The Painswick Retreat

• Sleeps: 24
• Bedrooms: 10
• Bathrooms: 7
• Minimum stay: 2 nights

Painswick is known as the “Queen of the Cotswolds” for its distinctive and timeless elegance. Characterised by narrow winding streets, historic buildings and hidden courtyards, mesmerising views lead your gaze towards fresh, rolling hills that seem to stretch out forever.

In the heart of this beautiful village lies The Painswick Retreat: a private, sumptuous wellness haven for groups of up to 24 guests (including four children), created from three 17th century, Grade II-listed properties with a rollcall of wellbeing-focused delights.

While the buildings’ original Cotswold stonework and characterful exposed beams are perfectly preserved, modern luxuries include smart lighting, voice-controlled features, and a private AI concierge, to help you feel relaxed from the moment you arrive.

You’ll find the dedicated wellness suite equipped with a three-person infrared sauna, medical-grade red light therapy panels, and zero-gravity massage chairs to help recharge your batteries. Prefer more activity? No problem: there’s a well-equipped gym on hand, ideally followed with a dip in the hydrotherapy hot tub, found in the enchanting courtyard garden, as the sun melts into the horizon.

Choose your favourite sleeping space from five kingsize bedrooms and five double rooms, with additional sofa beds and four children’s singles available on request. Some of the rooms boast chromotherapy lighting – ideal for restless sleepers! – with premium hybrid mattresses and luxury linens to make you feel like you’re snoozing on a cloud.

Of course, wellness is found in time spent with loved ones, and at The Painswick Retreat there’s plenty of scope to do just that. The banqueting hall is styled and furnished for long, lazy, laughter-fuelled feasts whipped up in not one, but two fully-equipped kitchens (a real treat for the budding chefs in your group!), with smaller dining areas also available for more intimate mealtimes.

On sunny evenings, those courtyard gardens offer an idyllic backdrop for laid-back barbecues… just light the firepit for cosy sessions of digestif-quaffing and storytelling later on.

At a glance

• A private wellness retreat crafted from three historic Cotswolds properties, exclusive to groups of up to 24 guests (including four children).
• There are five kingsize and five double bedrooms, with four children’s single beds also available on request.
• Wellness-focused elements include an infra-red sauna, hydrotherapy pool, a well-equipped gym, and zero-gravity massage chairs.
• Games and a 4K cinema offer plenty of entertainment, with a vaulted cellar bar for cocktails and nightcaps.
• Dine inside or out, with not one but two well-equipped kitchens and a barbecue with firepit in the sumptuous courtyard gardens.
• Take long, beautiful walks from the doorstep, explore Painswick’s shops and cafés, or head further afield to discover the Slad Valley, Cheltenham and Stroud.

Features

• Dog Friendly
• Family Friendly
• Hot Tubs
• Large Groups

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Meanwhile, the 4K cinema is a welcome refuge on rainy days, with its 12-foot Carrada screen and immersive surround-sound worthy of the flashiest blockbusters. Or unleash your competitive spirits with energetic rounds of pool, foosball, and air hockey… with celebratory drinks in the vaulted cellar bar for the winners!

For those keen to explore, beautiful walking routes can be taken right from the doorstep, and you’ll find the village peppered with tempting boutique shops and independent cafés to while away some time in. Slightly further afield await the charms of the Rococo Gardens and Slad Valley, along with a sublime array of Cotswold villages, until it’s time for another sunset with your loved ones back at The Painswick Retreat.

Things to note

Well-behaved dogs are welcome in some areas of the retreat, please check with the property owner before booking. To respect the neighbours, the hot tub can be used between the hours of 10am – 9pm only. 20 adult guests can be accommodated in total, with the maximum occupancy of 24 applying when the optional children’s single beds are requested (please advise on booking if you will require these beds).