Rooms with a view
Sometimes all that sightseeing on a trip abroad can be exhausting. If your idea of the perfect break is to relax in your room or by the pool, check into one of these hotels – they have such fantastic views you won’t need to step outside…
Could a hotel have a more spectacular natural setting than Orient-Express’s fivestar Hotel das Cataratas, a stroll from Brazil’s Iguassu Falls? Cox & Kings’s 11-day Taste Of Brazil tour, from £3,145 with flights, includes two nights at this resort.
Cox & Kings: 020-7873 5000, www.coxandkings.co.uk
Maison La Minervetta in Italy is a boutique hotel perched above Sorrento, with 180-degree views over the fishing harbour. It’s just outside the main town away from summer crowds but only 15 minutes’ walk from restaurants, bars, shops and the quayside. Suites cost from £230 per night.
0117-942 8476, www.i-escape.com
The Lakeside Hotel at Newby Bridge, Windermere, has two lovely Executive Lodge Suites away from the main building. They are in an idyllic setting just 20 yards from the water’s edge and have their own lake frontage and jetty where guests can moor a boat or use one of the hotel’s rowing boats. The suites have a spacious bedroom and separate lounge, as well as a private patio. Prices from £299 per night for two people, with breakfast.
01539-530001, www.lakesidehotel.co.uk
The Sounds Retreat is a luxury lodge for two on the edge of Queen Charlotte Sound, Marlborough, in New Zealand. There’s a deck overlooking the water, as well as an in-house chef, gym, biking, fishing and wine tasting. The special opening rate starts at NZ$1,250 (£625) per night for two, which includes massages, drinks, breakfast and a five-course dinner. www.thesoundsretreat.co.nz
The Pier at Harwich is a hotel on the town’s historic quayside and is well known for its two restaurants, the Harbourside and the Ha’Penny brasserie, both serving fantastic seafood. It also has 14 individually furnished rooms with sea views. Prices start at £117 per night for two.
01255-241212, www.milsomhotels.com
The Sea Garden Cottages, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, includes nine one-bedroom cottages available on a self-catering, B&B or dinner, B&B basis. Tresco Island can be reached by ferry or by air from Penzance. The one-bedroom cottages, each of which has a double bedroom, balcony or terrace, have sea views and cost from £150 per night when self-catering.
01720-422849, www.tresco.co.uk
The 112 rooms and suites at the Oberoi Amarvilas hotel in Agra, India, come with a view of the Taj Mahal, which is 600 metres away. Built in a style reflecting Moorish and Mughal architecture, the resort has terraced lawns and fountains. TransIndus’s nine-day Glimpse Of India group tour takes in Delhi, Agra and Jaipur and includes B&B accommodation, flights, sightseeing, a local escort and a chance to upgrade at Amarvilas for two nights. Prices from £2,235.
020-8566 3739, www.transindus.com
Prices are lead-in, per person and subject to availability.
Could a hotel have a more spectacular natural setting than Orient-Express’s fivestar Hotel das Cataratas, a stroll from Brazil’s Iguassu Falls? Cox & Kings’s 11-day Taste Of Brazil tour, from £3,145 with flights, includes two nights at this resort.
Cox & Kings: 020-7873 5000, www.coxandkings.co.uk
Maison La Minervetta in Italy is a boutique hotel perched above Sorrento, with 180-degree views over the fishing harbour. It’s just outside the main town away from summer crowds but only 15 minutes’ walk from restaurants, bars, shops and the quayside. Suites cost from £230 per night.
0117-942 8476, www.i-escape.com
The Lakeside Hotel at Newby Bridge, Windermere, has two lovely Executive Lodge Suites away from the main building. They are in an idyllic setting just 20 yards from the water’s edge and have their own lake frontage and jetty where guests can moor a boat or use one of the hotel’s rowing boats. The suites have a spacious bedroom and separate lounge, as well as a private patio. Prices from £299 per night for two people, with breakfast.
01539-530001, www.lakesidehotel.co.uk
The Sounds Retreat is a luxury lodge for two on the edge of Queen Charlotte Sound, Marlborough, in New Zealand. There’s a deck overlooking the water, as well as an in-house chef, gym, biking, fishing and wine tasting. The special opening rate starts at NZ$1,250 (£625) per night for two, which includes massages, drinks, breakfast and a five-course dinner. www.thesoundsretreat.co.nz
The Pier at Harwich is a hotel on the town’s historic quayside and is well known for its two restaurants, the Harbourside and the Ha’Penny brasserie, both serving fantastic seafood. It also has 14 individually furnished rooms with sea views. Prices start at £117 per night for two.
01255-241212, www.milsomhotels.com
The Sea Garden Cottages, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, includes nine one-bedroom cottages available on a self-catering, B&B or dinner, B&B basis. Tresco Island can be reached by ferry or by air from Penzance. The one-bedroom cottages, each of which has a double bedroom, balcony or terrace, have sea views and cost from £150 per night when self-catering.
01720-422849, www.tresco.co.uk
The 112 rooms and suites at the Oberoi Amarvilas hotel in Agra, India, come with a view of the Taj Mahal, which is 600 metres away. Built in a style reflecting Moorish and Mughal architecture, the resort has terraced lawns and fountains. TransIndus’s nine-day Glimpse Of India group tour takes in Delhi, Agra and Jaipur and includes B&B accommodation, flights, sightseeing, a local escort and a chance to upgrade at Amarvilas for two nights. Prices from £2,235.
020-8566 3739, www.transindus.com
Prices are lead-in, per person and subject to availability.