Closer to home
The United Kingdom
Ellenborough Park
A five-star Tudor-era manor on the Cotswold escarpment above Cheltenham, with a spa and 90 acres.
Estelle Manor
A Cotswolds country club and hotel built around a vast Roman-inspired bathhouse.
Fairyhill
Georgian country house hidden in Gower woodland, minutes from Rhossili and Oxwich.
Fonab Castle Hotel & Spa
An 1892 turreted castle on Loch Faskally, with a woodland spa and loch-view dining pods.
Foxhill Manor
An all-inclusive private house above the Vale of Evesham where the chef cooks whatever you fancy.
Galgorm
Ireland's original thermal spa village, set in riverside parkland thirty minutes from Belfast.
Gidleigh Park
A secluded Relais & Chateaux country house in a wooded Dartmoor valley near Chagford.
Gilpin Hotel & Lake House
A family-run Lakeland retreat with Michelin-starred dining and suites with their own spas.
Glenapp Castle
Relais & Chateaux castle near Ballantrae, with sea safaris to Ailsa Craig and beyond.
Glenmorangie House
The distillery's own house on the Cadboll shore, with communal dinners and endless whisky.
Gliffaes Country House Hotel
Family-run country house in 33 acres above the River Usk, with famous gardens and fishing.
Gravetye Manor
Seventeen rooms and a Michelin-starred kitchen inside one of England's great historic gardens.
Greywalls
A 1901 Lutyens house beside Muirfield, with walled gardens and Chez Roux dining.
Grove of Narberth
A five-star Welsh country house near Narberth, with four-rosette dining and its own gardens.
Hambleton Hall
A Relais & Chateaux country house on a peninsula above Rutland Water, Michelin-starred since 1982.
Hartwell House & Spa
National Trust-owned parkland hotel near Aylesbury, once home to an exiled French king.
Heckfield Place
A restored Hampshire house with home farm, market garden and a 17,000 sq ft wellbeing floor.
Hell Bay Hotel
A low-slung island hotel on Bryher, with Atlantic surf on one side and sheltered sand on the other.
Hensol Castle
Grade I listed Gothic castle with 23 bedrooms, on the Vale Resort estate near Cardiff.
Hoar Cross Hall Spa Hotel
A grand Staffordshire hall rebuilt around one of the Midlands' largest destination spa operations.
Hotel Portmeirion
Stay within the famous pastel village, with estuary-front hotel rooms and castle suites.
Hotel Tresanton
Olga Polizzi's seaside hotel on the Roseland, all sea light, terraces and Cornish art.
Inver Lodge
A hillside lodge over Lochinver bay, with Chez Roux cooking and the Assynt peaks beyond.
Inverlochy Castle Hotel
A Victorian castle below Britain's highest mountain, a hotel since 1969 and still a benchmark.