Chewton Glen Treehouses
New Forest, Hampshire · Sleeps 2–12
Britain's most famous luxury treehouses, suspended in the canopy of a five-star country house hotel's New Forest estate.
££££
- Hot tub
- Five-star spa access
- Breakfast hatch
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Photographs by Gavião Nature Village, used with permission.
Gavião Nature Village
Gavião, Portalegre, Alentejo
Ten shelters built from local cork oak, beside the river beach at Alamal on the Tejo.
Why we love it
Portugal produces half the world's cork, and almost nobody builds with it. Gavião does: ten shelters clad and lined in cork from the surrounding montado, alongside thirteen glamping tents fitted out as properly as hotel rooms.
It sits near the Alamal praia fluvial — a river beach on the Tejo, which is how the interior of Portugal swims in August when the coast is four hours away.
Best for: seeing what cork can do, and a river to jump into
The practicalities
- Included
- Access to the wellness circuit — hot tub, sauna and Turkish bath
Getting there
- Nearest station
- Belver — 1.9 miles
- Without a car
- Difficult, but possible
The Beira Baixa railway line stops at Belver, which the village puts three kilometres away, and carries on down the Tagus to Lisbon. Gavião town centre is also three kilometres off, and is connected by bus to several Portuguese cities.
What is around it
Beaches
- Praia Fluvial do Alamal · 1.2 miles — The river beach on the Tejo.
Towns
- Belver · 1.7 miles
- Gavião · 1.9 miles
Days out
- Belver Castle · 1.8 miles
- Museu do Sabão · 1.8 miles — The soap museum, in Belver.
Where it is
Checked August 2026 · We re-verify prices and opening every quarter.
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