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The best luxury homes with private pools

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On your marks, get set, and dive! This month marks the grand reopening of our pools for the season. Natural, heated, or designed like a Roman bath, these sparkling vats of water await your slinky arrival this summer.

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Five UK honeymoon ideas for a romantic getaway
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Five UK honeymoon ideas for a romantic getaway

Whether your day is set to be a humble affair or a grandiose event fit for the silver screen, one thing’s for sure: you’ll want to stay in the newlywed fog a little longer. Discover our five UK honeymoon ideas for a romantic getaway.

24th April 2023

On island time: places to stay in Britain that feel like private islands
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On island time: places to stay in Britain that feel like private islands

Here’s the rules: we have upside-down cake for breakfast, harmonise Bohemian Rhapsody in the shower, and never go a day without getting our feet wet. On island time, we make our own commandments.

1st April 2023

Meet the storybook homes
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Meet the storybook homes

Here they are. With turrets and follies and islands and eiderdowns, the storybook homes welcome you not just to walk through their front doors — but to fall down the rabbit hole to a life of fairytale proportions.

1st March 2023

Things to do in Devon this Easter
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Things to do in Devon this Easter

While Easter brings familiar foil-wrapped traditions by the pitcher, it´s one of the sweetest times to come out of your shell; with little ones on a break from phonics and numeracy, there´s days to be filled under the West Country sun.

24th February 2023

The most beautiful pub walk in the Peak District
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The most beautiful pub walk in the Peak District

There’s pub walks in the Peak District, and then there’s the most beautiful pub walk in the Peak District; read on to discover our ale-laden amble of choice in the Derbyshire Dales, the six-mile-long Chatsworth Estate Circuit.

20th February 2023

Valentine´s breaks in the UK: things to do, places to stay
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Valentine´s breaks in the UK: things to do, places to stay

Laying on a blanket, picking out constellations... If a Valentine’s break in the UK is whispering sweet nothings in your ear, beckon your beau to the sofa and pick a place to hole up for a long weekend (before the other lovers beat you to it).

7th February 2023

Our round-up of new-wave well-being escapes
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Our round-up of new-wave well-being escapes

You may have rushed in, but you’ll float out. It’s the travel era we’ve all been waiting for: new-wave well-being escapes that are deliberately unconventional. Think eco-ponds, floating glass meditation rooms, and garden pizza parlours.

1st February 2023

Our top dog-friendly walks in the Lake District
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Our top dog-friendly walks in the Lake District

It’s time for the dogs to kiss their city park cronies goodbye and take their place in the rabbit-sniffing country; find out where to go with your pack in our round-up of the top dog-friendly walks in the Lake District, from Windermere to the Knotts.

23rd January 2023

The best places to stay in 2023 (our top 10 picks)
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The best places to stay in 2023 (our top 10 picks)

From luxury homes on the wildest stretches of Cornwall´s coast to hot tub hideaways in the Welsh hills, we´re rounding up our picks of the best places to stay in 2023. There´s heated pools, saunas, and copper tubs to be had...

26th December 2022

A love letter to winter
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A love letter to winter

The salt and pepper months; when the sun puts her hat on and the moon ushers in, taking a high path through the sky and pouring silver nectar into the last remaining pockets of darkness.

1st December 2022

Five unique experiences for a luxury family holiday in Dorset (and where to stay)
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Five unique experiences for a luxury family holiday in Dorset (and where to stay)

With thousand-year-old castles telling tales of treachery, bracing clifftop trails where dinosaurs roamed, and island wildlife sanctuaries where red squirrels reign, family holidays in Dorset have a lot to offer.

21st November 2022

The season for lovers
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The season for lovers

From dog-friendly cottages containing lots of little luxuries to hot tub hideaways that hang over secret Cornish beaches, what lovers don’t wish for a winter getaway?

1st November 2022

The best houses to rent for a New Year’s Eve getaway
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The best houses to rent for a New Year’s Eve getaway

From glittering affairs where doe-eyed grandparents waltz under crystal chandeliers to romantic getaways in cottages with hot tubs, New Year’s Eve parties are as unique as the folk who make them.

24th October 2022

Rekindling Christmas
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Rekindling Christmas

As the wish-whipped season approaches, thoughts turn to grand gatherings in big houses, where children press noses to windows for sightings of their Toymaker in Chief. It´s time to rekindle Christmas.

1st October 2022

The Unique guide to autumn
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The Unique guide to autumn

Autumn´s here, bringing hallways lined with wellies and walls hung with woollen scarves, just in time for the Unique Homestays guide to the best things to do and where to stay this Autumn.

26th September 2022

A love letter to autumn
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A love letter to autumn

The turn of axis has begun, and Earth rolls out a carpet of copper leaves that whish and fissle underfoot: a catalyst for squirrelling away in second-hand bookshops.

22nd September 2022

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