Everyone’s trying to “go green” these days, and that includes travelers. And green travel isn’t just restricted to buying carbon offsets or staying in expensive “green” resorts – even budget travelers can be more eco-friendly these days. One easy way to do that is to stay in green hostels, which are becoming more common. A new eco-friendly hostel that’s opening up in Barcelona is a perfect example.
Barcelona Urbany is currently under construction in one of Spain’s most popular backpacking cities, and is being billed as the “first eco-friendly hostel.” While there are certainly other hostels around the world that have some environmentally progressive policies, this will be the first in Barcelona and probably the first purpose-built eco-hostel.