Changing of the seasons with Relais & Châteaux
England coast and countryside
Luxuriant countryside and cozy red brick houses
Luxuriant countryside and cozy red brick houses with bow windows provide the eminently British setting for traditional afternoon tea. Scottish lochs on the south coast, landscapes that run on from one another and yet are always different… While the rural areas exert a certain calming effect, the green lawns attached to vast properties present a particular idea of pretty English gardens and the national parks reveal the often underestimated magnificence of nature.
Ireland
The Emerald Isle
Nicknamed the Emerald Isle, Ireland boasts verdant mountains and valleys, heaths, lakes, cliffs, and a rocky coastline battered by the surrounding seas. A land celebrating hospitality and sharing raised on the literature of James Joyce, where Guinness gushes from the taps of the Temple Bar on Saint Patrick’s Day – Ireland has all this to offer and more.
France
The sound of the cicadas
There is something magical about the South – there is no mistaking its light or its sound… The sound of the cicadas serenading everyone with their sweet melody. From little villages like Les Baux de Provence in the Alpilles to big cities like Montpellier, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon and Marseille, the South speaks a charming language accompanied by brilliant sunshine. From Marcel Pagnol to Giono, Braque to Cézanne, writers and artists have long been drawing inspiration from the Provençal landscapes.
Portugal
Of vines and shorelines
Porto offers strolls through its narrow streets, architecture that alternates between classical and baroque influences, wine with a great reputation and the gently meandering Douro river. Further south, in the Algarve, succumb to the slower southern lifestyle and the ochre cliffs that brush the Atlantic. Finally, Madeira, the ‘pearl of the Atlantic’, is home to luxuriant vegetation that can be found in some hotels, providing havens of peace.
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