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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Wildlife on the doorstep
Places where something other than sheep turns up. No guarantees are offered — the wildlife has agreed to none of this.
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Wild Cabins Kinvara
Kinvara, County Galway · Sleeps up to 2
Two-person off-grid cabins hidden inside a fifty-acre organic nature sanctuary on the edge of the Burren.
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- Off-grid
- Solar-powered
- No wifi, deliberately
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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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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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Eagle Brae
Struy, Scottish Highlands · Sleeps 2–6
A hand-carved cedar log cabin village on a Highland hillside where red deer and eagles are the neighbours.
From £140 / night
- Hand-carved cedar cabins
- Turf roofs
- Wildlife
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