Deep Singh

She who must be obeyed has decreed that a weekend break is required.

1) Must be maximum 3 (ish) hours drive from London

2) Must have something to occupy a few hours in the day with something worth doing/seeing

3) I really need a specific hotel to stay in, not just a place. Hotel must be really nice, no B and Bs please

4) Must have somewhere REALLY nice to eat nearby.

5) In an area of natural beauty

Any help greatly appreciated

madasahatter666

South coast somewhere if its gonna be a nice wekend???

Brighton???

Bournemouth??

Can you not do Paris on the eurostar to be a bit different???

Pick one and will find you a good hotel....

Or maybe Oxford way in the cotswolds.... What does the misses like to do???

Ops should i really be asking that???

dpb

Stringfellows ?

HankScorpio

Welcome to Lainston House Hotel Winchester - 63 Acres of Beautiful Hampshire Parkland

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63 acres of it's own grounds
Excellent dining on site.

SWRTWannabe

How about Welcome to Three ways House Hotel, Home of The Pudding Club in the Cotswold village of Mickleton

We had a long weekend away there and it was very nice. Some nice things to do around there as well, such as Warwick Castle and Stratford on Avon.

Oh, and the puddings are damned fine

Dunk

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Easy.........stay at the Crazy Bear at Stadhampton (south of Oxford) a brilliant kitcsh hotel with wacky cool rooms (wet rooms, bath at the end of the bed etc.) dinner there or at the Manoir with Monseiur Blanc & a day out in Oxford. A stunning combination that me & Mrs D did last Autumn.

D

Sosbanite

Mr & Mrs Smith - Boutique Hotel Directory - Luxury Hotels

Turbohot

Hey, Deep.

Wales is the daddy, man.

1. it can be done in 3 hours, if you drive a Subaru to it's potential.

2. There's plenty to see e.g. sheep, hills, greenery, slate mines, castles etc.

3. Plenty of good hotels here. "The Quay" hotel in Conwy is not bad. They have a brilliant Spa as well.

4. Loads of places to eat all over Wales. Home-cooked type food in North Wales food places is world famous, actually.

5. Yes, I am talking Snowdon and surroundings. It is an area for outstanding natural beauty.

Even if it takes 6 hours, I'd come on a holiday to North Wales, it is beautiful! Once you are in this range, check out Portmeirion village. Famous architect Williams-Ellis designed and constructed the village between 1925 and 1975. He incorporated fragments of demolished buildings, including works by a number of other architects. Portmeirion's architectural bricolage and deliberately fanciful nostalgia have been noted as an influence on the development of postmodernism in architecture in the late twentieth century. They have a nice hotel called Portmeirion Hotel there too. It is so bleddy good that one has to pay to even get into the village!

Good luck and enjoy; wherever you go

IWatkins

Weymouth Luxury Family Hotels : Moonfleet Manor Dorset

Just outside Weymouth. Plenty to see and do around there. Oh, and the food at the hotel is damn good.

Timwinner

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I got up to York from london in about 4 hours, Not sure if thats too far but it would fit the bill, Really nice place.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Hotel Endsleigh - Welcome

Not stayed in the hotel but have stayed in a cottage in the grounds, utterly amazing scenery, no major roads, airports or other racket making items nearby.

shaunywrx

Not stayed there, but live not too far away, a lovely looking place, but you'll struggle to do it in three hours from London.

coolangatta

Bath
Really nice place, lots to see - Roman Baths, Abbey etc.

Hotel was great;
Luxury Bath Hotel, England - Dukes Hotel

Great meal at Yak Yeti Yak
Yak Yeti Yak, Bath - Restaurant Reviews - TripAdvisor#

And the night scene down by the river is a real treat and very romantic if you are after that kind of thing

oldsplice

+1 for Bath.


My mate used to live there and I loved going to visit. Then they moved to Taunton.

Scoobychick

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I've been to Bath by boat and can agree with the above, it's a lovely place

Chip

As TH says the Quay hotel is very good ,staying there on Wed night this week.

This is good ,in Christchurch.

Bournemouth Hotels: Captains Club Hotel - Christchurch Quay, Christchurch Bournemouth Dorset UK

Chip

Deep Singh

Thanks some great suggestions.

1) Bath is great, but went there recently

2) Stayed at the Captains club last year (and highly recommend it)

3) Weymouth one looks nice

4) Endsleigh looks gorgeous, how long is the drive though?

5) How far is the Quay hotel from London?

Thanks

Chip

Deep

I would imagine about 4 hours

Chip

1uke

iTrader: (2)

Longleat Safari Park as something to do during the day! and theres a centrepark or travelodge nearby to stay at

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Google says 4 hrs 14 minutes, further than I thought from London

This is where we stayed,

which is in the gardens, now owned by the Landmark trust, my dad and his two brothers used to spend their holidays there as kids as my Great Grandad was the Duke of Bedfords Head Gamekeeper until he blew his own brains out. My grandad used to drive them down from Manchester in a Ford Pop or similar, 50 mph all the way, took like ten hours with stops.

shaunywrx

4) Endsleigh looks gorgeous, how long is the drive though?

About three and a half hours from the M3 turn off, on the M25, if driving normally and steady traffic.

Deep Singh

Thanks. Shortlist is the Quay in Wales or the Endsleigh. I'll see who has availability and whether one is a shorter drive

Matteeboy

Spent two nights there in a suite - it's abolutely stunning and you'd be in her good books forever. The food is also amazing. What part of London?

Stayed in some nice hotels but this stands head and shoulders above the rest. Pricey (over £700 for two nights with food for us) but worth it.
I'd say 3.5 hours on a good run from West London. The last bit is pretty slow - but fun in an M5!

. It's run by Alex Polizzi (who has a nice RS4 Avant) - her grandad is Charles Forte and her Mum runs the equally stunning Hotel Tresanton in St Mawes.

Allan

iTrader: (1)

Bookmarked, looking for somewhere special next year.

Chip

Deep

Some nice places here. All in Wales of course

Welsh Rarebits Hotels - Find a luxury hotel in Wales

Chip

Chris L

We always use i-escape.com

Von Essen have some lovely hotels dotted around the country too. The one in North Wales is supposedly Tom Cruise's favorite place to stay in the UK.

Chris

Deep Singh

Thanks guys.

I think its the Endsleigh or Quay, Endsleigh is bloody expensive though!!

Turbohot

Deep, this is the website for the Quay hotel at LL31 9DJ>
The Quay Hotel and Spa | Luxury Hotel, Deganwy, North Wales

There is another good hotel in Snowdon catchment area:
Ruthin Castle Hotel, Denbighshire, North Wales

Mediaeval banquet at Ruthin Castle hotel can be booked for non-residents too. This banquet is a very good, "real Welsh" experience with live harp musicians etc.

Matteeboy

Deep - we went soon after we lost our baby for total relaxation and a bit of a treat. It worked wonders. Hopefully your circumstances are a lot better than ours were but for somewhere to actually help massively after a tragedy says a lot.
They upgraded us to a suite - the rooms were so huge and amazingly decorated that we laughed when we first saw it. Absolutely enormous, secluded and stunning. The food was also top notch and the 109 acres of grounds are amazing.

Ask for room 1 - it's pretty much the entire left hand side of this pic (ground level)!!



Yes it's expensive but it's honestly completely worth the money.

Deep Singh

Hey Matt, sorry to hear about that past tragedy, every parents worst nightmareNot sure how I would cope with something like that.

We've booked the Quay in Wales, partly because I haven't been to Wales since I was a schoolboy! The Endsleigh is defo on the radar now and we'll save that for a big one ie anniversary etc