{"id":14809,"date":"2017-07-18T15:10:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T13:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=14809"},"modified":"2017-07-18T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T13:10:06","slug":"car-free-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/car-free-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays are better if they’re car-free"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hours lost in a row and looking for parking, anxiety to get lost and exorbitant costs of gasoline and highway: these are\u00a0are just memories when traveling without a car. Choosing to live a car-free holiday\u00a0means not only respecting the environment, but also gaining time and living a more authentic and meaningful experience.<\/h3>\n

\"Holidays<\/p>\n

The main drivers of the environmental impact<\/strong> of tourism are transport, especially airplane and car, which account for 75% of the emissions required by our vacation. It is therefore crucial to focus on more sustainable<\/strong> mobility<\/strong>, to choose train whenever possible.<\/p>\n

By bicycle or public transport, you can also experience<\/strong> the cities and places just as locals<\/strong>\u00a0do and discover unexpected views<\/strong> and corners<\/strong>, approaching the true essence of traveling. If you choose to travel by train, you can admire all the landscapes<\/strong> from the window, so your vacation starts even earlier.<\/p>\n

\"Holidays<\/p>\n

In recent years, environmental attention<\/strong> has led to a greater supply of sustainable tourism and therefore organizing a car-free vacation is becoming simpler and simpler. For example, you can choose car-free destinations such as Porquerolles, a French island where cars are banned, or Mount Isola, the island closed to vehicular traffic, or choose a destination that promotes slow\u00a0mobility such as the Alpine Pearls.<\/p>\n

\"Holidays<\/p>\n

Once you have chosen the destination of your car-free holiday, it is also important to find an accommodation that is consistent with this type of holiday and offers special services for those who travel by bicycle, on foot, and by sustainable means, offering special discounts, information about public transport service in the area, but also shuttle services to the railway stations, or bicycles available to guests free of charge.<\/p>\n

4 ideas\u00a0for a car-free holiday<\/h2>\n

Chamois, Valle d’Aosta<\/h3>\n\n\t\t