An skilled information to holidays within the Cotswolds | EUROtoday

With its honey-stone villages and manor homes, its rolling panorama of sheep-nibbled hills and its good-looking church buildings, the Cotswolds is heart-tuggingly lovely. Who wouldn’t wish to go to for a brief break – or a protracted one, for that matter? The 800 or so sq. miles that make up the area are criss-crossed with footpaths and bisected by dry stone partitions, about 4,000 miles of them, including architectural embellishment to the pure artistry right here. There’s a wealth to discover, from Roman stays at Chedworth to up to date craft in Cirencester – and a cornucopia of nice nation homes to go to as properly.

But you couldn’t probably soak up all the area over a few days. So house in on an interesting half. To the north are the delights of beautiful Chipping Campden and the wonderful gardens of Hidcote and Kiftsgate. To the east is historic Burford, lined with fabulous outdated teaching inns. To the west is Laurie Lee’s Slad Valley and fairly, inventive little Painswick. Further to the south east is Tetbury, royally linked and oddly off-radar to main tourism for its charms. And wherever you go you’ll discover immensely pleasing, if usually expensive, locations to remain, from boutique and nation home motels to characterful pubs and stylish b&bs.

For additional inspiration for the right break within the Cotswolds, see our information to the area’s finest motels, eating places, pubs, afternoon teas, buying and issues to do.