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24/05/2025

If you're not heading for Chelsea this weekend and instead looking for a slightly calmer feel to your garden time, try these... ⁠
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⁠⁠📷️ Kiftsgate⁠ Court, Gloucestershire⁠ - Spectacular grounds curated by three generations of women⁠
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⁠📷️ Rowley Cottage at Iford Manor⁠, Somerset - Enjoy the gardens every day of your stay until 4pm, even when closed to the public. Take your morning coffee and enjoy sunriseon the last hill of the Cotswolds and the first of the Mendips.⁠
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📷️ Starlight Cabin⁠, Somerset - Retreats, workshops and plenty of pleasant idling in a working apothecary garden ⁠
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📷️ Upton Cressette⁠, Shropshire - Gather everyone for meals in the Dragon Hall after strolling among the hedgerows⁠
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📷️ Garden Cottage⁠ at Ennys, Cornwall - A perfect cottage garden, with the added bonus of an outdoor pool to dive into after sunning yourself for a while⁠
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Just a few of our favourites for a bloomin' good weekend, but we're open to suggestions.⁠

Find the rest of our favourites for great gardens: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/collections/garden-lovers

22/05/2025

These are the postcards from your next trip, to Gorges de l’Aveyron and the peace of truly rural France. ⁠
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Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, the nearest town, is a 35-minute hike away, at least on the way there. How long the climb back up takes depends on how many times you stop to "admire the view" and how heavily laden you are with local cheese and olives from the market.⁠
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When you're not exploring the crumbling castles and tiny villages scattered throughout the surrounding hills, or canoeing down the river, you'll be breezing happily around this quiet gîte, watching the wildlife in the garden and happily tuning out the world for a while. ⁠
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📍Maison d'Artiste - The Rustic Retreat⁠
🔗 Slow France by Sawday's: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/slow-france/

21/05/2025

48 Hours in Florence - Day 1 of our guide by travel writer ⁠ ⁠
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Breakfast early. This is my golden rule – up and out while the shutters are still being raised on cafes and panetterias, the streets are peaceful and the sun is just starting to illuminate the elegant Renaissance palazzos with a crisp, buttery sunlight. There’s no better place to begin than the 414-step climb to the top of the Campanile; Giotto’s masterwork in mint-green, auburn and white marble, overlooking Brunelleschi’s iconic Duomo. Looking out from the three-mullioned windows gives a bird’s eye of Florence’s patchwork skyline, little changed for centuries. ⁠
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Back on ground level, catch your breath and refuel with a coffee at one of Florence’s grand literary cafes, famous for hosting writers, artists and intellectuals in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Less than five minutes’ walk from the Piazza del Duomo, Caffe Gilli is the only one that retains the original belle epoque features, and feels equally as grand whether you’re sipping coffee at the bar or settling in beneath the ornately-painted ceilings for something more sustaining. ⁠
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For an early lunch, pay a visit to one of the city’s vibrant food-markets. The Mercato Centrale is the best known, leaving the Mercato do Sant’Ambrogio – a 15 minute walk from the Piazza del Duomo – to locals and more well-researched tourists. Pick up goodies for a picnic or bag a table at the Trattoria da Rocco, right by the entrance, for classic pasta and simple meat dishes, but be aware, the market closes at 2pm and, like everywhere in Florence, it’s much less hectic on a week day. ⁠
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While the Uffizi and the Galleria dell’Academia are on most visitors’ must-see lists, consider The Bargello. Housed in Florence’s oldest public building (originally founded in 1255), is the world’s greatest collection of Renaissance sculpture. Many of the works, including those by Michelangelo, Donatella and Giambologna, were originally owned by the Medicis, and to wander through the grandiose halls, filled with fabrics, weapons, ivories and ceramics, gives a sense of the glittering opulence of their era. ⁠
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🔗Read Annabelle's full itinerary: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/detour/inspiration/48-hours-in-florence/

19/05/2025

Cake or beer? ⁠
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It's a pertinent question if you're staying at The Ashford Arms, a new addition to the collection. In one direction, you've got Bakewell, home of the famous pudding (don't call it a tart). In the other, the Peak Ales brewery. ⁠
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Then there's the Monsal Trail, Haddon House, Chatsworth, the Sheep Wash Bridge and a ton of other things to do in the Peak District. So, while you work out whether you're after cake, beer, history, natural beauty or all of the above, get a room in the Ashford Arms and be perfectly placed for whatever you decide on.⁠
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📍The Ashford Arms, Bakewell, Derbyshire⁠
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18/05/2025

Fall in love with this region just as Matisse, Derrain, Picasso, Mucha, Dali and many more have done over the years. ⁠
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This is Collioure, on the very southern edge of France, with the Pyrénées rising up in one direction and a scattering of bays and villages in the other. It's far from deserted, but significantly quieter and less ostentatious than the riviera. ⁠
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Owners Caroline and Denis will set you up in their cool, contemporary villa and leave you everything you need to discover the area, from the name of their beloved wine merchant to the best oyster bars in town and a great spot on the coastal path to sit and watch the sun set. ⁠
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📍Villa Casaroom, Collioure, Pyrénées-Orientales⁠
🔗 https://www.sawdays.co.uk/france/languedoc-roussillon/pyrenees-orientales/villa-casaroom/

17/05/2025

Plan your next trip to Northumberland with highlights from our Slow Guide:⁠
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Do: ⁠
Greenlee Lough⁠ - a 4-mile circular with boardwalks and bird hides around the eponymous body of water⁠
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Eat: ⁠
Lord Crewe Arms at Blanchland⁠ - incredible food and drinks, served anywhere from the garden to the vaulted crypt⁠
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See: ⁠
Alnwick Castle and Gardens⁠ - From a 10th-century fortress to the Percy family home and now a place to marvel, learn and laze as you explore the museum and the grounds.⁠
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Shop: ⁠
Moorhouse Farmshop ⁠- our favourite of the many great places to pick up Northumberland's local produce⁠
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Stay: ⁠
The Old Barn, Morpeth⁠ - National Park views for miles from a cottage on a remote farm⁠
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Save and share this to get your planning going, and feel free to give us your own Northumberland suggestions too!⁠
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🔗All our special places to stay in Northumberland - link in bio

15/05/2025

"Views to stir the soul. Luxurious without being pretentious. A lovely welcome pack which was most appreciated after a long journey."⁠
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That's what the first Sawday's guest thought of the lovely Findara Cottage, in the woods of Northumberland just a little inland from Holy Island. It really is a lovely spot, with a feeling of complete peace and seclusion, while having easy access to some of the area's highlights and a mile's walk to the local pub. ⁠
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📍Findara Cottage, Lowick, Northumberland⁠
🔗https://www.sawdays.co.uk/britain/england/northumberland/findara-cottage/
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14/05/2025

6 new pubs for a lunch and stay in the sunshine. ⁠
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We've been happily wandering the countryside in search of some great new pubs for the collection, so here are some exciting new additions to Sawday's.⁠
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1) The Farmers Arms, Devon - Great food and elegant rooms, some over the old village shop⁠
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2) The Manor House Inn, Somerset- Informal redbrick country inn, right across the green from the church ⁠
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3) ⁠The Trout at Tadpole Bridge, Oxfordshire - 17th-century inn with tables right down on the river⁠
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4) The Black Horse, Sussex - Sleepy village pub ten minutes' walk from the beach⁠
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⁠5) The Blind Bull, Derbyshire - Independent pub with beautiful Peak District views⁠
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🔗Book your stay: https://bit.ly/3YLoaCD

12/05/2025

New ✨️ La Celeste Galeria⁠

As the name suggests, this is a bit like living in art gallery, or maybe a design museum, but one run by a friendly family.

What's more, that family are always baking, which you'll discover as the wooden boards come out for breakfast, laden with whatever Veronica has created that morning.

The immersion in art and culture doesn't stop at the door, either. You're on the outskirts of Mantua, where you can see the impressive and historic sights of the Palazzo Te and the Palazzo Ducale, and the street art that covers the buildings of the Lunetta district.

There are festivals and events all year, the region's unique cuisine to discover and, of course, that poolside and your beautiful room to come home to when you're done for the day.

📍La Celeste Galeria, Mantova
🔗https://www.sawdays.co.uk/italy/lombardy/mantova/la-celeste-galeria/

10/05/2025

Book your stay at The Queen's Head, Askham and walk the Lowther Castle Loop.

We asked Jen and Sim Benson, unstoppable adventurers and outdoor folk, for one of their favourite hikes in the north. They chose the 7.5-mile Lowther Castle Loop partially for its scenery and moderate terrain, but mostly for its endpoint, The Queen's Head.

After weaving through woodland and pasture, climbing to some lovely viewpoints where they looked down on the lakes below, they returned to the pub for pizza night, although with the estate's farms supplying ever-changing seasonal menus, there isn't a bad time to combine the hike with a stay.

📍The Queen's Head, Askham, Cumbria
🔗https://www.sawdays.co.uk/britain/england/cumbria/the-queen-s-head-askham/

08/05/2025

✨️New - L'Hôtel⁠, Paris⁠
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Since 1828, L'Hotel has sat at the heart of Paris, culturally as well as geographically. Oscar Wilde took up residence here, claiming rightly to be "living beyond⁠ his means" until passing away in the hotel itself, in 1900.⁠
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⁠After undergoing extensive refurbishment in the 60s, L'Hotel soon became the place to be seen in Paris, with every famous visitor to the city passing through it's doors, from Salvador Dali, Princess Grace, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, to Frank Sinatra, Jim Morrison and Serge Gainsbourg.⁠
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It's easy to see why. The location is matched only by the style, with a sense of classic grandeur palpable in each individually designed room. ⁠You're within walking distance of restaurants like Shiro, Monteverdi and Brasserie des Prés, as we as iconic cafés, including Les Deux Magots and Café de Flore. It's 15 minutes' walk to La Sainte Chapelle for the stained glass, 20 minutes to the restored cathedral at Notre Dame and about the same to cross the Seine to the Jardins des Tuileries.⁠
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Start planning your next trip to Paris and book L'Hôtel here: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/france/region-parisienne/paris/l-hotel/

07/05/2025

Food or books? ⁠
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Half an hour to the north of the light, airy eco-build cottage known fittingly as Wild Meadow is Ludlow, filled with places to pick up fine local produce as well as chefs working wonders with it. Half an hour to the south is Hay-on-Wye, equally well equipped with bookshops of every stripe and specialty. ⁠
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Do you do both together, taking a picnic from one to the other, or give each their own dedicated time, wandering from morning coffee, to lunch, to dinner in Ludlow one day, then losing yourself to hours of dusty browsing the next.⁠
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📍Wild Meadow, Presteigne, Powys ⁠
🔗Browse all our places to stay near Hay and Ludlow: https://bit.ly/3RTulkh

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