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Best Foodie Staycations UK

For the food-obsessed traveller, the right meal can make a trip — and the right stay can make a meal extraordinary. Britain's dining scene has never been stronger, and the best foodie staycations put exceptional food at the centre of the experience. These are not hotels that happen to have a restaurant; they are places where the kitchen is the beating heart, where the chef's reputation precedes the property, and where dinner is the event around which the entire stay revolves. You will find Michelin-starred restaurants with rooms, where a tasting menu unfolds over three hours and the short walk to bed afterwards is the finest luxury of all. You will find farm-to-fork retreats growing their own vegetables in kitchen gardens, smoking their own fish, and baking bread before dawn. And you will find gastropubs with rooms, where the cooking is exceptional, the atmosphere is convivial, and the bill is mercifully reasonable. A great foodie staycation engages all the senses. It is the smell of a wood-fired oven as you arrive, the sight of a cheese trolley that demands serious attention, and the taste of something so perfectly prepared that it stops the conversation. These properties deliver all of this, with comfortable beds to sleep it off.

Showing 23 Stays

  1. 1

    Ascot, Berkshire

    Coworth Park

    Dorchester Collection elegance meets English countryside

    ££££

  2. 2

    Hurley, Berkshire

    Hurley House Hotel

    Boutique luxury on the banks of the Thames

    £££

  3. 3

    Braemar, Aberdeenshire

    The Fife Arms

    Art-filled Victorian hotel in the heart of the Cairngorms

    ££££

  4. 4

    Kingussie, Highlands

    Killiehuntly Farmhouse

    Scandi-design farmhouse in the wild Highlands

    £££

  5. 5

    Grantown-on-Spey, Highlands

    Muckrach Country House Hotel

    Victorian country house with Cairngorms on the doorstep

    ££

  6. 6

    Colbost, Isle of Skye

    The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By

    Legendary Skye restaurant with luxurious rooms

    ££££

  7. 7

    Sleat, Isle of Skye

    Kinloch Lodge

    Historic clan chief's lodge with Michelin-starred dining

    £££

  8. 8

    Edinburgh, Perthshire

    Gleneagles Townhouse

    Gleneagles' urban sibling on St Andrew Square

    ££££

  9. 9

    Aldeburgh, Suffolk

    The Brudenell

    Right on Aldeburgh beach with sea-view rooms

    £££

  10. 10

    Tuddenham, Suffolk

    Tuddenham Mill

    Converted watermill with destination dining

    £££

  11. 11

    Farnham, Surrey

    The Manor House, Farnham

    Georgian elegance in the heart of Farnham

    ££

  12. 12

    Acton Trussell, Staffordshire

    The Moat House

    Canal-side dining destination in the Staffordshire countryside

    £££

  13. 13

    Eglwys Fach, Anglesey

    Ynyshir

    Two Michelin stars in rural mid-Wales

    ££££

  14. 14

    Beaumaris, Anglesey

    The Bull Beaumaris

    Historic coaching inn in Anglesey's prettiest town

    ££

  15. 15

    Lyndhurst, Hampshire

    Lime Wood

    New Forest luxury with Hartnett Holder & Co restaurant

    ££££

  16. 16

    Hereford, Herefordshire

    Castle House

    Georgian townhouse boutique next to Hereford Castle

    £££

  17. 17

    Titley, Herefordshire

    The Stagg Inn

    Britain's first Michelin-starred pub

    ££

  18. 18

    Ballantrae, Ayrshire

    Glenapp Castle

    Baronial castle overlooking Ailsa Craig and Arran

    ££££

  19. 19

    Benderloch, Argyll

    Isle of Eriska Hotel & Spa

    Your own Scottish island with spa and Michelin dining

    £££

  20. 20

    St Brelade, Jersey

    The Atlantic Hotel

    Art deco elegance overlooking St Ouen's Bay

    £££

  21. 21

    Edinburgh

    The Witchery by the Castle

    Gothic theatre at the gates of Edinburgh Castle

    £££

  22. 22

    Ventnor, Isle of Wight

    Hillside

    Danish-inspired boutique overlooking Ventnor Bay

    £££

  23. 23

    Bala, Gwynedd

    Palé Hall

    Victorian mansion in the Snowdonia foothills

    £££