Barefoot luxury in Spain: 5 sustainable resorts you have to see for yourself
Barefoot luxury at its finest: check out these 5 amazing sustainable resorts in Spain.
1. Casa Rural Son Bernadinet, Campos, Balearic Islands, Spain
Son Bernadinet is situated on an estate of 42 hectares on the southern side of the island of Mallorca. Here you can enjoy the sustainable swimming pool, bicycles and massages. What makes Son Bernadinet a sustainable resort? They use ecological cleaning products, more than 80% of waste is recycled, they use energy saving lights and have water-saving toilets and the hotel is decorated with environmental-friendly furniture. Furthermore, food is sourced from the hotel’s own organic garden and are therefore cultivated sustainably.
2. La Bobadilla, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Loja, Granada, Spain
Barceló La Bobadilla hotel can be found in the Sierra de la Loja, in between Granada, Sevilla and Cordoba in Andalucia, Spain. Each room is unique, combining stone floors, fine wood and different styles of marble baths in Arabic style. Enjoy the beautiful gardens, swimming pool, the excellent spa or outdoor paddle tennis courts. La Bobadilla is pioneering sustainability by being the first luxury hotel to install a biomass plant where olive stones from the olive grove are used for combustion. By doing this, the hotel has reduced CO emissions by 80% in the atmosphere and up to 45% energy consumption. The use of eco-friendly, chemical-free products and detergents in cleaning processes is another initiative that the hotel has put in place. At the Spa & Wellness center, water is heated thanks to the biomass plant and the treatments offered are limited to the use of 100% natural ingredients, with organic and bio-active properties certified by ECOCERT.
La Bobadilla, Carretera Salinas-Villanueva de Tapia (A-333) Km. 65,5 18300 Loja Spain
3. Puebloastur Eco-Resort Hotel & Spa, Cofiño, Asturias, Spain
Located in the Sueve Valley in Asturias, Puebloastur Eco-resort and rural spa offers everything for you to enjoy nature. There is an organic garden and the hotel offers bicycle rental, gourmet cuisine, spa, massages and wellness treatments. Puebloastur´s sustainability efforts comprise organic/local food offered, use of ecological cleaning products, more than 80% of waste is recycled, use of energy saving lights and use of water flow reducers.
Pueblo Astur, Cofiño (Parres), Principado de Asturias, Spain
4. Mas Salagros EcoResort, Vallromanas, Spain
Mas Salagros Ecoresort, the first 100% eco-friendly EcoResort on the peninsula, is located in Vallromanes in a nature reserve in Catalonia. With views of the Parc de la Serralada Litoral and its 100% sustainable operation, Mas Salagros is a unique place.
Organic Mediterranean cuisine, made with seasonal produce, is served and the EcoResort features a thermal bath circuit managed by the international firm AIRE Ancient Baths Vallromanes.
Mas Salagros has been awarded the Green Globe certification, the highest standard for sustainability in the world in the hospitality industry. All the buildings in the complex were built facing south to make the most of natural lighting, especially during the winter. The biomass boiler is the main source of heating: it is fueled by wood chips from sustainably managed forests in Catalonia, which helps to reduce CO2 emissions. The resort also counts with 250 m2 of solar panels, offering energy savings of 15%. Finally, low-energy LEDs and warm colors are used to ensure the minimum environmental impact. The Resort was decorated using fully restored, sustainable materials. The beds in all the bedrooms are made by hand, and textiles like pillows, covers, quilts and towels are also organic in origin.
Mas Salagros, Riera de Vallromanes, s/n, Vallromanes, Spain
5. VIVOOD Landscape Hotel, Benimantell, Alicante, Spain
Disconnect from your everyday stress and routine, and reconnect with nature and yourself. Sleep in the middle of nature with all the amenities of a luxury hotel. The suites and villas have been designed so that you can look out over the landscape and watch the sunrise and sunset, while also gazing out at all of the stars in the sky. The hotel was built with sustainable construction methods and eco-friendly technology. VIVOOD has received more than a fifteen national and international awards and recognitions in tourism, sustainability, architecture, design, and innovation.
Vivood, Carretera, Ctra. d'Alcoi 10, Benimantell, Spain