In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- We love the six Detmar rooms – named after the famous 20th-century architect – with their vivid red accent colours and playful atmosphere. We particularly liked the giant lip prints on the wall.
- Packing tips
- Bring some sharp Italian tailoring to fit in with the Versace-esque vibe; and don't forget your GPS – you'll need it to find the hotel amid Painswick’s winding lanes.
- Also
- It might be worth hiring a small car for this trip. The Georgian streets that surround Cotswolds88 Hotel are no friend to larger vehicles.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A 10 per cent discount on a beauty treatment
- Current special offer
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Cotswolds88 Hotel
Cotswolds, United Kingdom[view map]
- Style
- Versace in verdant surrounds
- Setting
- In a quiet country town
The brainchild of Loungelover London co-founder Marchella De Angelis, Cotswolds88 Hotel is a temple to Italian design. The name may be straightforward, but that’s all that is. Gloriously over-the-top touches such as PVC-backed chairs and chrome mannequins vie for attention with the hotel’s own Palladian backdrop, and the result is a space that’s luxurious and super-stylish, with a cheeky sense of humour.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 17, including three suites.
- Rates
- Rooms from £165–£205; suites from £245–£345, including breakfast.
- Check-out
- 11am. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
- Facilities
- Free WiFi throughout, laundry service, king-size beds with Frette bed linen, LCD flatscreen TVs, DVD players on request, DVD library, iPod docks and Molton Brown bath products. Some rooms have Jacuzzi baths.
- Also
- Leave the hamsters at home. Pets are not allowed. The hotel has a treatment room for all kinds of facials, manicures and men's grooming.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Chef Lee Scott, fresh from sharing a kitchen with Gordon Ramsay, heads up the 88room, serving up delicious Cotswolds produce with French flair. There’s a seven-course tasting menu to company the à la carte options. Save room for the cheese tray. The decor is as bold as in the rest of the hotel, and a camera in the kitchen transmits to the restaurant so you can see what the chefs are up to.
- Dress code
- You may be in the country, but this is no place for tweeds. Dress to impress.
- Top table
- For an intimate meal, pick the window table facing the courtyard.
- Last orders
- The restaurant closes at 9.30pm Sunday–Thursday, and 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. The bar will stay open for as long as residents require.
- Room service
- Breakfast can be in bed each morning, and there's an in-room menu to pick from at certain times of the day.
- Hotel bar
- The 88room bar is a stylish intimate space in which you can sip mojitos to an eclectic and well-chosen soundtrack of chill-out tunes. It gets busy on Saturdays, but there's always space on the terrace or out on the lawns.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- Kids are welcome, though the hotel isn't particularly geared towards them. Cots are available on request.
- Weddings
- This hotel is suitable for weddings. More…
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