A honey-hued family home clad with vines and roses with a swimming pool and heaps of space – perfect for families

A friendly, generous, big old house with not an ounce of pretension. Big families will adore gathering here to have fun and unwind

If you need a great place in which to relax and don’t want to pay too much for it, try these excellent suites, which spoil you all the way

Fall in love with this riverside village, lost in a valley in lower Normandy, and this sunny house for couples or families

Technically in Florence yet immersed in the Tuscan hills: easy comfort, country character, warm wonderful hosts, heavenly views

Starry skies, wild beauty and total peace are yours in these sustainable, solar-powered eco-lodges

Come for Goodwood and good fun - simple, relaxed old farmhouse style with quirky touches, a lovely garden and long views

A colourful place to stay, tucked into the courtyard of this stunning estate, with views across the Pennine fells, deer park and lake

Three luxurious apartments sleeping up to 10 people altogether, set within an elegant Georgian manor house in the Wye Valley AONB

Winter fires, a summer pool, and gorgeous food all year round... Live slow in the hills of

After trekking Offa's Dyke, return to a cosy wood-burner stocked with logs and a sumptuous bed - you'll love this country retreat for two

Friendly Maki and Clive's higgledy-piggledy home is a charming, special place. Rooms are cosy, Clive's cookery courses are fun and delicious

A very special design-led garden apartment on the ground floor of an elegant 1835 house on one of the prettiest crescents in the city

Countryside and seaside all in one go – what could be more inspiring? Lovely Louisa lives down the road, on hand if you need her

For retreats, groups of friends, and big families: come to recharge the senses at this special and ancient house enveloped by wild gardens

A grand place for up to 12 adventurous souls and the young at heart: swim, bob in a boat, hike and cycle or simply revel in the greenery and peace

A sweet cottage on the estate of celebrated artist Sir Sidney Nolan's former home with 250 acres to explore - a Sawday's Community Champion

Come for a quiet, spoiling B&B, delicious breakfasts, delightful wines and a stunning garden with pool in the heart of southern Burgundy