Britain is always a great place for a vacation or for a quick break, and although the Queen's Jubilee may be past, Dorset's beautiful Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa continues to celebrate the best of British culture and heritage. The Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa is offering a special package that includes an excellent British cocktail to welcome you on arrival, a traditional English breakfast each morning, a splendid afternoon tea, and a copy of Red Carnation Hotels' President and Founder Bea Tollman's cookbook, "A Life in Food." The Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa is located in the truly quintessential English village of Evershot, featured in a number of Thomas Hardy's famous Wessex novels.

This Quintessential British Experience package includes:

• Two-night stay in the room of your choice
• Full English breakfast on both mornings
• Best of English cocktail served as welcome drink
• Three-course meal from the set menu on one evening
• Afternoon Tea on one afternoon
• A copy of Bea Tollman's cookbook "A Life in Food"

Prices start from $550.00 per night inclusive of VAT based on two adults sharing a Superior Room and may vary according to monetary fluctuations. Minimum two-night stay required. Valid until December 23, 2013 and subject to availability.

For more information and to book, please call The Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa at + 44 (0) 1935 48 2000, email: summer@relais.com, or visit www.summerlodgehotel.co.uk.

About The Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa
The epitome of the English country house in a picturesque Dorset village, the Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa is set in four acres of perfectly maintained gardens. This immaculately restored luxurious Relais & Ch'teaux property has swiftly earned a reputation as one of England's finest country house hotels. In its award-winning restaurant, with its extensive wine list created by one of the world's best sommeliers, diners are assured of a gastronomic delight. The Spa at the Summer Lodge Country Hotel offers a large indoor heated pool and rejuvenating body and beauty treatments. All completed by a standard of service that blends old-style courtesy and personal attention with recognition of all the demands of contemporary travelers.

TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence 2013

TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence 2013 - The Restaurant

TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice 2013 Awards
Top 25 Small Hotels in the UK (14), Top 25 Hotels for Service in the UK (17)

Sommeliers Award Commendation at the Condé Nast
Johansens Champagne Taittinger Wine List Awards 2013

TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence 2012

Awarded 3 Stars by the Sustainable Restaurant Association 2012, the highest possible rank

About The Red Carnation Hotel Collection
The Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa is part of The Red Carnation Hotel Collection, an award-winning collection of five- and four-star family-run boutique hotels in London, Dorset, Guernsey, Geneva, Palm Beach, South Africa, and now Ireland. Each property has its own individual character and unique location that reflects the local environment, culture and cuisine. They all share the qualities that win The Red Carnation Hotel Collection so many prestigious awards - splendid luxury, generous hospitality, inventive, and traditional cuisine, private art collections, passionate service and loyal staff committed to creating richly rewarding experiences for all their guests.

For more information about The Red Carnation Hotel Collection, please call toll free from the USA/Canada 1.877.955.1515; contact the Central Reservations; service toll free from almost anywhere in the world: + 800.1698.8740; and visit us at www.redcarnationhotels.com or book@rchmail.com.

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