hot bed
Royal Treatment
THIS MONTH: Hampshire, U.K.
Where? Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire.
What? Your elegant room is antique-filled, with a chandelier overhead, a heated towel rack and oh-so-English toiletries by Penhaligon’s in the bathroom. A day begun in such lavish surroundings can only be a good one.
Why? The mist partly obscures rolling grassland that stretches as far as you can see. This is, after all, the one-time country residence of King Henry VIII. (In fact, it was the very place he met one of his six wives, Catherine of Aragon.)
The WOWfactor: After an early morning ride (there is an equestrian center on-site) or a bike along the banks of the nearby Basingstoke Canal, have a swim in the Olympic-size pool in the massive glass conservatory, followed by a real traditional English breakfast.
(Mary Gostelow is editor-in-chief of WOW.travel, the online magazine of kiwicollection.com. She is also a regular columnist for enRoute magazine.)
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