Photograph to comeCortijada Los Gázquez
Almería · Sleeps 1 or more
A wholly off-grid farmhouse retreat in the Sierra María-Los Vélez natural park, run on sun, wind and wood.
£ · Budget
- Off-grid
- Solar-powered
- Dark skies
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Total seclusion
No neighbouring property in sight of the door. It is the first thing we look for and the hardest thing to verify from a listing photograph, so it is the thing we check hardest.
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Kolarbyn Ecolodge
Skinnskatteberg · Sleeps 2–6
Turf-roofed charcoal-burners' huts by a forest lake, with no electricity, no shower and a floating sauna.
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- Off-grid
- No wifi, deliberately
- Lakeside
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Quinta do Barranco da Estrada
Santa Clara-a-Velha · Sleeps 2–5
A lakeside lodge in the lower Alentejo running entirely on solar, with rare birds on the water.
££ · Mid-range
- Off-grid
- Solar-powered
- Lakeside
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Rifugio Lagazuoi
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno · Sleeps 2–4
A mountain refuge at 2,752 metres above the Falzarego Pass, with what may be the best terrace in the Alps.
££ · Mid-range
- Mountain views
- Sauna
- Total seclusion
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The Bolder
Lysefjord, Rogaland · Sleeps 2–6
Six off-grid cabins cantilevered above the Lysefjord, four of them by Snøhetta.
££££ · Splurge
- Fjord views
- Architect-designed
- Off-grid
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El Toral Ecofarm
Asturias · Sleeps up to 6
A fully off-grid smallholding in green Asturias — solar power, spring water, and a wood-fired boiler.
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- Off-grid
- Solar-powered
- Organic farm
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Gavião Nature Village
Gavião, Portalegre · Sleeps 2–8
Ten shelters built from local cork oak, beside the river beach at Alamal on the Tejo.
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- Architect-designed
- Organic farm
- Wild swimming
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Rifugio Alimonta
Trentino · Sleeps 2–7
A family-run refuge deep in the Brenta Dolomites, on the via ferrata routes.
££ · Mid-range
- Mountain views
- Family-run
- On a long-distance trail
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Treehotel
Harads · Sleeps 2–5
Seven architect-designed rooms in the pines fifty kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, including one clad entirely in mirrors.
££££ · Splurge
- Treetop cabins
- Architect-designed
- Northern lights
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Woodnest
Odda, Vestland · Sleeps 2–4
Four treehouses anchored to living pines six metres above Odda, looking down the Sørfjorden.
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- Treetop cabins
- Architect-designed
- Fjord views
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Agriturismo Querceto di Castellina
Castellina in Chianti, Siena · Sleeps 2–9
Fifteenth-century stone cottages on a family wine and olive estate in Chianti, between Siena and Florence.
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- Organic farm
- Family-run
- Total seclusion
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Granö Beckasin
Granö · Sleeps 2–4
Bird's-nest cabins built from reclaimed timber high in the pines above the Ume river.
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- Treetop cabins
- Architect-designed
- Northern lights
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Juvet Landscape Hotel
Valldal, Møre og Romsdal · Sleeps 2–4
The original Norwegian landscape hotel: glass-walled rooms scattered through a river gorge, each angled so you cannot see another.
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- Architect-designed
- Sauna
- Total seclusion
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Naturgredos
Extremadura · Sleeps up to 10
A sixteenth-century rural house below the Sierra de Gredos, and one of the province's first birdwatching centres.
££ · Mid-range
- Wildlife
- Dark skies
- Family-run
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Pure Space Eco Glamping
Loop Head, County Clare · Sleeps 2–6
Owner-run cabins and bell tents in ten acres of native woodland on the Loop Head Peninsula, a quarter of an hour's walk from the sea.
From €110 / night
- Off-grid
- Solar-powered
- On the Wild Atlantic Way
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The Lemon Lodge
Aljezur · Sleeps 2–4
An off-grid farmstead between the Monchique hills and the wild beaches of the Costa Vicentina.
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- Off-grid
- Organic farm
- Surfing
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Las Cabañas Rural
Candeleda, Ávila · Sleeps 2–13
Cabins on two hectares beside a mountain stream at the foot of the Sierra de Gredos.
£ · Budget
- Wild swimming
- Mountain views
- Family-run
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Manshausen
Steigen, Nordland
Sea cabins cantilevered off a private island's stone quay in Steigen, north of the Arctic Circle.
££££ · Splurge
- Over the water
- Architect-designed
- Above the Arctic Circle
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Naturcamping Lagom
Värmland · Sleeps 1–13
Ninety-five oversized natural pitches among the forests and lakes of Värmland.
£ · Budget
- Lakeside
- Private woodland
- Huge pitches
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Photograph to comeQuinta Rural
Northern Portugal · Sleeps up to 5
A small family-run nature campsite in the Serra da Cabreira mountains of northern Portugal.
£ · Budget
- Mountain views
- Family-run
- Glamping tents
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Teapot Lane
Tawley, County Leitrim · Sleeps 2 or more
Three domes and a treehouse in five acres of woodland where Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal meet.
£££ · Higher end
- Adults only
- Treehouse
- Geodesic domes
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Masseria Aprile
Locorotondo, Bari · Sleeps 2–4
Trulli and a working masseria in the Valle d'Itria, in the same family since about 1700.
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- Family-run
- Organic farm
- Total seclusion
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PAN Treetop Cabins
Finnskogen, Innlandet · Sleeps 4–6
Steel-clad cabins on stilts in the Finnskogen forest, winner of the European Steel Design Award.
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- Treetop cabins
- Architect-designed
- Private woodland
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Agriturismo Montelovesco
Perugia · Sleeps 2–11
A family agriturismo in the Umbrian hills, running on its own photovoltaic array.
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- Family-run
- Organic farm
- Solar-powered
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Hinterlandes
Lorton Valley, Cumbria
A fully off-grid hidden cabin (and a converted double-decker bus) that periodically moves location in the quiet north-western fells.
From £110 / night
- Off-grid
- Stargazing skylight
- Wood-fired heating
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Wicklow Way Camping
Oldbridge, County Wicklow
Ten semi-private pitches and a sauna, directly on the Wicklow Way near Roundwood.
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- On a long-distance trail
- Sauna
- Mountain views
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Camping El Merino
Extremadura · Sleeps 2 or more
A mini campsite in the Sierra de Gata with very large pitches and almost nobody on them.
£ · Budget
- Glamping tents
- Total seclusion
- Mountain views
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La Pineta
Bari Sardo, Ogliastra · Sleeps 2–5
Thirty years in the same family, in the pines between Bari Sardo and the sea in Ogliastra.
£ · Budget
- Beach on the doorstep
- Sea views
- Family-run
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Nire Valley Eco Camp
County Waterford · Sleeps up to 4
Off-grid cabins in a west Waterford meadow under the Comeragh Mountains, with breakfast left at the door.
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- Off-grid
- Mountain views
- Dog-friendly
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wecamp Cabo de Gata
Almería · Sleeps 2–4
A small site on a steep volcanic coast above its own pebble cove, in the Cabo de Gata natural park.
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- Sea views
- Beach on the doorstep
- Glamping tents
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Camping Lido
Capoliveri, Livorno · Sleeps 2–8
Family-run since 1997, directly on the sand at Lido di Capoliveri on Elba.
£ · Budget
- Beach on the doorstep
- Sea views
- Family-run
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Bella Sardinia
Oristano · Sleeps 4–7
Pitches under a pine forest on Sardinia's west coast, where the wind makes the beaches.
£ · Budget
- Beach on the doorstep
- Sea views
- Family-friendly
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Morgedal Camping
Morgedal, Telemark · Sleeps up to 5
A small quiet site by the water at Morgedal, the village where modern skiing was invented.
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- Lakeside
- Ski access
- Family-run
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Telemark Camping & Motel
Telemark · Sleeps 2–4
A deliberately small nature site with a limited number of pitches, bookable direct.
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- Total seclusion
- Mountain views
- Family-run
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