all have tea and coffeemaking facilities, flat-screen tvs and en suite bathrooms with designer toiletries. some add juliet balconies. an oak staircase leads up to elegant rooms with country-style touches and antiques. a 2-minute walk from the main street of burford, this luxe hotel in a cotswold limestone country house dates from the 1560s. the ornate restaurant/bar with original flagstone floors and leaded windows serves free breakfast plus evening meals and sunday lunch. suites have living areas, with some adding 4-poster beds, free-standing baths and fireplaces. it's less than half a mile from the a40. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am Heathrow Airport 1 hr 13
Chedworth Roman Villa (26 min.) scenic ruins of a 4th-century country house with a museum offering guided tours & exhibits. Cotswold Farm Park (24 min.) educational venue holding 50 collections of british rare breed animals with games and activities. The Rollright Stones (25 min.) groups of limestone boulder monuments and a stone circle dating back to the neolithic & bronze age. Kelmscott Manor (20 min) furnished in arts and crafts style this 17th-century manor was the summer home of william morris. Birdland Park U0026 Gardens (16 min.) bird life centre with over 500 birds and 50 aviaries plus an interactive discovery zone for kids. National Trust - Lodge Park And Sherborne Estate (12 min) park featuring a 17th-century ashlar-stone grandstand 19th-century limestone lodges & wildlife. National Trust - Chastleton House (25 min.) grand 17th-century family estate maintaining its original charm with a conserved jacobean garden. Blenheim Palace (25 min.) lavish 17th-century stately home filled with art and standing in capability brown-designed gardens. St John Fisher Church (7 min) War Memorial (3 min) Oxford Road Layby (10 min) Crocodiles Of The World (6 min.) crocodile center with over 15 global species offering hands-on encounters a cafe & a shop. Church Lane (4 min) Cogges Manor Farm (16 min.) living museum in manor house and grounds with demonstrations tours and animal feeding. National Trust - Buscot Park (19 min) fine 18th-century nt mansion with water gardens and art by rembrandt rubens and pre-raphaelites. Cotswold Motoring Museum U0026 Toy Collection (17 min.) extensive collection of vintage cars and motoring exhibits alongside historic toys and a gift shop. Cotswold Wildlife Park U0026 Gardens (6 min.) family-friendly venue with 160-acre parkland for getting up close with more than 260 animal species. The Model Village (16 min.) replica of the cotswold-stone village of bourton-on-the-water with mini gardens open all year. |