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The Cotswolds

Honey-Stone Villages and Rolling English Countryside

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2 daysIdeal stay₹13,860From / night₹3,020Food / dayFreeEntry

A protected range of hills between Oxford, Bath and Stratford, dotted with honey-coloured stone villages: Bourton-on-the-Water, Bibury's Arlington Row, Stow-on-the-Wold, the Slaughters, Castle Combe and Broadway. Trains reach the edges (Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham) but buses between villages are few, so most visitors hire a car or take a small-group tour from London, Oxford or Bath. Stay in an old coaching inn. Bourton and Bibury fill with coach parties on summer weekends.

Highlights

  • Bourton-on-the-Water
  • Arlington Row in Bibury
  • Walk between the Slaughters
  • Broadway Tower
  • Castle Combe
  • Afternoon tea in a stone village
  • Lavender fields in July

Things to do

  • Village drive: Bourton, the Slaughters and StowMorning · 5h
  • Walk from Lower to Upper SlaughterAfternoon · 1h 30m
  • Bibury, Arlington Row and Castle CombeMorning · 4h
  • Broadway Tower and afternoon teaAfternoon · 3h

Tours & tickets

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When to go

Best time: May – September