Boats, barges and floating hotels are a fun and unforgettable place to spend a holiday. From stylish river cabins, to cosy houseboats, to traditional narrowboats, if you fancy being ship's captain for a few days, take a look at our selection of 15 nautical but nice boatels around the UK and Europe.
What's not to love about a windmill? Cosy, charming, quirky and usually with stunning panoramic views, many of these beautiful old buildings are enjoying a new career as luxurious holiday properties. Here are 10 CoolStays windmills which spin us right round.
It won't be long before it's dark all the time and you've got a permanent cold. Let us prescribe the cure: a dose of winter sun. Whether you fancy Christmas on the beach, or just need some vitamin D and the sand between your toes, here are 20 of the best CoolStays for winter sunshine.
These are 10 of the UK's ultimate hot tubs. Not only do you get to relax in a luxurious heated tub of cedar-wood clad goodness, you get to do it while surveying acres of gorgeous, peaceful rolling countryside. Feel all that stress just soak away!
New to CoolStays this week we've got luxurious Thai villas, magical Scottish castles, super cool cabins and shipshape houseboats. If you're looking for somewhere unusual, unique and fun to stay, you've come to the right place!
Autumn half term is on the horizon and we've chosen 20 of our most gorgeous family-friendly holiday properties for you. These cottages, cabins, boats and barns are the perfect places to come back to after bike rides, beach days or woodland walks. And they're all available for three nights or more this half term (either from 19th or 26th October, depending where you are). Enjoy.
At CoolStays we take the hard work out of finding somewhere unique and amazing to stay. And this week's handpicked, new to CoolStays properties are no exception. So whether you're looking for a holiday in a wooden wigwam, a hidden Hebridean cottage, or a stunning modern barn, you've come to the right place.
Haven't heard of the Scandi-Scot trend? Then let us enlighten you. It's where warm and cosy hygge meets the wild and rugged Scottish landscape - creating some truly gorgeous places to relax and unwind. We've chosen 10 of our favourite CoolStays properties which bring serious Nordic cool to Scotland.
These 13 CoolStays properties were chosen by Lonely Planet Magazine as some of the most incredible places in the world to wake up. From cave houses, to treehouses, to pods in the Alps, to Nordic island cabins, these are some of the planet's most unique properties in some of the world's most stunning locations.
New to our CoolStays collection this week - a unique eco-cabin, a super cosy shepherd's hut, a luxurious Elizabethan farmhouse, a remote Scottish hideaway with a private beach, and lots more!
Welcome to our travel series 'Something for the Weekend?'. This time we're in the City of Edinburgh with 5 inspiring things to do and some totally cool places to stay.
These 10 properties are the very latest high-end boutique holiday stays in the UK. They're all box-fresh, brand new to the market since summer 2019. Be among the very first to stay at one of these incredible new places.
We heart Scandi style at CoolStays. It's a byword for cool and relaxed minimalism - think clean white walls, cosy blankets and wood burning stoves. We've chosen 20 of our favourite most stylish Nordic-inspired CoolStays in England and Wales (Scandi Scotland to follow soon). Find your next Scandinavian chic getaway here.
New to CoolStays this week, some gorgeous new holiday properties including: a luxurious villa in the Canaries, two sweet Kentish beach front cottages, a super-chic guest house in Provence and incredible sea-view cottages on the Isles of Scilly. Take your pick!
If you're in search of some late summer sunshine, look no further. Here are 20 of our favourite CoolStays, all with availability in September into October and all in gorgeous locations soaked with sunshine. Think whitewashed villas by the sea, sparkling swimming pools, and warm evenings outside on the terrace with a glass of wine.
Find your next extraordinary place to stay right here. Check out the very freshest additions to CoolStays - from cosy rural Oxfordshire cabins, to Cornish eco-lodges with hot tubs and a spa, to a contemporary home in a disused quarry.
Do some of our properties look oddly familiar? If so it might be because you've seen them on TV. Shows like Grand Designs and George Clarke's Amazing Spaces have featured many incredible places now earning their keep as holiday homes. Fancy staying somewhere famous? Here's our list of 10 unique places to stay, as shown on TV.
We know we represent some of the very best holiday properties in existence at CoolStays - and we're very pleased to see you agree with us! We've put together a list of the creme de la creme, according to our site users: the properties on CoolStays with the most 5 star reviews.