{"id":27974,"date":"2019-11-15T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=27974"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:38:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:38:05","slug":"canary-islands-ecological-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/canary-islands-ecological-house\/","title":{"rendered":"In Canary Islands, an ecological house looking at the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

To the south-west of Tenerife, in the small mountain village of Aripe, near Guia de Isora lies La Tanquilla. An ecological house nestled in the Canary Islands’ natural environment, away from mass tourism, where you can disconnect from the world and find yourself.<\/h2>\n

Near Okoland<\/strong> village, in Tenerife<\/strong>, lies the ecological house<\/strong> of La Tanquilla<\/strong><\/a>. Its name comes from the tanquillas,<\/em> which are the places where once people washed their clothes. This rural house<\/strong>, totally in Canary style, is surrounded by nature<\/strong>. Peace and relax will hit you as soon as you get there.<\/p>\n

La Tanquilla is the perfect place for a relaxing and sustainable holiday.<\/strong> But also it is the ideal location for yoga retreats<\/strong>, meditation and to find out the benefits of direct contact with nature. The owners of La Tanquilla like following their guests during the exploration of the place. But they also accompany them in the path to find themselves, through therapeutic and healing processes.<\/p>\n

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We interviewed the owners of La Tanquilla in Tenerife. Barbara Stumpp<\/strong> told us how her beautiful eco-house<\/strong> project was born.<\/p>\n

Could you tell us something about La Tanquilla and how your ecological hosting project has begun?<\/h2>\n

Three years ago my husband Chetan, my son Arun and I decided to move from Germany to Tenerife. Right from the start, we\u2019ve been looking for a house surrounded by nature<\/strong>: we wanted to live in a simpler, more down-to-earth and natural way. Besides, we wanted to expand our business as therapists. So we brought seminars and holistic retreats here on Tenerife Island.<\/em><\/p>\n

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As soon as we saw La Tanquilla, we fell in love with this place.<\/em><\/p>\n

Initially, the estate belonged to the previous owners, then we took over the management of the existing house as tenants.<\/em><\/p>\n

La Tanquilla consists of a two-family house. A part of it has a private use, while the other one is used as a guest house<\/strong>. The building was built by the previous owners, with care and love in the old Canary style, and it is surrounded by many trees and local shrubs. We decided to adopt and integrate some ecological supplements. For example, we chose to install photovoltaic panels<\/strong> on our roof to provide hot water<\/strong>. In order to water the fruit plants, we also built a rainwater collection tank.<\/em><\/p>\n

One year after, we bought La Tanquilla. In so doing, we had the chance to integrate our ecological ideas even more. We deeply love nature<\/strong>; we have a vegetable garden and many fruit trees and we buy bio and local products<\/strong>. Moreover, we compensate for the CO2 production of our flights and we collect separately.<\/em><\/p>\n

So we came up with this idea, that is, to make our holiday home environmentally sustainable and inspire<\/strong> our guests. Or simply, we try to allow them to have a great, but still eco-friendly, holiday.<\/em><\/p>\n

As we have many years of professional experience as therapists, we thought of expanding our business. In this way, people can come here and spend some time focusing on psychophysical rebalancing. Or they have the chance to treat physical ailments, recover and recharge energies and even to take time to clarify personal intimate questions.<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve just built a wonderful Thearpieraum<\/strong>, all made of natural materials.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Which green practices have you undertaken?<\/h2>\n