Let's make your next trip an exotic, unique and eco-responsible experience!

The Blog of the Explor'Actors are articles where we offer you good ideas, information, inspiration (…) about sustainable tourism and ecotourism. The objective is that we may everyone, everywhere travel more responsibly

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Vacations in the rain

How will you keep yourself busy on your rainy vacation? In this article, discover 7 ideas to keep smiling and enjoying your trip, even when clouds and gray skies are in the air.

novembre 22, 2022

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Sleeping in a youth hostel

Whether you're traveling solo, as a couple or even with your family, discover 7 good reasons to sleep in a youth hostel. As a bonus, we share with you 5 addresses guaranteed to be free of bad surprises and committed to a sustainable approach!

novembre 08, 2022

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Travel without a plane

Traveling without a plane is possible! It's even a way to discover Europe that promises a great adventure: you can get back in touch with distances, fully integrate the journey into your getaway and live new experiences. By night train, by bus or eve

novembre 01, 2022

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Autumn weekend in France: 4 exotic ideas

With your family, with your lover, for 2 or 3 days, discover 4 ideas for weekends in autumn in France. From the sunny shores of the Mediterranean to the flamboyant colors of the vineyards of Burgundy, escape to the four corners of France.

octobre 31, 2022

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3 iconic stages of a road trip in southern Morocco

Between steep mountains, golden deserts and lush oases, Morocco offers an incredible variety of landscapes. The warm welcome of its inhabitants makes it an iconic place for the traveler in search of a change of scenery. Let yourself be carried away b

octobre 26, 2022

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Carnet de Voyage des Explor'acteurs: Slow Tourism in Touraine - a weekend 10 kilometers from home!

Ah the magic of social networks! It's thanks to them that I had the chance to meet Marie from the great account Perspectives de Voyage. Marie is both a travel planner, she will be happy to organize your next trip, and a travel blogger. Seeing her reg

juin 24, 2022

Anne Chéné

Promenade sur la presqu'ile de Giens sous le soleil entre les pins et la mer

An eco-responsible weekend in Hyères, it's possible!

As winter was coming, we felt the need to prolong the nice days before the cold weather. We regularly heard good things about the Toulon area but going there in the summer when the streets and beaches are crowded, very little for us. We don't particu

juin 24, 2022

Anne Chéné

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Getaway in Florence: what to see? what to do?

The city that is considered the capital of the arts is a must for any road trip in Tuscany. Indeed, planning a trip to Florence is not without interest. It is in any case one of the unavoidable stops. However, not everyone wants to live in the city c

juin 24, 2022

Anne Chéné

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Southern Tuscany: less touristy, more authentic

Do you want a break from time? Need to recharge your batteries and reconnect with nature? Discover with us Sant'Egle in the South of Tuscany. We stopped there after 7 days of road trip under the heat. It was for us a refreshing stopover.

juin 24, 2022

Anne Chéné

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Our tips for discovering the Lac de Côme

Our advice to discover Lake ComoIf I tell you Riva boats, luxurious villas, Dolce vita, George Clooney, what do you think of? Yes, we had the chance to discover Lake Como at the end of our stay in Italy. By the way, did you know that it was named one

juin 24, 2022

Anne Chéné

Pulka Vercors - 2 skieurs entrain de randonner dans un paysage enneigé

Explorers’ travel diary: Pulka in the Vercors

Laëtitia is one of the beautiful people I met on Instagram. In addition to having created EkoVida, she participated last year in the writing of the Tao Guide, 2,000 ideas and addresses for committed travel. So I naturally thought of her when I launch

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

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Explorers' travel diary - Tour of Europe by train

Jenny and Benoît are a couple of travel bloggers who, after the Covid, decided to go on a tour of Europe by train. They regularly give us on Instagram but also on their blog lots of tips for our next trips! I strongly invite you to discover them if y

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

Le bâtiment du relai de Sisco avec le soleil qui se couche derrière lui

Travel diary of the Explor'actors: Holidays in Corsica

Today it's Ben and Romain's turn, the 2 brothers from the South West of France, to tell us about their vacations in Cap Corse. They were the lucky winners of the contest we organized on the Instagram account for the opening of this new responsible ho

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

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Weekend in Amiens : Programme for 2 days and more

Today it’s me, Anne, the founder of Ethik Hotels, who gives you my travel diary of a weekend in Amiens. Indeed, a few years ago I watched an episode of Echappées Belles on France 5 which talked about this city. Honestly I hesitated to watch it becaus

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

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Explorers' travel diary: The "Out of Time" experience

Another beautiful meeting thanks to social networks! You will say that it's starting to be a lot, I will answer that it's also the magic of social networks. Anyway I had the chance to meet Valentine through her Instagram account Leno_explore and sinc

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

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Farniente on the island of Groix

It’s Héloïse’s turn to tell us about her trip. Héloïse is the first explorer-actress to have shared with us eco-friendly addresses to enrich the site. Thanks to her, we were able to discover 3 nuggets: one in Colombia, one in the Philippines and t

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

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Explorers’ travel diary: A romantic weekend in the Cévennes

Fanny has been faithful to Ethik Hotels since the beginning and has already shared with us some eco-friendly addresses to enrich our database. Like me, she has a passion for travelling. She launched her activity as a Travel Planner at the end of the

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

Ingrid et Flo dans des chiliennes avec des rayrues horizontales bleu et blanches à l'ombre des arbres

Explor’actors Travel Diary: Argentina, where we discovered eco responsible travel

Thanks to Ingrid, Spanish from Barcelona, and Floflo, French from Nantes (the most beautiful city in the world!), we go to discover Argentina. Thank you to them for having accepted to be the first to take part in this new exercise of the Explor’ac

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

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Explor'actors Travel Diary: Holidays in Brittany

It's a travel book a little bit particular this time because it's the one of my mom, Fanny. Indeed, she is the one who translates all the texts of Ethik Hotels. With more than 350 addresses it takes her time and we know that retired people never have

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

Photo qui montrer les falaises d'Etrat, l'eazu turquoise de la mer qui contraste avec la couleur blanche des falaises et l'herbe très verte au haut.

Sustainable tourism in Le Havre, Normandy

I had the great luck to be invited for a weekend at the Nomad Hotel Le Havre at the end of October. I’ll give you Le Havre on paper, it doesn’t necessarily make you dream. And yet I must admit that we had an excellent weekend. Moreover, maybe like me

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

Have you ever dreamed of sleeping in a trailer or a cabin in the forest?

To make it easier to read, I've put some pictures of our stay at the bottom of this article. We had the chance to do both during our week of vacation. This summer, like many others, we visited France and we didn't regret it. Moreover, we immediately

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné

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Road Trip in Greece over 2 weeks: 3 extraordinary ideas

Get away from the overcrowded tourist islands like Santorini or Mykonos and discover the authentic charm of Greece. With these 3 road trip ideas in Greece over 2 weeks, embark on a real odyssey through the best preserved islands of the Cyclades or so

juin 23, 2022

Anne Chéné