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Top 10 places to spend Christmas Day
Ask Mario’s Top 10 places to spend Christmas Day or celebrate New Year’s Eve in style.
Prices are per person unless otherwise stated.
London
The Grill, Brown’s Hotel
Albemarle Street
W1
tel: 020 7493 6020
One of London’s most intimate and stylish hotels with a terrific
‘heart-of-the-West End’ location.
Christmas Day: 4-course lunch £180, 3-course dinner £75. Boxing
Day: 3-course lunch £55 New Year’s Eve: 6-course gourmet dinner
£195.
Rest of UK
Amberley Castle
Amberley, nr Arundel
West Sussex
tel: 01798 831992
Remarkable, genuine 11th-C castle oozing history but also
with a cosy, lived-in atmosphere.
Christmas: 3 nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast including 4-course
Christmas Day lunch, £1195 for 2 people sharing. New Year:
2 nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast including black tie 4-course
gala dinner, including wine and champagne reception, fireworks
at midnight and jazz trio, £990 for 2 people sharing.
Devonshire Arms
Bolton Abbey nr Skipton
North Yorkshire
tel: 01756 710441
Renowned 18th-C coaching inn owned by the Duke and Duchess
of Devonshire.
Christmas: 3 nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast, £799 for 2
people sharing
New Year: 3 nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast including New
Year’s Eve black tie dinner and fireworks, £650 for 2 people
sharing.
Chester Grosvenor
Eastgate
Chester, Cheshire
tel: 01244 324024
Elegant and graceful hotel, with panelled library and luxurious
bedrooms. New Year’s Eve Black Tie celebrations:
Westminster Suite: 7.30pm Ruinart champagne reception, 5-course
dinner with fine wines, dancing, live music and DJ, £195 per
person. (overnight with breakfast and parking £299 per person).
Arkle Restaurant: Vintage champagne reception, 6-course dinner
with fine and rare wines, dancing, live music, £275 per person
in the (overnight with breakfast and parking £399 per person).
Cromlix House
Kinbuck by Dunblane
Stirling
tel: 01786 822125
Grand former Victorian family home with elegant, comfortable
rooms.
Christmas: Two day stay from £440 per person; three days from
£595, including Christmas Eve candelit carol service in the
chapel, and all meals.
New Year: Three day stay £695 per person, including New Year’s
Eve dinner/dance with champagne or malt whisky at midnight.
Lewtrenchard Manor
Lewdown, Devon
tel: 01566 783222
Beautiful Jacobean manor house with huge fireplaces, oak panelling.
Christmas: 3 days inclusive of all meals from £1200 for 2
people sharing New Year: 3 days inclusive of all meals including
New Year’s Eve black tie 7-course gourmet dinner with fireworks
at midnight from £1100 for 2 people sharing. New Year’s Eve
dinner only £90.
Bodysgallen Hall
Llandudno, Conwy
tel: 01492 584466
Jacobean manor house with real country house atmosphere.
Christmas: 3 nights dinner, bed and breakfast with champagne
reception, all meals plus transport to Midnight Service, and
full use of spa, £890 per person (4 nights £980 per person).
New Year: 2 nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast including afternoon
tea on arrival, cocktail party, 6-course New Year’s Eve dinner,
fireworks at midnight, £650 per person.
Crown and Castle
Trinity, Orford
Suffolk
tel: 01394 450205
Ruth and David Watson’s lovely Victorian hotel.
Christmas Day: 4-course lunch £69.50; Boxing Day 3-course
lunch £39.50 New Year: 3 nights from 30 Dec for dinner, bed
and breakfast, including New Year’s Eve 5-course dinner starting
with Kir Royale. Then Buck’s Fizz brunch in the morning. From
£935 for two people.
The Old Parsonage
1 Banbury Road, Oxford
tel: 01865 310210
Ancient townhouse with cosy atmosphere.
Christmas: 3 nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast including 5-course
Christmas day lunch, £900 for 2 people sharing.
New Year: 2 nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast, including 5-course
dinner and New year house party, £525 for 2 people sharing.
Yorke Arms
Ramsgill, North Yorkshire
tel: 01423 755243
Traditional creeper-clad English inn with simple yet very
original food. Christmas: Christmas Eve tasting menu of 7
festive courses (£65 per person). If on overnight terms, £150
per person dinner, bed and special champagne Christmas day
breakfast. No accommodation Christmas Day. New Year: 9-course
special dinner (£100 per person) including dancing and a party
with breakfast at 2am. If on overnight terms, £250 per person,
including brunch on New Year’s day and dinner.
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