La Palma hotel, Canary Islands
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
We are committed to conserving our enviroment and encourage guests to follow our lead. We live in a waste free area with no air polution and encourage guests to not leave rubbish. We know our wildlife, are committed to conserving it and encourage guests to follow our lead. We reduce our energy and are finding local renewable energy sources for our energy. We water our gardens when necessar with natural spring water and use the garden waste to make compost for our plants and trees.
We build, restore and equip using carefully sourced local materials and in a style that tells the cultural or geological story of the Island of La Palma. We choose local suppliers that best match our environmental values. We feel that it is important and recommend to our guests not to leave litter when walking and to protect the enviroment and use water carefully. There are many natural springs on the walking routes and we find that the water is natural and great to drink, meaning that there is no need to carry plastic bottles of water. Our rooms are cleaned daily and we change the towels when our guest request it by leaving them in the bath or on the floor. We have replaced all light bulbs with low consumption energy saving ones.
Community
We recognise and support local issues and actively campaign to address them. We are located in La Palma where there is an abundance of local produce so we use local produce and fresh vegetables from the local growers and recommend the use of the local services like restaurants taxi and bus. When possible we buy fish from the local fishermen and meat from the local butcher. Our eggs are bought from the local producer and we only provide the local natural bottled spring water from La Palma for our guests.
We offer local people good working conditions, a fair wage, and empower them with training opportunities we employ 19 people. Where possib;le we try to find and train if necessary local poeple to work in all departments of our hotel. We sustain jobs and cultural diversity by supporting local craft makers and artisans, and promoting cultural attractions.
We work to create good relationships between tourists and the local community. We know where to find all things local and we support and recommend our neighbours, spreading tourism income to those most in need. La Palma is a very good wine producing region and we support the local wine producers by offering the local wine in our restaurant and bar.
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