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10 of the best dog friendly hotels in the Cotswolds

In search of a weekend escape that both you and your dog are guaranteed to love? The Cotswolds has got this one in the bag. This designated area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) – spanning 800 square miles – is famed for...

Best Places to Stay in Devon & Cornwall this Autumn

Britain’s southernmost counties hold on to summer longer than anywhere else in the UK. Choose your location well and you can still swim and sunbathe in October. Even as autumn grips the rest of the country, Devon and Cornwall...

Best places to stay in the Scottish Highlands & Islands

The Scottish Highlands have it all: dramatic coastline, majestic mountains and captivating wildlife. Home to Britain’s Highest peak, Ben Nevis, and one of the most spectacular beaches in the world, Luskentyre on the Isle of H...

Best Self-Catering accommodation in the West Country

From its long stretches of golden sand and rugged clifftops to dramatic moors and subtropical gardens, the West Coast of England has UK holidays licked. Whilst there’s heaps of luxury hotels in the region - spanning Somerset,...

10 Best Places to Stay in Cornwall

Cornwall is almost synonymous in the British imagination with the word “holiday”. True, it takes forever to get there but the journey is well worth it – picturesque villages and broad beaches with soaring cliffs on the north...

Best Places to Stay in the Peak District

The Peak District is one of Britain’s oldest national parks. It was created in 1951 out of the non-industrial area at the southern end of the English Pennines. Most of it is in Derbyshire but it also includes parts of Cheshir...

Pre-Christmas Breaks

Britain’s best hotels are always fully-booked at Christmas time. This is, after all the happiest -and most expensive- time of the year and what better place to put your feet up and be waited upon over the Christmas holiday th...

Best country retreats in Hampshire

Rolling countryside, ancient woodland and 230 miles of coastline – Hampshire’s got the weekend break in the bag. Beyond the landscape, there’s the local produce - Buffalo mozzarella, watercress and eye-watering wasabi. Not fo...

Best Places to Stay in Cornwall

It seems we all love Cornwall. And why not? It has broad beaches and colossal cliffs, tiny castles and even tinier villages. It has seafood and surfing, cozy coves and cream teas. It has art galleries and pasty shops on just...

Top 10 Unique Self Catering Stays

This year has seen a huge surge in the popularity of self-catering accommodation, places where families can holiday all over Britain without mixing with other households. Add in the UK government relaxing rules on self-cateri...

Ten of the Best Eco-Friendly Breaks

Being green is now a priority for tourists, so more sustainable and eco-friendly places are becoming available throughout Britain.

Ten of the Best Palentine's Day Breaks

Who says that 14 February has to be spent with a romantic significant other? Say goodbye to Cupid and pack a bag with your chum. This year, here at Britain's Finest, we're celebrating with our besties.

Top 10 Eco-Inspired Breaks Across Britain

If you're starting to consider the impact that your holiday has on the environment, you're not alone. More and more of us are opting for more sustainable travel these days but some of us are still left a bit unsure as to how...

Top Glamorous City Hotels

Come on, EVERYONE loves a bit of glam hotel in their lives every now and again. You know, with posh toiletries that you can swipe, super high thread-count sheets to wallow in and the sort of high-end service last spotted in a...

Top 10 Get-Away-From-it-All Escapes

We lead busy lives, with no escape from the trill of the mobile, the tyranny of the work email arriving on a Sunday and the commuting chaos every Monday. We all deserve a break from this, right? Course we do. So here are my t...

Top Summer Activities for Family Fun

When it comes to fun family outings and attractions, Britons are spoilt for choice with hundreds of fabulous amusement parks, zoos, museums, historical sites and outdoor activities to wear your little tikes out. It's hard to...

10 of Britain's Quirkiest Luxury Hotels

The world is far too full of cookie cutter hotels so this month we thought we would celebrate the different, the quirky and the sweetly unusual in our ten fave accommodation options round up. Who said sharing the bar with cat...

Accommodation near activities for kids

If you're going on a family holiday, for a perfect time away it's good to choose accommodation that is near really great activities for kids. You may have selected the best accommodation in the world for your next break, but...

Ten self-catering escapes for spring

Half-term holidays can drag pretty endlessly if you've nothing planned – as well I know, being a mum of two young children who need running like terriers every day and are climbing the walls after more than a few hours stuck...

10 Perfect Autumn Breaks

What's your idea of the perfect autumn break? A cosy bolthole serving good food and wine, where you can pull up an armchair by a roaring log fire and watch the weather close in beyond the windowpane? A quaint country cottage...

Ten of the Best Self-Catering Properties in Yorkshire

England's largest county and, depending on who you listen to, apparently God's own county, too; Yorkshire's blessed with some of the UK's finest countryside, and boasts no less than three National Parks (North York Moors; Yor...

Ten of the Best Group Getaways

Sorting out a UK holiday with a group of friends is always time consuming: finding somewhere large enough and stylish enough to meet everyone's demands can take ages. In younger years it's all about booking a cool place to cr...

Ten of the best resorts with a range of accommodation

There's no denying it, choosing the perfect getaway can be downright stressful. First you have to decide where to go… then there's the whole hotel/self-catering/B&B dilemma to deal with. But what if you could just select a to...

Royal Berkshire Retreats Fit for a Princess

From the second our dashing prince presented the nation with Kate, the tides turned. Up went the bunting, out came the union jacks, Britain's streets became one big party to celebrate the fairy-tale union. Now, with the royal...

Ten Self-Catering Cottages to book for the Easter holidays

It's not too late to take a break this Easter, there are still some charming self-catering properties available to book while school is out. Plus, there'll be plenty of fun for all the family wherever you choose to go. For Ea...

Ten Luxury Self Catering Properties for New Year's Eve

The countdown to New Year's Eve has begun. So, how will you be seeing out the old year and bringing in the new - how about a get-together? There's still just enough time to book a venue where you can bring together friends an...

The Top Ten Coastal Cottages in Britain

What could be better than a staycation by the sea? You're well away from the hustle and bustle of the city, ready to discover the many delights of the coast: whether bracing walks taking in the salty sea air, visiting a quain...

Great Places for a Romantic break with the Kids in Tow

The candlelit bath is running, the bed's covered in rose petals and the champagne is on ice... oh and the little one is screaming her heart out in the corner. A romantic break with the kids in tow? Impossible.

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