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!

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
Mardenit
Orba, Alicante
From €85 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

5 rooms for 2
A beautifully designed B&B for foodies, cyclists and walkers in a village surrounded by trees just 15 minutes from the coast

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Grand Hôtel des Balcons
Paris
From €105 p/n

Hotel

49 rooms for 1 - 4
Remarkable value bang in the centre of the Latin Quarter. Friendly service, generous breakfasts and simple, pleasing rooms
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
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 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
Abbey Stables
Penzance, Cornwall
From £66 p/n

Self-catering

1 place for 2
Explore art-filled Penzance’s old maritime heart and discover this atmospheric and romantic hideaway in its own peaceful courtyard garden

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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
Maison Talbooth
Colchester, Essex
From £210 p/n

Hotel

12 rooms for 4
This small hotel delivers the lap of luxury - chic suites, dreamy views, breakfast in bed and a swimming pool for all seasons
Southernhay House
Exeter, Devon
From £100 p/n

Hotel

11 rooms for 2
Stylish hotel, inside and out, with a pillared entrance, a covered terrace and stunning bedrooms above, some with claw-foot baths
Molino del Santo
Málaga
From €107 p/n

Hotel

18 rooms for 2
Calm, simple rooms are styled with warm local garb and fresh flowers. You can walk from the door, visit Ronda or Andalucia’s white villages
South Hooe Count House
Yelverton, Devon
From £90 p/n

Self-catering

1 place for 3
Canoeing on the Tamar, valley walks galore, with the woodland garden a sea of daffodils in the spring. A magical self-catering hideaway
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
Old Bank Hotel
Oxford, Oxfordshire
From £215 p/n

Hotel

44 rooms for 2 - 3
Chic hotel in the middle of Oxford with a buzzing brasserie, gorgeous rooms and an important collection of Modern art
The Stable
Broadchalke, Wiltshire
From £100 p/n

Self-catering

1 place for 2
Stylish barn retreat for romantics and country lovers. Set in the Cranborne Chase AONB – superb for walks and cycling. Bring your dog too
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
The Coach House
Framlingham, Suffolk
From £100 p/n

Self-catering

1 place for 2
Warm, generous Sue gives you bikes to borrow, a bottle of wine, eggs from the hens… and a shared walled pool in 3 special acres
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

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