While the days are short and the nights are chilly it’s a wonderful time to explore the UK’s best cities and head back to the comfort of beautiful hotels afterwards. Here’s ten of the Good Hotel Guide’s best hotels for exploring UK cities in the winter…
Ten best UK hotels for winter city breaks
Hope Street Hotel
Liverpool
In the buzzing heart of the city, opposite the Philharmonic Hall, a Venetian palazzo facade conceals this contemporary hotel, ‘ideally placed’ for discovering the wonderful history and architecture.
Edgar House
Chester
On the broad promendade of the ancient wall of this ‘lovely city’, overlooking the River Dee, Tim Mills and Michael Stephen’s Georgian villa has been made over in a spirit of exuberance.
Paradise House
Bath
A ‘good-value option at a good address’: a slim stretch of the River Avon separates the city from David and Annie Lanz’s peaceful B&B, set in a half-acre walled garden.
The Arch London
LONDON
This distinctive hotel close to Marble Arch and Hyde Park retains a bijou feel, despite sprawling across seven Georgian town houses and two mews homes.
15Glasgow
Glasgow
As a former home of Glasgow merchants, Lorraine Gibson’s listed B&B was built to provide rest and peace in a leafy neighbourhood – it still does this today.
Hannah’s
WINCHESTER
A 19th-century former dancehall and livery stable in the city centre has been transformed into a lofty B&B packed with personal touches.
Cathedral 73
Cardiff
The royal treatment awaits visitors to this stylishly refurbished Victorian town house hotel; a butler, a personal chef and a chauffeur-driven vintage Rolls-Royce are at the ready, if required.
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