| some rooms offer 4-poster beds. the elegant rooms and suites feature en suite bathrooms, flat-screen tvs and tea and coffeemaking facilities. there's a refined pub/restaurant with a stone fireplace serving international dishes and real ale, as well as a garden. check-in time: 4:00 pmcheck-out time: 10:00 am. overlooking the green and the duck pond in a traditional cotswolds village, this stone-built inn dating to the 17th-century is 3 miles from broadway tower and 6 miles from hidcote manor garden
Birmingham Airport 57 min
Sudeley Castle (21 min)
15th-century stately home with formal gardens, flamboyant peacocks and art by Turner and Rubens. Broadway Tower (8 min)
Historic folly, by Capability Brown, with exhibitions and links to the Arts and Craft Movement. National Trust - Hidcote (14 min)
Sizable 20th-century gardens with narrow paths, lawn games, 2 cafes and great views. National Trust. Kiftsgate Court Gardens (13 min)
Female-created gardens, awash with bluebells, fragrant roses and lime trees plus Malvern Hill views. Anne Hathaway's Cottage (26 min)
A wattle-and-daub cottage, family home of Shakespeare's wife, with original items of furniture. Shakespeare's Birthplace (26 min)
Half-timbered shrine to the Bard, with memorabilia, period furnishings and changing exhibitions. All Things Wild (8 min)
Scenic retreat with farm animals, lemurs, camels & more, plus a train ride past dinosaur statues. Hailes Abbey (17 min)
Cloister ruins of a Cistercian abbey dating from 1246, with audio tours and a museum of site finds. Cotswold Farm Park (19 min)
Educational venue holding 50 collections of British rare breed animals, with games and activities. Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre (16 min)
Dog-friendly, 56-acre gardens with trees and shrubs from around the world, a plant centre and cafe. Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (14 min)
Historic steam railway offering scenic 28-mile round-trip rides through the Cotswolds. Holy Trinity Church (26 min)
Medieval CofE church with the William Shakespeare's grace as well as his baptism and burial records. National Trust Snowshill Manor and Garden (11 min)
Large, diverse collection of objects displayed in a 16th-century manor house with a lush garden. Royal Shakespeare Theatre (25 min)
Dedicated to Shakespearean works, this imposing red-brick RSC theater also has a rooftop restaurant. Stratford Butterfly Farm (24 min)
Thousands of butterflies in a rainforest-like greenhouse and rare invertebrates in the Insect City. | 
