Foraged Feasts and Wonderful Wines: Inspiration for a Unique Weekend Away
Make your free time count. Weekend breaks may be short and sweet, but a luxury weekend break in the UK is anything but ordinary. With an abundance of gorgeous accommodation, unmissable experiences, spectacular landscapes, and fabulous food and drink, there are numerous options for a unique weekend away.
Here, we highlight a couple of our favourite weekend getaways, where you can get back to nature while embracing luxury living or blend gastronomic delights with some of the country’s oldest landscapes.
Luxury Foraging Weekend in Hampshire
After months of home cooking and takeaways, dining out in a post-lockdown world deserves to be something really special. So a wild food experience in Hampshire is sure to be a trip to remember.
The New Forest is a natural larder, bursting with wild mushrooms, berries, herbs, and much more. This diverse and protected ecosystem is an important site for fungi and one of the best places in the UK to learn about the wonderful wild food found on our shores.
This luxury foraging weekend highlights slow living at its finest. You’ll head into the woods with an expert and learn how to spot different edible plants and fungi – and how to avoid the poisonous ones. What you find depends on the season, with wild garlic, herbs and edible young foliage abundant in spring, edible flowers and fruits in summer, and berries and mushrooms in the autumn. But whatever you discover, you’ll enjoy a special meal prepared with the fruits of your labour.
However, you certainly won’t be roughing it on this unique weekend away. Your base for this luxury break is a five-star hotel and spa, tucked on the fringe of the New Forest. When not foraging in the woods, you’ll be relaxing in the spa, wandering around the idyllic grounds, and enjoying a special wine tasting led by the hotel sommelier.
Wine Tasting on Devon’s Jurassic Coast
Stretching 95 miles from Exmouth in East Devon to Swanage in Dorset, the Jurassic Coast is England’s only natural UNESCO World Heritage Site. This beguiling coastline is renowned for its unique geology, which encompasses 185 million years of history through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
However in recent years, this region has developed a burgeoning reputation for something else – its incredible wines.
Our luxury weekend break on Devon’s Jurassic Coast is the perfect unique weekend away for foodies and oenophiles. Based in a scenic spot on the banks of the Exe estuary, this three-night getaway showcases Devon’s finest food and wine.
Over the course of the weekend you’ll experience an eight-course tasting dinner paired with wines, take a wine tasting cruise along the River Dart complete with light lunch, and spend a day exploring a selection of local vineyards with an expert guide. Here, you’ll learn about local grape varieties, be inspired by the passion of local winemakers, sample a selection of mouth-watering still and sparkling wines, and enjoy a leisurely lunch of regional specialities.
There’ll also be plenty of opportunity to feast your eyes on the landscapes of this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, explore the delightful town of Dartmouth, and unwind in the grounds of your country house hotel.
If this has inspired you to plan a luxury weekend break in the UK, browse our selection of unique weekend getaways. All our holidays can be adapted to suit your requirements. To find out more, contact sales@weekendgetaway.co.uk or call +44 208 877 4940 for more information.