A small, trendy hotel, very much of its time, with oodles of style, stunning bedrooms and fantastic staff

Rustic, sophisticated, relaxed, charming… ancient Follonico is all these things, and gazes on the loveliest hills in Tuscany

Choose the atmospheric early Georgian house or the garden bedrooms, all have views, Paul's welcome is genuine and his dinners delicious

Deep in Burgundy's wine country, an elegant maison de maître sits in acres of gloriously private parkland

'Pinch me' views over Lake Como, a stony beach below, Varenna on your doorstep... these chic apartments are in an idyllic spot

Peaceful Georgian house with beautifully proportioned rooms, sumptuous meals, swimming and tennis. Dartmoor is on the doorstep

A neatly-converted old farmhouse on a quiet country lane with bright living spaces, heated pool, garden and hot tub just minutes from sandy beaches

Three spacious manor apartments with views for big gatherings of family or friends. Walk to the beach or the pub, play tennis and croquet

A lovely old house and rambling garden in a medieval village with a monumental château, 12th-century church and a good local restaurant

A perfectly romantic and gorgeously restored bothy in a garden on a hillside by the sea, with grand views over the mountains of Skye

Feel at ease in a lovely old townhouse filled with pictures and personality and including a separate loft apartment

An historic, moated manor house dating from the 16th-century, fully restored and with all mod cons, including an indoor heated pool

Independent B&B with your own converted spaces sitting in a lovely garden with pool. Breakfast is served in the main house or on the terrace

Remote off-grid cottage 1400 feet above sea level in Northumberland National Park, with incredible night skies

Traditional beamed cottage, tucked in the hills, with views to distant beaches plus colourful gardens and a pool

A calm, leafy bolthole in one of Paris' most elegant districts. Step out to stylish boutiques, good bakeries – and the Eiffel Tower

Come here in the summer (it’s closed Nov-April except by arrangement) for candlelit dining, chintzy bedrooms, long views over the park...

A fine old house packed with grand old things above Portree Bay in the middle of Skye - homely bedrooms, some huge, are a treat