The Good Hotel Guide is the leading independent guide to hotels in Great Britain & Ireland, and also covers parts of Continental Europe. The Guide was first published in 1978. It is written for the reader seeking impartial advice on finding a good place to stay. Hotels cannot buy their way into the Guide. The editors and inspectors do not accept free hospitality on their anonymous visits to hotels. All hotels in the Guide receive a free basic listing. A fee is charged for a full web entry.
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Editor’s Choice: 2016 Green Hotels
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Green Hotels 2016
The Scarlet
Mawgan Porth, Cornwall
'Essence of Scarlet' Special Offer
Eco values as well as enjoyment are fundamental to this cliff-top hotel, with sea thrift-covered roof, sweeping curves, reed-filtered pool and walls of windows to soak up the light and the seascape.
The Green Park
Pitlochry, Perth And Kinross
Free Theatre Ticket Special Offer
Traditional as Burns Night and bannocks, the McMenemie family's Victorian country-house hotel in gardens leading to the shores of Loch Faskally is popular with its largely elderly clientele, who love its 'comfort, caring staff and delicious food'.
Augill Castle
Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria
With its towers and battlements this Victorian-folly castle, in 15 acres of grounds, looks imposing yet 'you actually feel like it is your castle'.
Y Goeden Eirin
Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Kindly hostess Eluned Rowlands welcomes guests to her B&B – a stylishly renovated granite cowshed on the edge of Snowdonia –with tea and Welsh cakes, supplies bedrooms with fresh fruit and sherry, and serves a good Aga-cooked breakfast.
Discerning hotel guests may wish to have a luxury break which they know is not damaging the environment. The Good Hotel Guide's top green hotels have all taken big steps to encourage an eco-friendly experience. The hotels all offer fantastic accommodation, high-quality dining choices and luxury service, but at the heart of this they have a special emphasis on ensuring their local environment is protected for the future. Among the green initiatives Pendragon Country House, Cornwall, offers are solar energy, recharging points for two electric cars and a free washable nappy service for young visitors - even the hotel's website is hosted on a carbon-neutral server! The beautiful Green Park Hotel in Pitlochry offers complimentary transport to and from local stations to encourage guests to use public transport, purchases products that are environmentally friendly - local, organic, fair trade, recycled and/or recyclable - and reuses waste for compost to feed the hotel's gardens. The Old Vicarage in Powys has hens and a kitchen garden to reduce food miles, electric car recharging and solar thermal energy installed. The friendly hotel also offers special deals for guests arriving by bike.
