Closer to home
The United Kingdom
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa
A five-star hotel occupying the middle houses of Bath's Royal Crescent, with a garden spa.
The Royal Hotel
A long-running clifftop hotel above Ventnor Bay with sub-tropical gardens and a heated pool.
The Scarlet
An eco-built, adults-only retreat above Mawgan Porth beach with a reed-filtered outdoor pool.
The Star Inn at Harome
Andrew Pern's celebrated thatched inn, rebuilt after fire, with rooms across the lane at Cross House Lodge.
The Storehouse Restaurant with Rooms
A converted waterfront storehouse in Kirkwall with eight rooms and an excellent kitchen.
The Swan at Lavenham Hotel & Spa
A rambling fifteenth-century inn with a contemporary spa, at the heart of medieval Lavenham.
The Torridon
Grand 1887 lodge below Liathach, with serious cooking and an outdoor team at the door.
The Whitebrook
Michelin-starred restaurant with rooms in a wooded Wye Valley hamlet near Tintern.
Thyme
A restored manor farm at Southrop where cookery school, spa and kitchen garden set the pace.
Twr y Felin Hotel
Contemporary art hotel built around an 1806 windmill, minutes from St Davids Cathedral.
Tyddyn Llan
Georgian shooting lodge below the Berwyn hills, restored as a restaurant with rooms.
Whatley Manor Hotel & Spa
A small five-star Cotswold-fringe manor near Malmesbury with a Michelin-starred dining room.
Wilderness Reserve
A 5,000-acre restored Suffolk estate of exclusive-use houses, lakes and rewilded parkland.
Wildhive Callow Hall
A playfully restored Victorian hall with woodland hives and treehouses on the Peak District's southern edge.
Winteringham Fields
A restaurant with rooms in a quiet Lincolnshire village, holding the county's only Michelin star.
Ynyshir
Michelin-starred restaurant with rooms in the Dyfi valley, built around one long menu.