Lucknam Park Lucknam Park

A private estate for more than 250 years before it was converted to a luxury boutique hotel in 1988, Lucknam Park offers the understated elegance of an English country manor.

Lucknam Park is no roadside attraction: set back from the public roadway by a mile-long, beech-lined drive, it is nestled within 500 acres of genteel English parkland. The 18th-century stone building has been lovingly restored, and each of its 42 rooms captures the elegance of a bygone era.

Its grand public rooms offer a taste of estate living: sip a fine cognac as you browse the collection in the library, or experience afternoon tea on the lawn. The opulent ballroom houses the Michelin-starred Restaurant Hywel Jones. Treat yourself to classic dishes enhanced by herbs picked fresh from the hotel's garden.

Elsewhere, suit up in your finest livery for an afternoon of dressage and jumping in Lucknam Park's all-season indoor equestrian arena, or simply enjoy a ride through the rolling hills of the surrounding Cotswold countryside. For the sporting set, there's clay-pigeon shooting, tennis, archery, and falconry.

There's nothing like a retreat to the English countryside to recharge your batteries and remind you of the finer things in life.