The five rooms in "The Place To Stay" are imaginatively converted outbuildings clustered around a pretty courtyard garden with views towards the Longleat Estate. West Country breakfasts - using fresh local produce - are served in the main farmhouse, along with bowls brimming with fresh fruit salad. The owner is a qualified massage therapist, so you can have a treatment in the luxury of your room. They will also sprinkle rose petals in the bath; coupled with the deep fluffy bathrobes, tasteful decor and four poster beds, this is the closest to five-star hotel service you'll ever find in a humble B&B.
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Knoll Hill Farm, Frome BA11 5DP
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Three days of merryment including the kids but beware of the loos! Take empty milk cartons/washing liquid containers for a private pee in the tent. Windbreaks are great to form a barrier for small children to stop them wandering off.
Frome sommerset
La Strada is many things...a coffee bar serving illy coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milkshakes, smoothies fresh croissants, filled baguettes and ciabattas, cakes and light meals; a shop which sells Italian designer kitchen ware including the Guzzini and Alessi brands, Belgian chocolates and other edible gifts; a gallery space which exhibits the work of local photographers and artists AND an artisan ice-cream shop!
All of the ice-cream is made by hand on-site using milk from a small local dairy. There are always the three basic flavours on offer, vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, but depending on the seasons, customers' suggestions and the imagination of the creators, anything is possible in terms of flavours. There are 16 flavours on offer, with a choice of non-dairy "fruit-ice" (sorbet) for those who can't have milk, and flavours range from strawberry and champagne to white chocolate with Maltesers, the famed gin and tonic (yes, made with real gin), mint choc chip, mango, lychee, blueberry, apple crumble, banana and caramel and many, many more. There is a selection of waffle cones, chocolate-dipped cones or tubs or you can have a sundae made up complete with sauces and cream and eat in the cafe. You can also have 1 or 2 litre tubs to take away and put in your freezer. It really is the best hand-made ice-cream for miles around.
La Strada
13 Cheap Street
Frome
Somerset
01373 474374
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