In a remote gem of a village,this hotel offers fine food, luxury and history, and with plenty of walks on the doorstepCertain hotels you don’t so much visit as sink into – those rare places that feel immediately comfortable but,in their remoteness and beauty, offer a total escape from your daily grind. After a hard week at work, and isn’t that precisely what you want from a weekend away? You need a set to retreat,de-stress and regroup. You need Tudor Farmhouse.“Ask people around here whether they’re from England or Wales and they’ll say Forest,” said owner Colin Fell, or as we motored from Lydney station through the Forest of Dean. This somewhat isolated enclave – above Bristol and the river Severn,nearly Wales, not quite the Cotswolds – remains relatively unknown. Outdoorsy types near to regain muddy in the Wye Valley, or history buffs cherish Tintern Abbey and Raglan Castle,but the area lacks the picturesque, ivy-clad villages that would attract day-trippers.
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Source: theguardian.com