Great staff, beautiful design, a fine old building and sublime food make this 600-year-old inn a perfect escape all year round

Comfortable, traditional, accessible and in the grounds of an old rectory with meadows and the river Frome nearby for summer dips

A splendid landing pad in gorgeous countryside with truly great food at the pub, lovely cottages and rooms over the village shop

Live out all your bohemian dreams at this arty villa, with garden and plunge pool, perched above the glittering Riviera.

Gracious hosts, a mix of 17th-century style and contemporary design with comfort in spades, just minutes from the Rialto Bridge and market

A wonderful surprise inside this 1590 house sitting in a beautiful walled garden full of fruit trees, just off the High Street

A welcoming country-house hotel that’s popular with locals and visitors alike - good food, stylish rooms and an airy restaurant wait

A cracking English inn with open fires, great food, gorgeous rooms, happy staff, lovely gardens and well-kept English ales

Painting courses on request, gardens full of roses, a parasol’d terrace, a seductive pool… we love this welcoming, traditional hotel

Two rural retreats up a shared drive for gatherings of friends and family who enjoy the great outdoors and good food from the Meikleour Inn

Dine in the orangery on excellent cuisine, or take breakfast in bed with the shutters thrown wide. Simply delightful

Surrounded by delightful gardens, these gîtes are serene retreats from which you can discover the Dordogne, or gently unwind

An oast house B&B surrounded by countryside and with a blooming garden; walk to the village pub, drive to nearby stately castles

One of England's oldest coaching inns, full of history and wonky floors, on a Surrey market town's high street

Atmospheric English pub with rooms by the green with its duck ponds in a pretty village, with walking and cycling routes to join

Delightful little antique-filled cottage with large walled garden and an allotment near Versailles. Gardeners will be happy

A really friendly French family home, steeped in history and tradition with delicious home-grown food, a lovely garden and peaceful pool

Moments from Chamonix, a sweet chalet with pretty gardens in sun or snow under a backdrop of Mont Blanc – perfect for the adventurous