Explore by mountain bike (the hotel is surrounded by a network of cycle trails), steam in the sauna yurt, fish for your supper, or set sail for a day or two on the hotel’s own yacht, the Varg, which will make its maiden voyage in 2025 offering “ski and sail” adventures.
The Canvas Hotel proudly calls itself the “world’s roughest wilderness hotel”, and rightly so: you’ll have to trek or cycle to get to your very own luxurious yurt in this remote corner of Telemark.
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Choose to hole up in a treehouse, shepherd’s hut or a snug hotel suite complete with wood burner on the edge of the Cotswolds National Landscape, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, close to the village of Broadway.
And stay at Stocks: sure, it may be the only hotel on this tiny island, but happily it’s a lovely one, with a solar-heated swimming pool and suppers that have been sourced straight from the kitchen garden.
