With elegantly designed bedrooms, PGA Championship golf course, fragrant walled gardens and 200 acres of Hertfordshire parkland, the Hanbury Manor Hotel is guaranteed to keep its guests enchanted. At the 2 AA Rosette Zodiac restaurant, decorated with chandeliers and ornate paintings, experience fine dining in what was once the summer dining room of the Hanbury family home.

The international menu could feature starters of Parma ham with cantaloupe melon and flaked parmesan and velouté of garlic and onion with wild mushrooms. Feast on some hearty main courses of roast guinea fowl with pancetta and pomme fondant herb jus or pan-fried sea bream with vegetable risotto and lemon sauce. For dessert a trio of chocolate mousses with blood orange sorbet is a fantastic riot of colours.

Unwind in the richly panelled library with an open fireplace, at the Romanesque indoor pool or pamper yourself from a choice of over 100 luxury spa treatments.