The Dial House Hotel (Bourton on the Water)

I stayed at The Dial House Hotel in Bourton-on-the-Water a few weeks ago, with my partner, after reading a rave review in Alastair Sawday's "Special Places to stay" travel book. I was expecting a wonderfully decorated room with antique furniture and a four-poster bed. Not that I had requested that, but I had jumped to the conclusion that this is what I would be getting, so I was quite disappointed when I was shown to a rather small newly decorated room by the manager of this small hotel. He proudly showed us the "jacuzzi" (i.e. a small modern bath with some water-squirters) in the brand-new modern-styled bathroom. The room was on the ground-floor with ...  Read the complete review