COUNTRY

Could one of  these COUNTRY HOUSES be 'your secret hideaway' - you know, the place you hold so dear, that you tell only a few stylish friends about it? Ask our Hideaway Specialists to find the World's Best Secret Country Hideaway for you!

Best Country House Hideaways

Dunain Park
Inverness, Scotland

A Victorian Scottish baronial. An eleven-room house run by the Nicoll family set in six acres of pine trees and gardens just outside Inverness at the edge of the Highlands. Canopied beds and fires crackling in the grate are not uncommon. Wonderful cooking with fresh fruits and vegetables from the walled garden. Doubles from $190.

Hunter's Country House
Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

Fairy-tale thatched cottages of this 100-year-old country house, hidden in a grove of lemon trees on South Africa's Garden Route. Decorated English-style with lots of dark wood, floral-print fabrics, transferware, treenware and brass. (Just like home, if your idea of home comes with impeccable service and a backdrop of the Tsitsikamma Mountains!) Doubles from $70.

Malabar House Residency
Fort Cochin Kerala, India

One of India's loveliest addresses. Across the street from the subcontinent's oldest European church. A colonial villa at the heart of an ancient trade capital. A twelve-room hotel, home for centuries to wealthy spice traders. (A courtyard plunge pool surrounded by ancient walls, is almost as stunning as the guest rooms with carved pillars, terraces and gardens.) Doubles from $70.

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