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renaissance-style former bank, now an
London 1 exquisite boutique hotel with 40 bedrooms
ranging from snug to suite. Furnishings are the
4 Hoxton Hotel Hotel £ perfect combination of period elegance and
(%020-7550 1000; www.hoxtonhotels.com; contemporary style. On the top floor is a small
81 Great Eastern St, EC2; r from £49; aiW; spa with an infinity pool overlooking the town
tOld St) In the heart of hip Shoreditch, this hall; downstairs is a nice bar and restaurant.
sleek hotel takes the easyJet approach to selling
its rooms – book long enough ahead and you
might pay just £49. The 210 renovated rooms Edinburgh d
are small but stylish, with flatscreen TVs, a B&B ££
desk, fridge with complimentary bottled water 4 Southside Guest House
and milk, and breakfast (orange juice, granola, (%0131-668 4422; www.southsideguesthouse.
yoghurt, banana) in a bag delivered to your door. co.uk; 8 Newington Rd; s/d from £80/105; W; GREAT BRITAIN 15 THE BEST OF BRITAIN
gall Newington buses) Though set in a typical
Victorian terrace, the Southside transcends the
Avebury 7 traditional guest-house category and feels more
like a modern boutique hotel. Its eight stylish
4 Manor Farm B&B ££ rooms ooze interior design, standing out from
(%01672-539294; www.manorfarmavebury. other Newington B&Bs through the clever use
com; High St; s £70-80, d £90-100; pW) A rare of bold colours and modern furniture. Breakfast
chance to sleep in style inside a stone circle – is an event, with Bucks fizz (cava mixed with
this red-brick farmhouse snuggles just inside orange juice) on offer to ease the hangover!
Avebury henge. The elegant, comfy rooms blend
old woods with bright furnishings, while the
windows provide spine-tingling views of those York e
4000-year-old standing stones.
4 Hedley House Hotel Hotel ££
(%01904-637404; www.hedleyhouse.com; 3
Cardiff 9 Bootham Tce; d/f from £105/115; pWc)
This redbrick terrace-house hotel sports a
4 Lincoln House Hotel ££ variety of smartly refurbished, family-friendly
(%029-2039 5558; www.lincolnhotel.co.uk; accommodation, including rooms that sleep up to
118 Cathedral Rd, Pontcanna; r £90-150; pW) five, and some self-catering apartments – plus it
Walking a middle line between a large B&B and has a sauna and spa bath on the outdoor terrace
a small hotel, Lincoln House is a generously at the back, and is barely five minutes’ walk from
proportioned Victorian property with heraldic the city centre through the Museum Gardens.
emblems in the stained-glass windows of its
sitting room, and a separate bar. For added
romance, book a four-poster room. Cambridge f
4 Worth House B&B ££
Manchester c (%01223-316074; www.worth-house.co.uk; 152
Chesterton Rd; s £75-85, d £95-145; pW) The
4 King Street welcome is wonderfully warm, the great-value
Townhouse Boutique Hotel £££ rooms utterly delightful. Soft grey and cream
(%0161-667 0707; www.eclectichotels. meets candy-stripe reds, fancy bathrooms
co.uk; 10 Booth St; r from £210, ste from £350; boast claw-foot baths and tea trays are full of
aiWs) Arguably the city centre’s treats. There’s also a three-person, self-catering
finest lodgings is in this beautiful 1872 Italian apartment (per week £550) two doors down.

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