Have you ever wondered, while relaxing in a luxurious hotel room, about the impact this room has on the environment around you? Have you ever thought about the amount of energy and water your stay consumes, and what happens to those towels and kitchenware after you’ve used them a few times?

Hotels today – the bastion of comfort and entertainment for travelers – contribute significantly to environmental damage. However, this has started to change with the emergence of what is known as eco-friendly hotels; different hotels that adopt sustainability principles and seek to reduce their carbon footprint and preserve natural resources. So what distinguishes these types of hotels? And how do they help protect the environment?

Eco-friendly hotels refer to those that limit carbon emissions and are designed to positively impact the environment and local community. With the global climate crisis, many hotels and tourist resorts around the world have started transitioning to more eco-friendly designs. 

These hotels play an important role in promoting sustainable tourism, as they help preserve the environment by applying strict environmental standards in their activities, provide sustainable and healthy travel experiences for guests, and support environmental initiatives by efficiently providing water, energy and waste management, as well as relying on renewable resources.

As for the experience of staying in one of these hotels, it is completely detached from all forms of modernity, with no electricity, mobile networks or internet, lighting by torches and candles made from beeswax, eco-friendly furniture made from salt and olive, palm and silk wood and Egyptian cotton, embroidered in the Siwan style. Most of these hotels are excellently healthy, with smoking prohibited, vegetables and fruits come from farms without any chemicals, and drinking water from wells. 

What attracts most is their distance from luxury and opulence, their fusion with the spirit and heritage of the place, their commitment to the same architectural style of the area, and simulating the living experience of the local people. As they are healthier, one is always advised to visit them