Bourton is the best known and most popular destination in the Cotswolds and, in the mornings and evenings when the crowds have gone, a pleasant and picturesque village.

This elegant spa town is a lively and pleasant base from which to explore some of the best of the Cotswold Way.

The charming cottages, the dignified manor house, the historic church, the pub and the green; this tour has all the elements of the classic English village that are so well represented by the famous names of the Cotswolds.

The popular and lively village of Bourton-on-the-Water is an ideal base from which to discover the many country lanes that cross the rolling Cotswold landscape. From glorious hilltop views to secret wooded valleys, every few miles takes you through another picture postcard village of mellow stone cottages or past a handsome manor house.

The rolling Cotswold countryside, a glorious patchwork of meadows, fields and woods divided by hedgerows and dry-stone walls, has come to epitomise all that is good about traditional England for many people.