| other amenities include an upscale restaurant with a bar, a courtyard and a event space offering views of the gardens and countryside. pets are welcome. upgraded rooms add antique-style furnishings and some have 4-poster canopy beds or exposed beams. the streamlined rooms feature free wi-fi, flat-screen tvs, and tea and coffeemaking facilities. this refined hotel in an ivy-covered country home is 6 miles from montacute house's tudor home with formal gardens and 9 miles from muchelney abbey. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 10:30 am. freebies include full english breakfast and parking
Bristol Airport 1 hr 1
Somerset Rural Life Museum (21 min)
Timbered museum outlining rural lives since the 19th-century with an abbey barn built around 1370. National Trust - Montacute House (10 min)
National Trust country manor from 1601 with Tudor art in noted Long Gallery, plus formal gardens. Haynes International Motor Museum (11 min)
UK's biggest exhibition of cars and motorbikes dating from 1900 to today, plus kids' play areas. Tintinhull Garden (6 min)
This picturesque garden with areas separated by walls & hedges surrounds a 17th-century house. East Lambrook Manor Gardens (14 min) Chalice Well (22 min)
Sacred well more than 2,000 years old, in gardens and orchards hosting events and retreats. Cadbury Castle (14 min)
Hilltop ruins of a millennia-old fortress with ties to the legend of King Arthur, popular for walks. Glastonbury Abbey (22 min)
Fabled remains of a wealthy monastery with links to King Arthur and Guinevere and a visitor centre. Sherborne Old Castle (21 min)
Remains of a medieval castle with a well-preserved gatehouse & verdant grounds home to birdlife. Barrington Court (21 min)
Restored, unfurnished Tudor mansion set in colourful gardens, with a walled orchard and restaurant. Sherborne Abbey (19 min)
Abbey founded in 705AD and famed for its Elizabethan tombs and its unique, ornate vaulted ceiling. Fleet Air Arm Museum (4 min)
Huge military and civilian airplane collection, plus interactive aircraft carrier exhibit. Glastonbury Tor (25 min)
Church ruins & sweeping area views are the highlights at this lush, terraced hilltop. National Trust - Lytes Cary Manor (8 min) Lytes Cary (7 min)
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