Elegantly restored mariner’s cottage with tasteful interiors and sweeping, uninterrupted views over the ever-changing estuary

Friendly owners settle you in to this cool, creatively styled barn. Perfect for groups & families with big pool & garden

Elegance and ease mark this gentle group of Loire-Valley buildings, with soft-textured interiors and the owners’ fine hospitality and food

Up in the Cévennes, this big, beautiful family house has superb views, a fine kitchen, lots of space and masses to do and see

A gentle, calm, immaculate place for an all-season family stay, near wine tastings, castles, caves and canoeing. Everyone loves the Dordogne

High on a hill in the Tyne Valley, undisturbed except by birds singing and the wind whistling; views swoop down to a magical landscape

A beautiful old building with generous windows, arched doorways and opulent interiors in the glorious countryside by a fairy tale château

A clutch of airy properties, most with their own jasmine-scented terraces arranged around a funky pool

A vine-clad stone house hideaway for lovers, walkers, artists and hermits with a sweet veranda overlooking woodland down to the river

A truly special barn conversion, flooded with light and with its own decked outdoor space surrounded by bucolic countryside

Set loose your inner castaway on your very own island with enthralling views and much wildlife a short boat ride from Skye

You’ll eat well here, among locals who love the food. The village is quiet, the rooms serenely modern. A great base for a holiday en famille

All the bleached beauty of the beach inside this comfortable cottage; a dining terrace with uplifting sea views and arching views of Kerry

On the banks of the river Avon, a handy Park & Ride from Georgian Bath, this charming pub is hugely popular, and rightly so!

A converted old granary next to a traditional Welsh longhouse in a deeply rural setting for unfussy nature lovers

A big, beamed contemporary barn filled with light and surrounded by unspoilt countryside for a romantic retreat.

This 300-year-old Cotswold pub, the hub of picture-book Sapperton from which there are glorious walks, is a superb place to eat and stay

A comfortable and characterful 1775 gatekeeper's lodge on the Mount Congreve Estate with access to the magnificent gardens