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A Summer of Distinction with Elite Hotels Spread your wings on a long-awaited summer staycation with Elite Hotels, a privately-owned collection of four luxury hotels in prime locations across the South of England.
Located in Bedfordshire, Hampshire and East Sussex, each family-friendly hotel provides high-quality service
and distinct experiences, stunning gardens and views, award-winning dining, splendid afternoon teas, and a chance for some much-needed luxurious escapism. Each hotel reopens for overnight stays from 17th May. Choose from one of four summer staycations of distinction:
Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa, Bedfordshire
Less than an hour north of London, Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa, in Bedfordshire, is a grand, Grade I listed mansion house hotel dating from 1601. Sitting in the midst of over 1,000 acres of countryside, including Capability Brown-designed grounds, the hotel features 144 beautifully-furnished bedrooms and suites - some with four-poster beds - formal gardens, a 50-acre lake, tennis courts - including one grass court - an 18-hole championship golf course and a spa with pool housed in a carefully-restored stable block. The hotel has some very prominent fans, including the Queen and Prince Philip, who spent part of their honeymoon at Luton Hoo in 1947, and Winston Churchill, who famously addressed 110,000 people in a major speech at the hotel at the end of World War II. It has also featured in several films, including Eyes Wide Shut, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Surviving Picasso and others.
Overseen by Executive Head Chef Christopher Mouyiassi, there are two restaurants; the award-winning 2-AA- Rosette Wernher Restaurant, which is reminiscent of the Palace of Versailles and serves seasonal British cuisine. Guests also have the option of dining in Adam’s Brasserie, or to enjoy casual fare and drinks at The 19th. BOOK IT
Enjoy 10% off stays of two nights or longer, from £442.00 per double room for two nights (two sharing)* www.lutonhoo.co.uk
Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club, East Sussex
Set in 186 acres of lakes, secret gardens and woodland trails, Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club is located in the heart of Ashdown Forest, the inspiration for A. A. Milne’s delightful Winnie The Pooh stories. Pooh Bear celebrates his 100th anniversary in 2021.
This opulent forest mansion was built in 1815, and features 106 bedrooms and suites, with each room named after a tree species found in the grounds or in the forest. Ashdown Park’s grounds include acres of grazing land where wild deer roam free, plus a lake with fountains and a jetty from which to view both the forest and the grounds sloping down from the hotel’s
