Rooms with Views: 20 of Our Favourite Mountain Escapes!

    BRIGHTON, ENGLAND, May 22, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Villa Beccaris, Monforte d'Alba, Italy. Situated in its own scented garden, and with views on a clear day extending as far as snow-capped Mont Blanc, **** Villa Beccaris is a luxuriously restored C18 villa with lovely pool and courtyard. Features on both Vineyards of Barolo Walking holiday and Gastronomic Barolo Cycling holidays.

Hotel Le Silve, Armenzano, Italy. Customers following our new Footsteps of St Francis Walk will spend two nights in the prestigious 230-hectare Le Silve country estate in the heart of the Monte Subasio Natural Park. Offering superb walking, swimming, tennis, wildlife photography and fine dining, this **** Umbrian retreat really is the jewel in the region's country crown!

The Hotel Les Cavalets sits in a fantastic location overlooking Lac de Ste Croix and the mountains of the Haut Var. Secret Provence Cycling guests spend two or four nights here. Explore the hilltop village - tiny streets, artisan craft shops, tempting cafes and restaurants - before taking a sailing boat to the lake's hidden creeks. There are gentle walks through the lower Gorges du Verdon, or challenging hikes through Europe's wonderful "Grand Canyon".

Hotel Le Chabi, La Chapelle d'Abondance, France. Headwater's 10-night High Alps walking holiday follows well-signed old smugglers' trails linking the pretty mountain villages of the Franco-Swiss border. Steep climbs are rewarded with the most awe-inspiring views of Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn and Dents du Midi. En route, you'll stay in family-run hand-picked mountain hotels including Hotel Le Chabi, a lovely wooden chalet with sauna, spa and heated swimming pool.

L'Auberge St Pierre, Tourtour, France. Formerly a 16th century coaching inn, the Auberge St Pierre is a beautifully converted 16-bedroom hotel set in a wonderfully green 90-hectare estate and offering a wide range of amenities: swimming pool, tennis, sauna, walks and fresh water fishing. Guests on both the Heart of Provence Cycling and Secret Provence Cycling holidays spend two nights here.

Hotel Steigenberger, Gstaad, Switzerland. The elegant **** Hotel Steigenberger is the perfect base from which to enjoy Walking in Gstaad and the surrounding area. There are over 300kms of marked trails and, with complimentary and unlimited travel on local buses, trains and mountain lifts included, you can explore easily and at leisure. No single supplement on any date.

Hotel Castle, Blitzingen, Switzerland. This luxury **** suite-only hotel offers fabulous walking by day and superb accommodation in the evenings. Fine dining is guaranteed here too - no wonder customers of our Secret Goms Walk rarely want to leave!

Hotel Alpenruh, Murren, Switzerland. With its pretty pedestrianised streets and stunning views over the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau peaks, the disarmingly pretty car-free mountain village of Murren has been attracting walking holiday makers for centuries. Headwater hikers following the Jungfrau Peaks and Glaciers route spend two nights at Hotel Alpenruh on the edge of the village, right by the cable car station.

Hotel Finca El Cerillo, Andalucia, Spain. Surrounded by pretty white villages nestled among orange-studded hills, this wonderfully restored C18 olive mill combines fabulously varied walking with great food and pure escapism! Lovely and intimate - only 12 rooms - and, with no single supplement on most dates.

Hotel Zuhayra, Zuheros, Spain. Midway between Cordoba and Granada, the tiny white village of Zuheros, base for our Hidden Valleys of Cordoba independent walking week, sits high on the northern flank of Andalucia's beautiful Sierra Subbetica. You'll stay in the family-run Hotel Zuhayra, in the heart of the village, and just a stone's throw from its Moorish castle and lively square. Our Secrets of Andalucia holiday, based here, is very popular with solo travellers.

Hotel Los Castanos, near Ronda, Spain. Headwater's Secret Valleys of Ronda holiday is centred in and around gorgeous Cartajima, the highest village in Andalucia's Alto Genal, where life continues as it has for centuries. You stay as guests of Di Beach in her stylish 7-room boutique Hotel Los Castanos, in the heart of the village, from where you'll explore neighbouring Moorish castles, Roman ruins and stunning National Parks.

Hotel El Milano Real, Hoyos del Espino, Spain. Just west of Madrid, Hotel El Milano Real is a beautiful 21-room hotel situated in the tiny village of Hoyos del Espino in the north of the Sierra de Gredos national park. It's an area of outstanding natural beauty with mountainous peaks, thundering waterfalls, verdant plains and fruit-filled orchards. Superb walking and gourmet menus await Secrets of the Sierra walking guests.

Hotel Rural Las Calas, La Lechuza, Gran Canaria. Customers choosing our Contrasts of Gran Canaria will spend four nights in the beautifully renovated 9-room Hotel Las Calas, nestled high in the heart of the islands rugged mountains in the tiny hamlet of La Lechuza. The rooms have been creatively designed to combine traditional Spanish furnishings with African-Arab flair, and 2000m2 of exotic Mediterranean gardens surround the shaded terraces and pool.

Hotel Dobra Vila, Bovec, Slovenia. Choose Headwater's Slovenian Alps Adventure and spend two nights at the delightful Dobra Vila Hotel in riverside Bovec. Enjoy pre-dinner drinks on the panoramic terrace - incredible views of the Kanin Mountains - before dinner in the gourmet restaurant (great wine cellar too!). There's an observatory for star gazing before turning in for the night.

Champagne Castle Hotel, Winterton, South Africa. The **** Champagne Castle enjoys an unrivalled position at the foothills of the Central Drakensberg Mountains, in KwaZulu Natal, and provides the perfect introduction to our Drakensberg and Zululand walking and safari tour.

Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal, Costa Rica. Originally designed to house the volcanologists who came to the town in 1987, the Observatory Lodge Hotel occupies a prime position facing the dramatic Arenal Volcano, and is the only accommodation within the Arenal National Park. We spend three nights here as part of our Costa Rica Wildlife tour.

Estancia La Quinta, El Chalten, Argentina. This refurbished, yet still working, family-run cattle ranch is set against the imposing backdrop of the 3,375m high Mount Fitzroy Massif, just outside the red desert town of El Chalten. Customers on our Gauchos and Glaciers guided walking tour of Argentina spend three nights here.

Estancia Nibepo Aike, El Calafate, Argentina. This 11-room traditional farmhouse stands on the shore of gorgeous Lago Argentina, and has fabulous views of the snow-capped Andes on the opposite lakeshore. These are glacier and mountain views that money simply can't buy, and are a real highlight of our Gauchos and Glaciers tour.

Jardin Malanga, Trois Rivieres, Guadeloupe. Nestled above the hills in the heart of the French Caribbean, the gorgeous Jardin Malanga offers stunning ocean views - across the Atlantic and towards Dominica - panoramic swimming pool and luxuriant tropical gardens. Meals are taken on the lovely covered wooden terrace with menus a mouth-watering fusion of French and Creole flavours.

La Haut Plantation, Soufriere, St Lucia. The location of this hotel is quite simply stunning. Proudly perched on a steep mountainside above Soufriere, it offers postcard-perfect views of the famous Pitons, the surrounding coffee plantations and the turquoise bays below. The colourful gardens are teeming with tropical plants like bougainvillea, oleander, ginger lily and bird of paradise, and all rooms have king size beds, private balconies and en-suite bathrooms. Headwater Secrets of St Lucia walkers spend three nights here.

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