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Let’s go for a hike! 6 simple tips to stay environmentally conscious
Hiking is one of the best ways to discover the nature that surrounds you. From concrete physical benefits to emotional recharge, it can affect your mood, boost your creativity, and a great way to achieve that daily exercise that is needed. But try your best to leave a minimal impact on the environment when going […]
Continue readingEcobnb in Marrakech: an interview with Veronica, owner of Riad Jaune Safran
Who would not love to stay in an authentic environment? Decorated with inlaid wood, wrought iron, mosaics, and colorful ancient Moroccan elements. Riad Jaune Safran welcomes you in Marrakesh for a truly relaxing and enchanting holiday. An entire riad exclusively for you, your family, and friends? With an all-inclusive staff, Riad Jaune Safran offers you […]
Continue readingBurj Al Babas: the City of Ghost Castles
At the foot of Mudurnu hills, Turkey, there’s a ghost city with over 700 abandoned buildings. Burj Al Babas is an example of how second home tourism can transform places for the worse. It was supposed to become an enchanted valley, but it’s a spectral city, on the Northen coast of the Black sea. Built […]
Continue readingSave our cities from overtourism!
SET (Sud-Europe facing Overtourism): a network created by 15 European cities to denounce the destructive effects of mass tourism and promote the research for a new touristic system. Mass tourism brings enormous amounts of tourists in the main cities. The effects of the so-called overtourism are indeed severe. Cities lost their original artistic, natural and cultural heritage: […]
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