We’ve teamed up with Mr & Mrs Smith to bring you a pick of their best Easter offers.
Whether you want a weekend break in the UK, a European city break or fancy soaking up the sun on a Greek Island look no further than Mr & Mrs Smith for recommendations and great savings.
L’Andana Hotel
Tuscany, Italy
The Style: Tuscan hunting lodge
The Setting: Sublime solitude
Set in splendid isolation in the heart of the Maremma countryside, L’Andana is a historic hunting lodge with a spa and hammam, black-slate hot bath and indoor pool. Massage and beauty treatments are available. The outdoor pool and Jacuzzi overlooking the gardens and there is also a tennis court, a small golf course and mountain bikes. Cookery classes are given by the hotel’s chef.
Easter Package: 3 nights bed and breakfast, chocolate Easter egg upon arrival, 25 min spa treatment per person (ESPA eye treatment or a back massage), post Easter Mass children’s activities, 4 course Easter Sunday lunch & late check-out 3.30pm. Rates from £181 per person per night. VALID 4th-10th April 2012.
Astra Suites
Santorini, Greece
The Style: Candlelit aphrodisiac
The Setting: Caldera panorama
A boutique hotel hugging the cliffs of Santorini, the biggest island in the Cyclades, Astra Apartments and Suites is the perfect Greek island hideaway. Rooms are all high ceilings, arty ornaments and candles perched on every available surface; add in the giant his ’n’ hers shower, a four-poster bed and an outrageously comfortable sofa in the lounge area and you have a ready-made excuse for permanent room service.
Greek Orthodox Easter Package: April 15th weekend (3 night minimum stay), includes special Easter breakfast, traditional Easter gift, buffet lunch by the pool on Easter Sunday. Rates from €187 per night. VALID over Easter weekend only.
Bingham
London, UK
The Style: Trendy townhouse
The Setting: Richmond riverside
Tear your eyes from the unadulterated River Thames view over the lawn through huge floor-to-ceiling French windows and, inside Bingham hotel, you’ll spy droplet chandeliers, mushroom-hued Farrow & Ball paint, bespoke art deco-inspired furniture – the works.
Easter Package: Easter Lunch, £38 per person, £22 per child (including an Easter egg). Afternoon Tea & egg hunt: 9th April. Easter 2 for 1 offer: Two night break from £410 per couple. VALID over Easter Weekend only.
Hotel Daniel
Paris, France
The Style: 18th-century exoticism
The Setting: Chic Champs-Elysées
Exotically styled by Tarfa Salam, Hôtel Daniel’s lavish decor mixes beautiful Toile de Jouy, hand-painted wallpapers and Oriental carpets with a sea green palette to create a whimsical and elegant concoction of Chinoiserie. Opening each door is like flicking through the pages of a traveller’s diary. The exquisite interiors will have you dreaming of faraway places – but a quick glance outside brings you back to modern Paris, where the chic boutiques and Michelin-starred restaurants of the Champs-Elysées await.
Easter Package: 2-night minimum stay in a Classic Double Bedroom for 850€ or 2 nights minimum stay in a Junior Suite for 1120€ – Includes breakfast, 1/2 bottle of champagne, Easter egg and early check-in/late check-out. VALID 6th-9th April 2012
Aquapura
Douro Valley, Portugal
The Style: Sprawling spa retreat
The Setting: Dazzling Douro wine country
Perfectly positioned to take in views of the Douro Valley in all its sweeping vine-clad majesty, Aquapura hotel was once a rural, red-painted family farmhouse. Now, after a dramatic designer reinvention, it’s Portugal’s sexiest spa retreat, offering indulgent wining, dining and poolside reclining.
Easter Package: 3 nights bed and breakfast, welcome cocktail at the bar, 55-min easter spa treatment, wine tasting at a nearby wine estate, 1 lunch with aquapura wines (Easter Sunday lunch), Easter egg hunt on Sunday & late check-out. Prices from €430 per person in a Valley Room. VALID over Easter weekend only.
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