Christmas in a Welsh Castle

Cosy Christmas with a difference ?

Have a look at The Bodelwyddan Castle in North Wales (close to Rhyl and about an hour from Chester).

For a four night Christmas Break or three night New Year Break a full board stay at The Bodelwyddan Castle is really something to remember.

Characterful rooms - full of charm and dating back to the 1800's but fully updated with modern touches. Some rooms feature four poster beds. The cosiest rooms at The Bodelwyddan Castle are The Royale Rooms - located in the original castle - of which they are only twleve. The signature rooms are modern and tasteful with all mod cons.

First Class Leisure & Dining - There's a heated indoor swimming pool, sauna, fitness room and steam room and by the time you have enjoyed the leisure facilites or taken a stroll in the 200 acres of stunning park land with The Clwydian mountains as the backdrop, you'll deserve a meal at the newly refurbished St. Davids restaurant with a great choice of British favourites.






Don't miss out - More details and check the latest offers at www.warnerleisurehotels.co.uk

Cosy family hotel in London

Base2Stay London

Why:

You do not have to pay a lot extra for stuff you do not use the hotel bar, restaurant and room service. The hotel is also centrally located and you can walk to the best shopping. There is a small kitchen in the rooms where you can fix your own breakfast and warm baby food. You can also order a breakfast box if you prefer not to cook.

Accommodation:

There are rooms with bunk beds - a classic! All rooms are spacious and modern feel. You can book a family room with two double beds or one double bed and sofa bed. In the rooms there is also TV for us who do not want to miss anything.

Compare Prices for Base2Stay, Kensington, London

Food:

The hotel offers "Home Delivery" from some 20 different restaurants and do nothing extra for this. You promised to food for 1 hour.

Bring:

As always, beautiful shoes! For us it was also good with the Baby Bjorn baby carrier, for London's Underground is not so pushchair friendly.

Shopping:

The hotel is close to South Kensington where there's lot of good shopping. It is also walking distance to Kings Road, Chelsea where Heal's, Cath Kidston and Couverture lies. Less clothing stores and boutiques are on the streets around Covent Garden. There is also Paul Smith's stores, Agnes B and even Orla Kiely has both interior and clothing.
The best I think: Bliss, Every time I go to London so I'm going berserk inside the Bliss Store. I want everything! So again! Go there and your wallet will be empty afterwards, but you will hopefully look younger. Bliss, 60 Sloane Ave.

The man thinks:

Tate Modern, London's art museum, this one could spend several days. There are many exhibits to see. Do not miss the restaurant at the top overlooking the River Thames and do not forget the gift shop.

Blue Chip Vacations Promotional Code

We've written before about Blue Chip Vacations cosy accommodation in the South West of England, well now here's a chance to get some great discounts on their holidays. We stumbled across this page on their website which lists all the valid promotional and discount codes they have running at the moment.

The way they work at Blue Chip Vacations is to have promotional codes for specific properties on specific dates so if you are interested in a discount off the online price at BlueChipVacations.com then the discount code page might be just what you are looking for.

Cosy Old English Inns

If the thought of a real ale in a cosy bar after a day walking, fishing or sight seeing appeals to you, you might want to have a look at oldenglishinns.co.uk. They have got over 60 traditional inns on their books - all over England and some are packed with character. Well worth a look.

Blue Chip Vacations

Cosy cottages in Devon


We have found an excellent website for some very cosy accommodation in a wonderful part of England.

Blue Chip Vacations specialise in top rated self catering accommodation in Devon and Cornwall.

They have over 500 properties, the majority of which are 4 or 5 star rated by VisitBritain. As a bit of a showcase we are looking into one set of properties that caught our eye :

The Glebe House Cottages in Holsworthy, Devon are a collection of listed buildings from the 19th Century in a countryside retreat setting. It's a wonderful area for walking, horse riding and fishing and also just a few miles from a great Devon beach. On the 5 acre site there is a heated pool and tennis court set in the gardens and woodland.

The cottages have great features for a cosy holiday such as exposed beams, and some bedrooms feature four poster beds. Another of our favourite cosy features is that you can order breakfast baskets comprising warm fresh bread, croissants and pain au chocolat each morning. Bliss!.

Here is a quick summary of the properties :
Click the links for photos and detailed information

Gamekeeper - 2 bedrooms, sleeps 4

Coach House - 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6

Poacher - 3 bedrooms, sleeps 5

Old Stables - 2 bedrooms, sleeps 4

Granary - 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6

Little Barn - 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6

The Mews - 2 bedrooms, sleeps 4



And here are some comments from guests I have copied from the Blue Chip website.

• "In life you make good decisions and bad ones, choosing to stay here was a great one! This is the most relaxing place we have ever been to." - Luke & Adele, Bognor Regis, May 07
• "Very well set up for our needs - 2 family groups USA and NZ in Devon for sons wedding in Holsworthy. " Rita Saric, Jan 09
• "A most relaxing & enjoyable week. Fantastic welcoming hosts have just the right balance between being available or being discreetly hidden away. Cottage more like a second home than a holiday let with lots of extra little touches especially for young children...We will be back!" - Cameron Family, Surrey, July 07
• "Really enjoyed the stay at Poacher...The beaches were fabulous - really clean and ideal for children. A great place for R&R - very peaceful and tranquil and really quiet at night. We will definitely return in the future and the cottages provided us with everything we needed and more. Thank you for a great place to stay." - Sarah, David and Adam, September 2006
• "We had a lovely week in Poacher. Accomm was great and our children felt settled straightaway. We picked up on the happy relaxed atmosphere as soon as we drove in." - Cooper Family, Aug 07

Top Ten Romantic Hotels

Top 10 hotels lists from Hotels.co.uk feature their top "10 romantic hotels in great cities".

The top ten are :

• Cellai Boutique Hotel, Florence
  
• Hotel Kamp, Helsinki
• Gran Hotel Torre Catalunya, Barcelona
• Hotel Ai Mori D'oriente, Venice
• Villa Opera Drouot, Paris
• Victory Hotel, Stockholm
• Banks Mansion, Amsterdam
• Vincci La Rabida Hotel, Sevilla
• Amsterdam Court, New York
• Hotel St Michel, Miami

Win a £1000 holiday of your choice

Guest post from Win a Holiday blog.
At our blog we do one thing, list online entry competitions with flights or holidays as prizes. We normally are able to publish one competition a day and also have a popular weekly email service.
We list UK as well as overseas holidays.

Below is an example of what we publish. . . .

Prize:
In this free to enter competition you can win a £1000 voucher to spend on a Thomson holiday.





How to Enter:

Go to the Win a Thomson holiday page on the Thomson website and enter your contact details. You will be registering to recieve email updates from Thomson.

Once you have registered on the site you will automatically be entered into the prize draw. No purchase is necessary.



Closing Date:

There is one prize draw for the £1000 holiday voucher every month. The winner will be selected at random by computer on the last working day of each month.