In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Each room is identified by its oversized bedhead, which consists of a panel printed with a culinary image. Cream of the food-themed crop is Chocolate, the biggest and most luxurious room, with a claw-foot roll-top bath and a big walk-in shower, but Green Olive and Chilli Pepper are large too. Spacious Strawberry has window seats, great for market-square people-watching. Top-floor rooms reflect the age of the building, with beamed ceilings and sloping floors; Marshmallow and Artichoke have lovely views. Raspberry and Oyster are small but sweet.
- Packing tips
- Wellies and walking sticks, jodphurs and riding crops, hip flask, and sticks for dogs to chase.
- Also
- The bookshelf-lined library brings old and new together in a fusion of gentleman’s club, plush bar and country house; definitely somewhere to retire after dinner for a quiet digestif.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A free bottle of champagne, chilled and waiting in your minibar
The George
Cotswolds, United Kingdom[view map]
- Style
- Contempo-cool coaching inn
- Setting
- Tranquil Cotswolds market town
Enjoy a little country life at the George hotel, a stylishly converted Cotswolds inn – bold decor incorporating period features and antiques, attentive service and a modern-luxe gastropub feel will soon have you relaxed enough to enjoy the region's many splendid things to do. Visit Stratford-on-Avon, shoot clay pigeons, ride horses, stride country lanes or just park yourself in front of the fire with a ploughman's lunch.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 16.
- Rates
- £90–£150, including Continental breakfast and VAT.
- Check-out
- 11am, but flexible when possible.
- Facilities
- Library, wooden decking with outside seating, private dining/meeting room, free WiFi throughout. In rooms, flatscreen TV, iPod dock, CD/DVD player, still/sparkling water, tea/coffee, Molton Brown toiletries.
- Also
- 'Fabulous' rooms require a two-night minimum stay at weekends.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Settle into a comfy high-backed chair and sample the attractive dining room’s substantial menu of simple, seasonal delights; we loved the melt-in-the-mouth lamb shanks and Oriental-style scallops.
- Dress code
- As relaxed as you’ll feel after a long country walk.
- Top table
- At the back, by the window; in the bar, sit fireside in the smaller room.
- Last orders
- 11pm for drinks; the restuarant is open from noon till 2.30pm, and 6pm–9.30pm.
- Room service
- None, but the bar serves light dishes from 11am until 10pm.
- Hotel bar
- Take up residence in the airy main bar, where wood-burning fires, lived-in leather armchairs, cask ales, fine wines and an all-day grazing menu make whiling away a few hours all too easy.
Other facilities
- Children
- This hotel is better suited to couples - leave the children at home!
Smith card offer
A free bottle of champagne, chilled and waiting in your minibar
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Smith concierge
If you’d prefer to talk to someone, or you’re having trouble booking online, ring our travel team on 0845 034 0700 (+44 20 8987 4312 from outside the UK). We guarantee you’ll get the best available rates, and we don’t charge a booking fee.
The George
8 High Street
Shipston-on-Stour
Warwickshire