Where to stay

Book a boudoir at Hartwell House (left), made famous for housing exiled French king Louis XVIII. After a night’s slumber in a four-poster bed, promenade in the surrounding parkland (B&B from £260; hartwell-house.com). Or, for an award-winning restaurant-with-rooms, head to The Mash Inn, where breakfast hampers include freshly baked brioche pastries, slow-cooked bacon flatbreads and local fresh fruit (DB&B from £195 per person; themashinn.com).