WHISK your loved one away over Valentine’s weekend.
There are still lots of offers for couples, from cuddling up in a luxury hotel or spa, on a love boat, down the pub or even in a UFO.
Trisha Harbord shares the love with some ideas.
SPA-RKLE TOGETHER
Set in 43 acres of Staffordshire woodland, Hoar Cross Hall, an award-winning spa and hotel, has romantic day or stay offers.
Cuddle up in the new garden, vitality pool, snooze and ice rooms. Purity Spa stay including dinner, B&B and lunch, costs from £508.
See baronseden.com.
OR pack your dancing shoes and waltz off to the Welsh spa town of Llandrindod Wells.
The Metropole Hotel has a Valentine candle-lit dinner dance in a weekend package.
Its leisure complex has a heated pool, whirlpool, sauna, steam room and gym.
Two nights’ B&B from February 14 costs £314.
See metropole.co.uk.
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Hit the bright lights of London with the love of your life.
The five-star Royal Lancaster Hotel, with spectacular views of the city, has a Valentine Getaway package including Champagne, breakfast in bed and a pair of Their Nibs luxury pyjamas — that takes care of the present.
Two nights’ B&B from February 14 to 16 is from £519.
See royallancaster.com.
OR Elite Hotels have two-night Love Nest escapes with Valentine dinner, chocs, cupcakes, bubbly and a red rose on your bed.
You can choose The Grand Hotel Eastbourne, Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club in Sussex or Hampshire’s Tylney Hall Hotel & Gardens.
Two nights costs from £586.
See elitehotels.co.uk.
STAY INN LOVE
Treat your loved one to a pint at the AA’s Inn of the Year.
The 17th century gastropub, The Cartford Inn in Little Eccleston, Lancs, has a lot more than beer though — fantastic views across the river Wyre and Bowland Fells, cosy fires and yummy food.
Dinner, B&B on Valentine’s weekend from £280.
See thecartfordinn.co.uk.
OR bowl your Valentine over with a night at The Cricketers country pub in Essex.
And if you’ve got a second love in your life, a dog, then you can take it too.
The pub, in Clavering, is close to the pretty medieval market town of Saffron Walden, with shops and cafes.
The romantic package for two, including B&B, fizz and £60 towards dinner, on February 13, 14 or 15 is from £203.
See thecricketers.co.uk.
FLIGHT UP YOUR LIFE
Take a flight of fancy in a UFO, airbus or private jet.
Along with Sona the submarine, they are the novel glamping choices at Apple Camping.
They’ve all been turned into comfy accommodation with beds, bathrooms and all mod cons at the site near Tenby, Pembrokeshire.
Valentine’s night starts at £125.
See applecamping.co.uk.
OR hide away for a bit of “us time” in the Little Silver Fox.
The cute wooden shepherd’s hut in High Bickington, Devon, is made for two.
There’s a woodburning stove and firepit, along with a hot tub.
Three nights from February 14, costs £409.
See sykescottages.co.uk.
ROCK MY BOAT
This will impress — a love boat.
Sail on the narrowboat for two, after a quick lesson on how to navigate the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire, to Lyneal Moss forest and Colemere Country Park.
Tie up and hop off for romantic walks.
In Ellesmere, hit the shops and restaurants.
Three nights on the Grafton, including bedding and towels, from February 14, costs £635.
See drifters.co.uk.
OR push the boat out on a floating hotel with a scrumptious Valentine menu and new cocktail, Violet Kiss.
Berthed in Edinburgh, the Fingal Hotel — a former Northern Lighthouse Board ship — has 23 luxurious cabins named after Stevenson lighthouses.
B&B, including roses in your cabin, dinner and wine, on February 15, costs from £745.
See fingal.co.uk.
STARS IN YOUR EYES
You’ll have a stellar time if you go to the first night of this year’s Yorkshire Dales’ Dark Sky Festival.
The stargazing safari at Broughton Sanctuary, near Skipton, is run by an expert astronomer.
Includes dining around the fire temple before the two-and-a-half-hour session on February 14.
Tickets cost £45 per person. Other events over four days.
Three nights in a self-catering cottage from February 14 costs £510.
OR you can also gaze at the stars from garden dining domes or the giant Titan Sky Bar at Meldrum House in Aberdeenshire.
The Love Is In The Air package, on February 14 or 15, includes cocktails, dinner, and live music.
It costs from £330.
See meldrumhouse.com.
