A Bavarian antiques hunter fell for the Cotswolds in the 1970s, and built Britain's foremost sporting antiques shop on Burford High Street.
Quince and Clover is a genuinely lovely village café rather than a fine-dining destination; the kind of unhurried, well-made brunch stop, with its own coffee and ice cream to match, that rewards a detour through Great Tew ... any excuse really.
Copsegrove Farm Feast offers something genuinely different from a conventional restaurant booking: a communal, seasonal supper on a working Cotswolds farm, built around good food, good company and the calendar of the countryside itself.
Another of our long term favourites, where Laurie Lee drank, wrote about it in Cider with Rosie, and to where we return time and again for a great atmosphere, good company and fine food. Authentic is overused but this is the real deal.
A 1637 coaching inn two miles from Blenheim Palace, now one of the Cotswolds' most decorated gastropubs ... and a firm favourite of ours.
Stow-on-the-Wold sits higher and older than almost anywhere else in the Cotswolds, at a crossroads of ancient roads with a market square that has seen sheep fairs, a Civil War surrender and centuries of trade. Here is how to understand it properly.
Broadway's wide, tree-lined High Street and honey-coloured stone have earned it the name "Jewel of the Cotswolds." Here is how to understand the village properly — its artistic history, its best walks, and where to eat and stay nearby.
Chipping Campden is often called the finest of the Cotswold wool towns, and the claim holds up: a genuinely unbroken High Street, a landmark Arts and Crafts revival, and the start of the Cotswold Way itself. Here is how to understand it properly.
Charlbury pairs a working market town's history with one of the Cotswolds' best rail connections and the wild edge of Wychwood Forest on its doorstep. Here is how to understand the town properly — its history, its best walks, and where to eat and stay nearby.
The Cotswolds changes beautifully throughout the year. This seasonal guide explores when to visit for blossom, wildflowers, gardens, riverside walks, autumn colour, winter landscapes and peaceful private stays in the English countryside.
