The Retreat, created in an ex-hostelry near Glastonbury, was opened at the end of last year.

BBC: The Retreat at Ashcott, Somerset

In Reichenau we stayed in an ancient hostelry owned by a baron who lives across the road.

FORBES: Antique Roadshow

This 117-year-old castle-like hostelry in the Canadian Rockies looks and feels like the maze-like fictional school of witchcraft and wizardry from the Harry Potter books.

FORBES: Banff Springs Eternal