HOTELS IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE

There is a lot more to a visit to Cambridgeshire than the university city of Cambridge, but it's a great place to start!

Choose a hotel in Cambridge centre, and you are right at the heart of this amazing city. During term-time, earnest students in gowns whizz past you on bikes, sweeping into cobbled courtyards beyond wooden gates, as they have done here for centuries.

The University is not one building but many separate colleges, each with its own distinctive character, from the cute and cuddly Clare to the impressive Kings with its famous Chapel. The best way to see many colleges is by punt along the River Cam, but don't hire one to punt yourself, it's a lot more difficult than it looks! Cambridge is more than just academics and colleges, however, with good shopping and lots of entertainment from theatre to concerts.

Beyond the city is the open Cambridgeshire countryside, with the flat landscape of the Fens to the east. This is an ideal place to book into a Cambridgeshire bed and breakfast, and start to relax! Find a hotel in Wisbech and you'll be in the heart of an elegant Georgian town, or visit Ely and discover its stunning Norman cathedral. After a hard day's sightseeing amongst the rivers and channels of the Fens, what better way to relax than with a drink at your Cambridgeshire hotel. Tomorrow you could explore Bronze Age Cambridgeshire at Flag Fen, play croquet at Peckover House, before restoring the spirits with a pint or two of Elgood's real ale, brewed in 200 year-old copper hoppers.