Traveling as a vegan can be seriously nerve-wracking. Chances are that the only restaurant in town that was supposed to have cruelty-free food closed years ago, and looking at the tiny lettered content description on a pack of peanuts reveals a vegan's most hated ingredient: milk powder.
So, what can you do to avoid all the hassle without prepping food a week ahead? Go to an all-vegan accommodation, where safe, plant-based food is served a few steps from your room.
While countless hotels worldwide offer plant-based options in their restaurants, few have eliminated animal ingredients from their menus, let alone gone leather-free.
In this article, you will find 100% vegan hotels from various locations with photographs of pretty interiors and mouthwateringly beautiful plant-based food.
Finca Victoria, a Bed and Breakfast located on one of the highest points of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, is the perfect place to connect with nature and relax. It opened its doors in 2019 with a two-and-a-half-acre plot of land and unique accommodations - from treehouses to a vintage Airstream. The fertile soil of the gardens has a wide variety of tropical plants, fruit trees, flowers, and cacti.
This eco-friendly inn aims to be entirely self-sufficient and was founded by interior designer Sylvia De Marco, who also owns the Dreamcatcher Hotel in San Juan.
The hotel has an eclectic bohemian atmosphere, and its structures are strategically hidden among lush vegetation.
Finca Victoria's cuisine, created by chef Brittany Lukowsky, is characterized by its fresh, organic, and vegan offerings. Most of the dishes are made using ingredients harvested on the farm. Additionally, medicinal herbs are available if needed.
The Finca has established a calendar of activities, including morning Yoga classes with teacher Melissa Grywaslki, Reiki training and education by Wavelet Healing, and many more.
This burghotel (castle hotel) in Lenze, Germany, stays ahead of the game with an unusual setting. It sits by the River Elbe halfway between Berlin and Hamburg in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve territory.
If you stay in one of the attic rooms, you will find exposed wooden beams with hammock swings hanging from them. Every room has eco-friendly furniture, and the hotel provides a yoga mat for your stay.
The historic castle has two dining venues: a large hall with a vegan breakfast buffet and an upscale restaurant called "Place to V," where you will take photos of every dish - because they are so pretty.
Ahead Hotel is for sporty vegans. It has a yoga shala, a gym, and a sauna, and outdoor activities are plentiful. The hotel has bikes made of bamboo (!), SUPs, and canoes, and you can go for a swim if you don't mind slightly cold water.
This hotel's name is a dead giveaway. It's a beautiful villa in the Northern part of the Spanish island of Mallorca where animal lovers can have a great time. And I don't just mean vegans by that.
Villa Vegana has a bunch of super cute animals roaming free. You can spend the day caressing pink piglets by the pool. Dogs are inside and outside, so you will be in heaven if you like furry friends.
Villa Vegana opened in 2013, way ahead of most similarly eco- and animal-conscious places. Over the past decade, they have perfected their cooking skills, so the homemade food here is amazing.
The first yoga hotel in Paris is also 100% plant-based. Hoy Paris is situated at the intersection of two vibrant Parisian neighborhoods. Just a short walk up Rue des Martyrs will lead you to the picturesque district of Montmartre.
The hotel caters to bohemian travelers and nomadic spirits, focusing on well-being, holistic learning, and good food. Hoy Hotel is named after "today" in Spanish, and it's an acronym for Home Of Yoga. The hotel's eco credentials are zero waste, no plastic, and no television in the 22 rooms.
Hoy wants you to enjoy the day by offering yoga classes, a vegan restaurant serving South American-inspired food, the opportunity to create a "little bouquet of happiness" at its on-site "La Floreira," and to sleep well in one of its stylish rooms.
The Mesa restaurant is run by Chefs Lauren Lovatt and Carolina R. Chinea, who have crafted a 100% plant-based menu using seasonal produce. Their recipes celebrate vegan cuisine in a gourmet and ultra-desirable style.
If you like to end the day with a slow flow of yoga, massage, a beautifully presented and mouthwatering dinner, and a jump into your pajamas, then you are at the right place. Those of you progressing into advanced stages of meditation can attend the Wim Hof (also known as the "iceman") Experience at the Hoy Paris Hotel and soak yourself in an ice bath.
In the foothills of the South Tyrolean mountains in Italy, La Vimea is a luxury vegan getaway for mainly adults. Only kids above 12 are allowed to stay. La Vimea in Naturno, which opened in 2016, is Italy's first completely vegan hotel. The hotel targets individuals who cherish true luxury's simplicity and respect nature and all living beings.
The result is a 4-star hotel that fully embraces veganism in every aspect, from untreated lunar wood in the rooms and all-organic cotton linens to the biodynamic garden (plants are grown in the ground in living soil), vegan cosmetics, solar energy, self-regenerating swimming pond, and organic products.
La Vimea's restaurant caters to customers who prefer to eat raw or cooked food. The seasonal, zero-mile fruit and vegetables are prepared with care and joy to preserve their nutrients.
The hotel runs yoga classes in five styles: back, hatha, slow flow, vinyasa, and yin.
Koukoumi is like when Rolls Royce converted its car into an electric one. All the plushness, style, and luxury stay, but it's now eco-friendly(er). Koukoumi follows this recipe, and you could never tell by its cover that it's a fully vegan hotel. And when I mean luxury, Koukoumi is Greece's first five-star vegan hotel.
Koukoumi is on the beautiful island of Mykonos. Its whitewashed walls, wooden pergolas, and incredibly stylish but minimalist interiors perfectly reflect traditional Greek architecture. The hotel's owner, Georgia Kontiza, is a Greek dame who defends the ideology of veganism with a passion and has a fantastic eye for details.
Headed by Chef Angelika Harami, Koukoumi's out-of-this-world food contains zero meat, butter, eggs, fish and seafood. Yet, you'll be served a (vegan) sea urchin with (vegan) caviar, and you will not believe your eyes and senses that this is possible. Before each bite, you will admire the textures, combinations, smells, composition, and originality.
Some people would straight up buy a ticket to Thailand and jump on a long-haul flight just to savor some proper locally made Thai food. As Chiang Mai is the country's gastro capital, this resort housed in a 1900s colonial-style building is a total hit for vegan food lovers.
Away Chiang Mai Thapae is in the center of the city, a street away from the historic landmark Thapae Gate, which walls the old town.
The on-site Moreganic Vegan Restaurant follows a strict Thai Buddhist principle and is alcohol—and cruelty-free. It also claims to use garden-fresh products for its mouthwateringly good-looking food. Pineapple fried rice or Pad Thai with tofu with mango sticky rice as a dessert? These are some sweet choices to make!
The retreat runs daily yoga classes and sound healing sessions. You can also get a health massage or jump into the pool whenever you like.
In the land of Pura Vida ("pure life"), Mother Earth Luxury Boutique Hotel, Restaurant & Spa is a place to pamper yourself with colorful, flavorful, and entirely plant-based food by the poolside. The hotel is in the North of Costa Rica, within a few minutes' walk of Playa Tamarindo, where you can experience the gorgeous sunsets of the Western Coast.
It's the country's first vegan boutique hotel, and what a start it is! It has fourteen stylish rooms, some with balconies and hammocks overlooking the palm trees. On its rooftop, there is a yoga space, and the swimming pool is filled with seawater.
But the highlight here is the food. They have veganized local classics, like tacos with mushroom, "calamari" rings made of aubergine, or comfort food like Beyond burger, Philly "Cheesesteak" made of oyster/portobello mushrooms, and pizza loaded with veggies.
It's the kind of place where you spend more time taking photos of the meals than eating them!
If you love the sight of happy domesticated animals roaming freely in the open fields, head to Watkins Glen in the state of New York. If you are lucky with traffic, it's about an hour and a half drive from NYC.
Since 1986, Farm Sanctuary has rescued thousands of exploited animals. During his early days of activism, the founder, Gene Baur visited slaughterhouses and discovered a beautiful sheep that would have suffered a certain death if it wasn't for him taking her to safety. Today, Hilda (the sheep) is the face of the animal rescue movement.
Currently, they have 600 happy animals on their two farms located in Los Angeles and Watkins Glen. With your stay, you'll support the sanctuary to keep saving lives, and in the meantime, have the time of your life among hundreds of beautiful horses, cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and other animals.
This hotel is a bit of an outlier compared to all those places that spoil you with mindblowing vegan food. At Best Friends Roadhouse, the focus is on how to protect non-human animals better, all while having the best time with your four-legged friend(s). Or, to put it differently: "animals above sensory pleasures!"
In the land of the Canyon Country, where many Western movies were shot, this animal and human-friendly hotel is waiting to host you and your kittie/doggo. Kanab is a great starting point if you are planning to visit the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Grand Canyon, or Zion National Park.
Best Friends Roadhouse can accommodate dogs and cats with extra amenities like a dedicated, comfy place to sleep, a washing station and a dog park to make the stay pleasant for all of you.
The 40 rooms are split into three categories: Standard, King Suite, and Two-Level Suite.
Mercantile is where the complimentary continental breakfast is served and where you can load up with vegan snacks for your hiking adventures.
Best Friends is an animal welfare organization, so your stay here will help reduce the number of dogs and cats killed in America's shelters, which is their primary goal.
This upscale boutique hotel is located on the East Coast of the US in Wilmington, by the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by long sandy beaches and nature reserves. Your fully vegan home will be inside a beautiful, blue-tiled Victorian mansion with a historic front porch. If you prefer to have all the space for yourself, there are some extra rooms in the "Drift Away" 1950s bungalow in Sunset Park.
Dreamers Welcome follows the Danish "hygge" philosophy of creating a cozy atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life. There are quiet reading nooks, a relaxing front porch hammock & swing chair, a garden fire pit, and many chill posts around the property.
The interior design is a tropical version of Wes Anderson's styling. Everything is pretty to the last detail. You will find unusual décoration for a hotel here, like green plants in every corner and unique dried floral compositions.
What about the food? Let's just say you have probably never eaten anything like this before. It is strikingly creative and looks more like a piece of art than anything else.