Charingworth Manor haringworth Manor is an idyllic and luxurious 14th-century Cotswold manor set in a 55-acre estate just east of one of the Cotswold’s most attractive villages, Chipping Campden. With heavy oak beams, a wealth of antique furniture and tapestries and roaring log fires in winter, it’s the perfect retreat whatever the time of year.
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The hotel is well-known for fine dining and the cosy John Greville Restaurant has been awarded two rosettes by the AA. The chefs make full use of locally grown and reared produce and the restaurant is open every day including Sundays when the lunch menu includes a mouthwatering choice of traditional roasts.
Each of the bedrooms has its own unique style of furnishing and decor so there is always something new to experience! The hotel’s health and leisure facilities include a heated Romanesque swimming pool, gym, sauna and steam room as well as tennis and that quintessentially English game, croquet.
The hotel is surrounded by a traditional Cotswold garden complete with lavender walk, decorative stonework and panoramic views over five counties. When the weather allows, cream teas or drinks can be enjoyed on The Terrace.
Near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire GL55 6NS • 01386 593 555 • www.classiclodges.co.uk/charingworthmanor
Talland Bay Hotel
he Talland Bay Hotel in Porthallow, Cornwall has undergone a major transformation in the past two years. It now boasts 20 well appointed bedrooms, all of which are individually designed to the highest standard. Talland Bay is set 150 feet above sea level in a quiet, rural location on the coast midway between the bustling little seafaring towns of Looe and Polperro.
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Only the best quality locally-sourced produce is used and the Head Chef has been awarded two AA rosettes for culinary excellence. You can enjoy a candlelit dinner of fine dining in the Terrace Restaurant or maybe a more relaxed, lighter meal in the Brasserie, which serves the best fish and chips you’re likely to find anywhere.
If it’s your first time at Talland Bay, you’ll know you’re somewhere special as soon as you arrive. There’s a sense of peace here that makes it easy to forget about the ‘real world’. At the heart of the hotel, the interior decor and unique collection of art throughout provides an aura of contemporary elegance.
Talland Bay runs special offers between October and March, excluding Christmas and New Year. Stay 2 nights and receive your third night half price, or stay 3 nights and receive your fourth or last night complementary. Your half price and free nights are based on a bed and breakfast basis.
Talland Bay Hotel, Porthallow, Near Looe. Cornwall PL13 2JB 01503 272667 www.tallandbayhotel.co.uk