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Easter at Summer Lodge
15/02/2008
Spend your Easter weekend in a village of thatched cottages in the heart of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex. In other words, bask in the history of this region while enjoying the most up-to-date elegant surroundings offered at Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa.
This breathtakingly beautiful, completely refurbished country house truly is divine. All guest quarters are individually decorated and fitted out with the latest technology. The new spa facility gym includes a treadmill, ski-style machine, weights, and stretch bar. The highly touted restaurant will go far to please your senses with their gastronomic delights and award-winning sommelier will help complement your dining.
Summer Lodge’s Easter Weekend package, from 21 March through 23 March, includes:
- Arrival Day (21st or 22nd):
Cream Tea and Scones on arrival day
Dinner on arrival day
- First Day (21st or 22nd):
Breakfast
One Swedish massage for each of you
Cream Tea (scones and tea/coffee)
Dinner
Easter Egg at Turn Down (one evening)
- Departure Day
Champagne gift wrapped on departure
Breakfast
For details and reservations call: + 44 (0) 1935 48 2000, or email: summer@relaischateaux.com Visit our website at www.summerlodgehotel.com.
Within walking distance of Summer Lodge is The Acorn Inn, this lovely stone-built 16th Century restaurant and inn played the role of The Sow & Acorn in Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbevilles. Without neglecting its original function as a traditional village pub, The Acorn has been transformed into a highly successful gastro-pub with a loyal clientele. In addition the pub has nine en-suite bedrooms.
Red Carnation Hotels is a collection of luxury family-run properties. The Five-Star luxurious London jewels are The Milestone Hotel, overlooking Kensington Palace, and member of The Leading Small Hotels of the World; “41”, overlooking Buckingham Palace’s Royal Mews; and The Egerton House Hotel, in Knightsbridge. Outside of London is Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant, and Spa, Evershot, Dorset, a member of Relais & Châteaux. Other RCH properties and members of The Leading Small Hotels of the World, are The Five-Star Hotel d'Angleterre on Lake Geneva, Switzerland, and The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa in Cape Town, South Africa. Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Retreat, a member of Relais & Châteaux, is in the heart of the Cederberg Mountains in South Africa’s Western Cape.
2008: TripAdvisor’s readers’ poll placed Summer Lodge 91st position for Best 100 Luxury Hotels in the World and 5th place in the Top 10 Best Service Europe category
2007: Master Sommelier Eric Zwiebel was ranked Fourth in World’s Top Sommeliers category; and in 2006 - Second – in Best Sommelier in Europe
2007: Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report ranked Summer Lodge #18 on list of ‘World’s Best International Hideaways’
2007: AA Hospitality named Red Carnation Hotels ‘Small Hotel Group of the Year’
2007: Hardens: Top Scorer: “…high praise for…’’sublime’ food; ‘superb’ wine list…”
2007: Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report – Grand Award Winner, #1 in England.
2007: Tatler Restaurant Guide: ‘ award-winning Summer Lodge is the place to dine’
2007: Daily Mail: “…be ready to receive… tender loving care from the capable staff“
2007: The Independent: Summer Lodge one of the “50 Best British Hotels”
2007: Investment in People award for supporting and promoting staff
2006: Billionaire 500: “…perfectly relaxing…”
2006: South West England: Silver Excellence Award 2006-7: Small Hotel of the Year
2006: Andrew Harper’s Hideway Report (August): “…impeccably decorated … The fine restaurant…makes superb use of local ingredients…guest quarters are individually designed…difficult to imagine a more agreeable base to explore this timeless region …”
2006: Andrew Harper’s What’s Hot List” (November)…warm and welcoming…”first-rate restaurant”
