HotelChatter - Tag: Country Hotels

Aylesbury: If You Can Deal With Floral Decor, You'll Get a Deal at The Hartwell House

juliab — 2009-10-13T09:23:36-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/hart.jpg" class="top"> Not sure the countryside looks this green in October so expect some foliage changes.Heres a reason to thank the schooling system <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hartwell+House+Hotel+And+Spa/ian/226991">Hartwell House</a>, a grand old 17th century country mansion near <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/gb/Aylesbury">Aylesbury</a> (between London and Oxford) is knocking 50 percent off its rack rates to celebrate Half Term from October 25-29 , making the usual rate of £260 ($409) and up a night a rather more palatable £130. The hotel itself is pretty special rather than doing what most country house hotels have done, which is to make the bedrooms chic and modern, its kept them very traditional, so although its a little on the flouncy side (the rooms are covered in floral

Mawgan Porth: Green Gets Sexy at Cornwall's Scarlet Hotel

juliab — 2009-09-28T13:48:50-05:00

Green Hotels don’t usually equal sexy hotels – and if they do, you can generally assume that the eco side is more for effect than hardcore environmental causes. But a big exception to the rule has just opened up in Britain: The Scarlet hotel in boho Cornwall.

It may look like just another chic clifftop Cornish hotel with its slinky furnishings (it’s even a member of Design Hotels), Michelin-starred chef, Atlantic views and “private outdoor space” for each of its 37 rooms, but under all the glitz is lurking a seriously green hotel.

Oxford: Le Manoir Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary With a Mini-Music Festival

juliab — 2009-09-23T14:58:47-05:00

Music festivals – scruffy affairs where you sit on the floor, hopefully in the sun, and drink your own bodyweight, right?

Not any more, they’re not. Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons - chef Raymond Blanc’s uber-posh country pile just outside Oxford – is 25 years old this year, and it’s celebrating with a mini-music festival.

But it’s no ordinary music festival. Oh no. This is Le Festival aux Quat’Saisons: an uberposh, gastro music festival and although it’s going on for three days, you’re only meant to attend for one night (presumably your stomach would give way, as would your bank balance, if you stayed any longer).

Co Mayo: Celebrate 250 Years of Guinness In Style At Ashford Castle

juliab — 2009-09-21T15:38:57-05:00

Ashford Castle – an actual, 13th-century castle in County Mayo, Ireland, that doubles as as five star hotel – is celebrating its 70th birthday next month. So far, so worthy. Forgive us being slightly more excited about the fact that Guinness is turning 250. Now that’s worth celebrating.

Luckily, the folks at the castle agree with us (it was once the country retreat of the Guinness family, which probably has something to do with it). So they’ve designated October as Guinness Month and 15 October as the date for a five course "Black and White dinner", where the head Brewer will talk about the black stuff.

Ludlow: High Summer is the Time to Book an Autumn Stay in Shropshire

londontown — 2009-07-30T14:42:46-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/33752/fish.jpg" class="top"> Excuse us for being persnickity, but isnt it still summer right now? And wed quite like to carry on thinking that until the hot stuff stops. So we wont be thinking about the Autumn calendar of events that <a href="http://www.fishmorehall.co.uk/">Fishmore Hall</a> in Shropshire has just launched quite yet. But for those of you who like to plan ahead, October and November will see in a Colour Me Beautiful day, when you can see whether youre wearing the right clothes or need to invest in a new wardrobe (October 2, pencil it in ladies). It costs £25, and includes luck and a glass of wine (and the restaurant is a goodie we stayed there when it opened