‘Old-fashioned hospitality and exceptional cuisine’ come together at this ‘intimate’ luxury hotel.

There’s a great atmosphere at this privately owned country house spa hotel (Relais & Châteaux), unstintingly luxurious yet completely family friendly.

When a world-class sommelier and a former hotel inspector open their own restaurant-with-rooms, expectations are high. ‘Consistently excellent’, Gérard and Nina Basset’s Victorian villa in the New Forest does not disappoint.

‘A poetic setting of beach and sea and garden.’ An ‘abundance of calm’ settles upon this smart seaside hotel, thanks to the ‘very hands-on’ owners, Paul and Fiona Robinson, and their well-trained staff.

Wine lovers, set your sights on the ‘smart’ rooms in Christine and Colin Munday’s reconstructed traditional Sussex barn, within easy reach of an impressive collection of English vintages.