the forests of Kamala, on the Phuket peninsula. The resort with its very special architecture celebrated its fourth anniversary at the end of last year. Congratulations!
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Annika from The Midnight Blue Elephant was a guest at The Tongsai Bay last year and was able to take part in a fruit sommelier course there. She shares her experiences and what was especially tasty with you on the blog.
“12 Thailand Fruits you need to try!”
Traveling by container ship across the sea simply fascinates us again and again, which is why we devoured the experience report in the Guardian.
"I didn't want to fly – so I took a cargo ship from Germany to Canada"
2020 is the perfect time to reinvigorate your bucket list and to check out the places, attractions and brand new experiences that will have their moment in the spotlight for the first time, or exclusively, in 2020. Lonely Planet has some ideas for you.
“20 brand new experiences for your travel bucket list in 2020”