Definitely the posh end of the B&B business. Grade 1-listed half-timbered and dating from the 13th century. Lots of oak beams and floors, Elizabethan wall paintings, four-posters, bateau lit etc. There’s even an honesty bar.
From £95.

01787 247404, lavenhampriory.co.uk

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Forget all your assumptions about Greece. This mountainous peninsula is very green with enormous broadleaf trees, ferns, moss, daisies and buttercups. The air is fresh even in August, building is more strictly controlled than in London’s green belt, the roads don’t have any potholes and the cooking would satisfy even the most picky foodie.

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Palma Beach club/restaurant/spa and all-purpose temple of cool on a private promontory jutting out over the sea. Chilled out during the day getting louder as the evening progresses.

Pagell, 1 Cala Estancia
Tel:+744 744
www.purobeach.com

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Peaceful green oasis designed 800 years ago by a local Arab governor. Palms, bamboos, lemons and oranges; running water everywhere; even a lily pond.

Close to the tunnel entrance on the C711 from Palma to Sóller (+613 123).

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Massive Attack, PJ Harvey, Basement Jaxx, Gnarls Barkley, Antony and The Johnsons, Lost Vagueness, Foggy Notions, Body & Soul zone, camping, tipis, beach huts.

September 1-3 , Stradbally Hall, Co Laois, which is one hour from Dublin. See the website for details on how to get there;
www.electricpicnic.ie

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Three full days of folk and folktronica in the Glanusk Park Estate in the Brecon Beacons national park with Donovan, Martha Wainwright, Bert Jansch, an evening of “Psychfolk Commune Films”, real food, proper ales and no corporate sponsorship. This is what small, family-run festivals are all about.

August 18-20, Glanusk Park, near Crickhowell, Brecon Beacons;
www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk;
Nearest train station is Abergavenny, and there will be a coach service from there to the festival site.

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