There are ‘plenty of smiles’ at the Lewis family’s centuries-old manor house standing in extensive grounds – and not just from the ‘professional, attentive’ staff.

Approach this ‘elegant, attractive hotel’ by way of country roads – flanked by flower-filled planters, mature shrubs and trees, it’s in a ‘lovely, quiet location’.

Something of the French country abode characterises this Georgian manor house across the road from St Aubin’s bay – starting from the complimentary glass of bubbly offered on arrival.