Solo Travel

This is our collection of special places great for those who enjoy travelling alone. There’s something liberating and freeing about solo travel, with the beauty of choosing where you want to go and what you want to do without compromise. Many of these places offer activities and facilities ideal for those travelling on their own; whether you want the freedom of your own self-catering cottage, a boutique hotel in a vibrant city, a B&B run by friendly hosts or a cosy, local inn, we’ve got something for you. Choose your special place from our collection below!

Le Moutier
Mareuil sur Cher, Loir-et-Cher
From €85 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

4 rooms for 2
An artist's house imbued with an understated elegance. Stay for dinner; be charmed by the garden where fruit trees throng, hens loiter
La Genade
Axiat, Ariège
From €60 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

3 rooms for 2
Meredith treats you with as much caring attention as she puts into climbing those Pyrenean peaks. Walk, bike, climb and return to fine food
Gites du Perigord
Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne
From €41 p/n

Self-catering

3 places for 2 - 10
Quaint barns dotted among truffle oaks and rosemary, each one constructed the old-fashioned way and close to the Dordogne and Vézère
The Tudor Kitchen
Newport, Pembrokeshire
From £60 p/n

Self-catering

1 place for 2
Peace, air and space up on the hillside with kindly owners and a spruce space in a part of the farmhouse, with room for a baby too
The Globe Inn at Wells-next-the-Sea
Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
From £80 p/n

Inn

19 rooms for 1 - 2
A great base with lovely rooms from which to explore magical North Norfolk - sandy beaches, beautiful walking and good food
Bosvathick
Falmouth, Cornwall
From £70 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

4 rooms for 1 - 2
Kate makes you feel at home the moment you enter her great big beloved house - full of books, guitars and a piano, antiques and huge spaces
The Old Vicarage
Newmarket, Suffolk
From £80 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

2 rooms for 2
Relax by crackling log fires, sleep in comfy beds, explore the leafy garden. Wake to local bacon and honey, homemade marmalade and compotes
Atelier Hay
Hay on Wye, Powys
From £100 p/n

Self-catering

1 place for 2
Live like a local. Art lovers, book lovers and walkers will be happy here above an art gallery in the centre of town
Podere Il Colto
Gaiole in Chianti, Siena
From €90 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

3 rooms for 2
Green views, birdsong, walks on the doorstep plus super-friendly hosts, this colourful, simple farmhouse B&B oozes tranquillity
Le Mas Montredon
Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône
From €100 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

5 rooms for 2 - 4
Really special, this ancient Provençal house, its rich ethnic décor and the travels, art and cooking of its fascinating, talented owners
Handley Cross
Ashford, Kent
From £80 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

1 room for 2
Your own annexe with Wye Downs views, terrace for drinks and al fresco breakfasts… Perfect Channel stopover - just 22 minutes to Folkestone
Wren Cottage - Nest Holiday Hideaway
Picklescott, Shropshire
From £45 p/n

Self-catering

1 place for 2
The sort of English countryside most of us have long forgotten surrounds you at this converted farm building for 2 near Church Stretton

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Valley View Farm
Bruton, Somerset
From £85 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

3 rooms for 2
Very relaxed B&B at this surprisingly modern house - up a steepish drive and surrounded by wonderful plants and stunning countryside
Locanda della Valle Nuova
Pesaro e Urbino
From €85 p/n

Self-catering

3 places for 2 - 4
Gloriously green rural self-catering apartments with pool and lovely, friendly owners
Novanta
Bibbiena, Arezzo
From €138 p/n

Hotel

13 rooms for 3 - 6
Artistic souls will like it here, and those who enjoy shared meals & getting to know other people in dramatic countryside; Arezzo is 40 km
1 Hind Stile
Northamptonshire
From £85 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

2 rooms for 2
Friendly, humorous hosts give you colourful bedrooms with gorgeous linen and generous Aga-cooked breakfasts with homemade bread and muesli

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The Northgate
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
From £155 p/n

Hotel

10 rooms for 2 - 4
Townhouse in historic Bury St Edmunds with great food, a cocktail bar, stylish bedrooms, and a garden for afternoon tea
Five Acre Barn
Aldringham, Suffolk
From £100 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

5 rooms for 2
Contemporary B&B just outside the Suffolk Coast’s AONB. Generous breakfasts, spacious living areas and woodlands to explore with the dog