Travel + Leisure

FROM TOP: COURTESY OF AMBERSTONE MANOR; COURTESY OF VILLA DANIEL; COURTESY OF VILLA SHAMBHALA

explore France’s fi nest. Spend Sundays

kayaking or fi shing on the river, older kids

will love to browse local markets and you

will defi nitely want to spend a lot of time

out on the villa’s garden terrace with its

spectacular river views. The owner has

a passion for art and has decorated the

Shambhala with great care.

Sleeps 8 and priced at £974 to £2,316

per week

ENGLAND

Wood Hall Estate, Lake District

Recently renovated and featured in many

country and décor magazines over the

years, the Wood Hall Estate is a charming

way to experience England’s Lake

District. Set amidst six acres of beautifully

landscaped gardens, with two BBQ areas

including one laid in stone next to a herb

garden. The rooms have panoramic lake

views. Children will enjoy the local markets

and outdoor games in the front lawns.

Sleeps 18 and priced at £2,995 to £5,399

per week

Brooks Cottage, Devon

Built in the 1500s, and famous in the

UK for being featured in a TV series and

many magazines, Brooks Cottage is the

quintessential way to experience a summer

in the English countryside. If your kids have

grown up reading Enid Blyton, they’d love

Devon’s country charm, spring meadows,

cobbled lanes, oak thickets and hopping

rabbits. There are tennis courts nearby

and Devon has loads of sight-seeing and

beautiful drives, so no one will be bored.

Sleeps 8 and priced at £1,610 per week

Amberstone Manor, Devon

A 19th C country house in Devon is set over

fi ve acres of landscaped gardens and has 12

bedrooms all with en-suite bathrooms—

perfect for a multi-generation family

holiday or a great friends-and-family

vacation. The cooks in the family will love

the farmhouse style kitchen, the vegetable

and herb garden and the apple orchard.

There’s also a sunken salt water swimming

pool fringed by tropical plants, a tennis

court amidst rhodendrons, and terraces

built with Maltese limestone and a very

Victorian garden grotto.

Sleeps 24 and priced from £5,850 to

£9,500 per week.

IRELAND

Smiths Castle

An authentic 15th C Irish castle with a

fascinating history and great views of

the west coast of Ireland, minutes away

Amberstone

Manor's modern

interiors,

Villa Daniel's

gorgeous

views and Villa

Shambhala's

rustic luxury all

spoil for choice.

OPPOSITE:

Perfectly

perched

between

Ibiza's best

beaches, Villa

Hermosura