The best Cotswolds hotels for luxury spa breaks and countryside cuisine
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The Cotswolds is a countryside escape favoured by celebrities – here’s where to stay for the ultimate luxury getaway among picturesque landscapes. Chocolate-box villages of honeyed stone, dreamy patchworks of green fields dotted with sheep, down-from-London celebs shopping at the Saturday farmer’s markets – the Cotswolds conjures up a lot of cliches, but one thing’s for sure – this corner of the country is the perfect spot for a bougie break. The region, covering parts of six counties (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire and Somerset, is loved as a glitzy bolthole by everyone from Taylor Swift to Kate Moss and most recently played the glorious backdrop to the Disney+ remake of Jilly Cooper’s boozy bonkbuster, Rivals.
![[Stay at Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons for garden-to-table feasts]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/18/17/newFile-6.jpg)
To explore the Cotswolds in real style, stay at one of the swishest hotels dotted across the National Landscape. From Palladian townhouses to peaceful lakeside stays, and from foodie havens to proper country piles where you can play lord or lady of the manor for a weekend, these picks are the very best hotels in the Cotswolds.
![[Calcot Manor’s spa offers indoor pools and hot tubs next to open fires]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/18/17/newFile-5.jpg)
Chef Raymond Blanc’s temple of garden-to-table eating is the cosiest Cotswolds manor you could dream up – just with a little bit of a French twist. Each bedroom is different (stay in Stella McCartney’s favourite, Hydrangea, complete with enormous bath, or Lavande, inspired by the colours of Provence) and the extensive gardens, Japanese ponds and apple orchards complete with beehives are a delight to explore. The real highlights here, of course, are the sumptuous two Michelin-starred suppers showcasing freshly picked ingredients from the kitchen garden. A blow-the-budget treat for gourmets.
![[Seek out the hideaways in the secret garden at The Pig in the Cotswolds]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/18/17/newFile-3.jpg)
