Yurt holidays are becoming popular with the rise in eco and green travel and tourism as the population becomes more environmentally conscious.Many countries around the globe including Switzerland, Portugal, France, the US, Spain and the UK now offer yurt holidays. A yurt holiday can provide a welcome break to those who enjoy a holiday amongst nature and prefer to experience a more simplistic and natural lifestyle.
What is a yurt you may be asking? A yurt is a portable structure used as a space for living and other activities. Yurts are made from a wooden latticed structure covered by materials such as canvas and felt and wool used as insulation.If the yurt is used for accomodation typically there will be a mounted wooden flooring used or if a more temporary structure for example for festivals the grass or rugs is the flooring.
Yurts originated from central Asia.The nomads in central asia use yurts as accomodation to live in. Mongolia is well known for its use and production of yurts.Yurts are also known as a yurta.
Today more people are finding that living in a yurt is a way to live more environmentally friendly, close to nature, off the grid and is a more economical way to live instead of building a house. Also some yurt dwellers believe that living in a round structure has a much better effect on the human energetic systems and produces a much nicer ambience and environment.
As you move location a yurt can travel with you as they are temporary structures. Yurts can be constructed in as little as a few hours if you know what you are doing.The yurt phenomenon has been taken by Westerners and adapted to their current modern needs. Yurts are now used as a mode of accommodation, used for yurt holidays, for festivals, for retreat and mediation spaces and for teaching spaces.
