January 28, 2009
Cotswolds Luxury Hotels For Your Cotswolds Holiday
A search on the Internet for Cotswolds luxury hotels reveals a dazzling choice of hotels and b&bs to choose from. It is difficult to know where to stay if you are looking for that special place to stay where you get what you want from your stay.
The Cotswolds offer not only luxury hotels, but luxurious scenery and plenty of fresh air and places to explore. The Cotswolds has many small villages such as Burford and Castle Combe and whilst they are all different, they are all built from the same limestone keeping them all as attractive as each other. The Cotswolds really do make the perfect place for a weekend break in a luxury hotel.
If you are interested in visiting the area then you are going for the scenery, and I can guess at what your idea of a Cotswolds luxury hotel is.
Picture the scene. You travel by car and have all the stress of the traffic, but it eases as you near your hotel and you can start to relax. You pull into the car park – plenty of room there, and go to check in. You are dealt with promptly, but politely and friendly. You are shown to your elegant country house style room and your shoulders start to drop. A quick check of the view reveals open space, perhaps a stream and gentle bird song. This hotel offers real luxury alright.
After freshening up its time for dinner in the restaurant. The ambiance is informal and friendly – and the food is to die for. After all, the hotel has won awards, with a dedicated team of chefs determined to offer only the freshest, tastiest seasonal food. As you relax in the bar with your favourite tipple, perhaps in front of a log fire if it’s winter, or perhaps when there’s a nip in the air, you almost feel like you’re in another world, and you decide to try one of the bar meals the next day, if there’s room after a full breakfast that morning of course.
There are many fine Cotswolds hotels that offer real luxury, such as The Crown of Crucis, The Four Pillars and The Cotwolds Country House Hotel. Each of them offer a good base for exporing the delights of the Cotswolds and some of the local attractions such as the Cotswolds Water Park.
You may also wish to view the ancient tree Clypping ceremony in the Cotswold town of Painswick at the Parish Church on or after Feast Sunday, 19th September. The church yard is famous for its 99 yew trees and the many attempts to grow the hundredth have never succeeded. The ‘Clypping’ comes from the Saxon word ‘ycleping’ meaning ‘embracing’ and the ceremony involves local children carrying nosegays (a small bunch of flowers, posy) and joining hands around the church to form an unbroken chain, while singing the Clypping Hymn as part of an open-air service.
Cheese Rolling in various places, the most famous being at Cooper’s Hill, Brockworth, which is just off the A46 Cheltenham to Stroud road. Originally held at Midsummer in June. Competitors sit on the edge of a steep slope, waiting for the guest roller to release a 7lb Double Gloucester cheese on the count of the Master of Ceremonies. They then race down the hill chasing after it – the first person down the hill wins it. The hill in parts approaches a one-in-one gradient guaranteeing a ‘topsy-turvy’ descent.
By: Paul E. Turner
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The Cotswolds offer not only luxury hotels, but luxurious scenery and plenty of fresh air and places to explore. The Cotswolds has many small villages such as Burford and Castle Combe and whilst they are all different, they are all built from the same limestone keeping them all as attractive as each other. The Cotswolds really do make the perfect place for a weekend break in a luxury hotel.
If you are interested in visiting the area then you are going for the scenery, and I can guess at what your idea of a Cotswolds luxury hotel is.
Picture the scene. You travel by car and have all the stress of the traffic, but it eases as you near your hotel and you can start to relax. You pull into the car park – plenty of room there, and go to check in. You are dealt with promptly, but politely and friendly. You are shown to your elegant country house style room and your shoulders start to drop. A quick check of the view reveals open space, perhaps a stream and gentle bird song. This hotel offers real luxury alright.
After freshening up its time for dinner in the restaurant. The ambiance is informal and friendly – and the food is to die for. After all, the hotel has won awards, with a dedicated team of chefs determined to offer only the freshest, tastiest seasonal food. As you relax in the bar with your favourite tipple, perhaps in front of a log fire if it’s winter, or perhaps when there’s a nip in the air, you almost feel like you’re in another world, and you decide to try one of the bar meals the next day, if there’s room after a full breakfast that morning of course.
There are many fine Cotswolds hotels that offer real luxury, such as The Crown of Crucis, The Four Pillars and The Cotwolds Country House Hotel. Each of them offer a good base for exporing the delights of the Cotswolds and some of the local attractions such as the Cotswolds Water Park.
You may also wish to view the ancient tree Clypping ceremony in the Cotswold town of Painswick at the Parish Church on or after Feast Sunday, 19th September. The church yard is famous for its 99 yew trees and the many attempts to grow the hundredth have never succeeded. The ‘Clypping’ comes from the Saxon word ‘ycleping’ meaning ‘embracing’ and the ceremony involves local children carrying nosegays (a small bunch of flowers, posy) and joining hands around the church to form an unbroken chain, while singing the Clypping Hymn as part of an open-air service.
Cheese Rolling in various places, the most famous being at Cooper’s Hill, Brockworth, which is just off the A46 Cheltenham to Stroud road. Originally held at Midsummer in June. Competitors sit on the edge of a steep slope, waiting for the guest roller to release a 7lb Double Gloucester cheese on the count of the Master of Ceremonies. They then race down the hill chasing after it – the first person down the hill wins it. The hill in parts approaches a one-in-one gradient guaranteeing a ‘topsy-turvy’ descent.
By: Paul E. Turner
About the Author:
One of the Cotswolds Luxury Hotels that offers all of this and more in a great location for exploring the area is the Crown of Crucis. The following quote says it all “This is the perfect example of a traditional English Country Hotel, in beautiful surroundings which add to the atmosphere of undisturbed tranquillity.” (Travellers Choice) See their website at Cotswolds Country Hotel for their special rates including dinner in the award winning restaurant, bed and breakfast and of course, the beauty and tranquility of the Cotswolds.
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