Local restaurants
The Woolpack in Slad is a timeless little country pub overlooking a valley one side, and a church the other (+44 (0)1452 813429; www.thewoolpackinn-slad.com). Especially popular for Sunday lunch and beloved by Alex James and the hip Cotswoldian brigade, it can fill up quickly – definitely call in advance.
Local cafés
Olivas Delicatessen on Friday Street, Painswick GL6 6QJ (+44 (0)1452 814 774). Far from your typical Cotswolds teashop, Brian and Ximena Nunez have not only brought a taste of their native Colombia courtesy of the coffee that is served at this tiny hidden-away cafe and deli, but there are heartier homecooked delights on offer for lunch and dinner as well as traditional cream teatime treats.
Worth getting out of bed for
Little Fleece Bookshop on Bisley Street, Painswick GL6 6QQ (+44 (0)1452 812 264). Collectors of quality secondhand and antiquarian books will thrill at the copies stacked from floor to ceiling, while browsers will find this 16th-century National Trust building worth earmarking alone for a visit. The Antiques Emporium Griffin Mill on London Road, Thrupp near Stroud, Gloucestershire (+44 (0)7970 601 624) Anyone in the market for shabby-chic treasures for the home should scour the furniture-packed rooms of French and English antiques here – from chintzy lampshades to grand dressers, this is an Aladdin's Cave of objêt d'art and top tat.
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