It's easier to be ensnared by a cloying, bijoux tourist trap of an overpriced traditional hotel in the Cotswolds than almost anywhere else in Britain, such are the numbers who want to buy into the region's old world charm. And now, being easily accessible to London, another sort of hotel has begun to make an appearance there: to accommodate stressed-out metropolitans looking for a weekend escape, with spas and champagne bars and Wellington boots in a row, in the unlikely event that anyone should take a walk. "Who are your ideal clientele?" one owner was asked. "Porkers (people in Porsches) who come from London and spend £4,000 in a weekend", came the candid reply. None of those hotels quite do it for us, but the following do. The order of the hotels in this list bears no reflection on our preference.
Written by Fiona Duncan
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“Elegant restaurant with rooms in famous Cotswold village”
- Moderate
- Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire. In village centre
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“Lovely old traditional manor house in peaceful grounds, with attractive rooms”
- Luxury
- BUCKLAND; just outside village, 1.5 miles from Broadway
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“Informal restaurant with rooms run by two enthusiastic brothers”
- Inexpensive
- Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire. In village, two miles from Moreton-in-Marsh
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“Cosy and characterful, with funky rooms and great gastropub food”
- Inexpensive
- BLEDINGTON; on village green
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“Superb all-round hotel in its own estate”
- Luxury
- Tetbury, Gloucestershire
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“A luxurious and imaginatively decorated newly converted inn”
- Moderate
- NORTHLEACH, Gloucestershire, off A40 between Cheltenham and Burford
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“One of the most beautifully situated hotels in The Cotswolds”
- Luxury
- BIBURY, Gloucestershire; seven miles from Cirencester
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“Stately, mellow Cotswold house with a renowned garden, good food and sybaritic spa”
- Luxury
- Barnsley; in the village, just outside Cirencester, close to its sister establishment, the Village Pub
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“In a village lost in time, a charactful inn updated for modern age”
- Moderate
- SWINBROOK; 2 miles E of Burford, one mile from A40
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“Hip hangout in the Cotswold countryside”
- Luxury
- Cowley, a 10-minute drive south of Cheltenham, 1½ hours west of London
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“Charming restaurant with rooms, personally run”
- Inexpensive
- Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
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“A chic restaurant-with-rooms in a picture-perfect Cotswold village”
- Moderate
- BROADWAY; the northern gateway to the Cotswolds
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“Delightful B&B in sleepy Cotswold village”
- Moderate
- Broad Campden, Gloucestershire. One mile SE of Chipping Camden
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“Newly converted inn; practical, luxurious and countrified”
- Moderate
- NETHER WESTCOTE, Oxfordshire; in the heart of the Cotswolds, overlooking Evenlode Valley
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“Fine country dining in a charming 400 year old stone-built inn”
- Moderate
- ILMINGTON, Warwickshire; north Cotswolds, between Stratford-Upon-Avon and Moreton-in-Marsh
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