The ‘quintessentially English’ Cotswolds is the famous countryside area of southcentral England. This popular tourist destination is close to the cities of Gloucester, Bath, Oxford, and Stratford-upon-Avon. The Cotswolds is an English ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ (AONB) and crosses six counties (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, and Worcestershire). TABLE OF CONTENTS: Overview - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Broadway Tower - St. Mary’s Church - Corinium Museum - Cotswold Water Park - Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection - Cotswold Falconry Centre - Blenheim Palace - Gloucester Cathedral - Cheltenham Spa Town - Chipping Campden (Town) - Nature & Gardens - Batsford Aboretum & Wild Garden - Birdland – Park & Gardens - Clearwell Caves - Cotswold Way National Trail - Westonbirt – The National Arboretum - Thermal Bath Spa - Stratford Butterfly Farm - Kenilworth Castle & Elizabethan Garden - Historical – Cathedrals & Castles - Berkeley Castle - Roman Baths - Snowshill Manor & Garden - Sudeley Castle - Tewkesbury Abbey - Museums & Others - Out of the Hat - Nature in Art - Keith Harding’s World of Mechanical Music - Recommendations for the Budget Traveler - Places to Stay - Days Inn Michaelwood - The Old Stocks Hotel, Restaurant & Bar - Byfield House - The Battledown - The Ivy House - Places to Eat - Piazza Fontana - Cutlers Restaurant - Lumiere Restaurant - Café Mosaic - Prithvi Restaurant - Places to Shop - Highgrove Gardens - Bath markets - Tewkesbury markets - Stroud markets - Cheltenham markets
