La dolce vita

COUNTRY LIFE writers reveal the hotels that stood out to them in 2025

If you are looking to escape the madding crowds, don’t be put off by the popularity of Greece because one of the reasons why it remains a charter holiday hot spot is because there are plenty of places

Grey days getting you down? Time to book a Caribbean getaway to feel the sun on your skin and sand between your toes

Frazzled from what felt like a never-ending year, we booked into South Lodge hoping for a quiet countryside reset – and it certainly delivered. The Reeds is a cluster of eco-lodges set on the edge of

coast editor-in-chief Alex Fisher spends a few days at the Scarlet hotel, an adults-only eco-retreat perched above Mawgan Porth Beach on the north Cornish coast

Exciting ways to get away from it all