This friendly, Scottish island B&B has the Atlantic at the end of the garden and air so clean the lichen grows like beards from the trees

A very grand façade for this handsome Charente village house with a beautiful, peaceful garden, creamy stone walls and olive trees

Come for fine food and drink, sumptuous bedrooms and a relaxed, informal atmosphere at this gorgeous Cotswold manor house with ancient roots

A beautiful little collection of trulli near the Valle d’Itria – restored with flair and with gardens, woods and pool

For families and friends, foodies, surfers and lovers of southern Spain’s historic, vibrant Costa de la Luz

Eco-friendly B&B overlooking Lake Como with marvellous mountain and lake views. Heaps of space, generous hosts, a menagerie of animals

A 15th-century courtyard hides a petite contemporary apartment – a fabulous base from which to explore the city and all its treasures

A thoughtfully renovated cottage in a small hamlet with garden, courtyard and pool. The peace is palpable but you're near to bustling Tusson

Lively renovation for this 18th-century cottage built of local stone and with a large garden in Modbury. Totnes and sandy beaches are close

Dreamy, languid beauty at this spacious, airy, arty house with garden and pool in typical Pugliese countryside

Come for super ridgeway walks and explore charming towns and villages from this pretty 18th-century cottage in the Chalke Valley

Unwind here in the rolling hills with the river bustling along, your own secluded garden and an unpretentious cottage full of character

A modern take on an Iron Age roundhouse with stunning sea views in Scotland’s wild west, perfect for couples

A stylish, refined 17th-century house off a quiet street with its own garden and lots of generous surprises, a short hop to everything

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

By a lake, enclosed by woodland - a contemporary house and barn, full of handmade furniture – laze in a hammock, walk the Jurassic Coast

A quirky, colourful house with views to the Aveyron river, green forests and stunning cliffs across the valley. A short stroll into town

Comfortable apartment steeped in Breton history, in a beautifully renovated gabarier’s house overlooking the marine estuary