Winter is for many, the ideal season to travel – especially throughout the UK. Beyond the Christmas market rush, some places are refreshingly crowd-free and easy to get to during the chillier months, and they offer refreshing outdoor adventures and cosy experiences.
This Christmas, make the most of the UK with Foresters Hall and its festive welcome for the ultimate staycation. The Isle of Wight is a fairy-tale Christmas scene, it doesn’t get much more quintessential than Cowes and the island’s most spectacular and diverse coastlines.
Whether you’re looking for a place to call home for a few nights in the run-up to the big day or a luxury hideaway with availability over Christmas Day itself, Foresters Hall is available to book now for the festive season.
‘Tis the season to indulge in some festive fun. And Foresters Hall is the perfect home-away-from-home to get cosy, relaxed and recharged.
‘A Very Wight Christmas’ is all you need from a hotel package over Christmas. The team at Foresters Hall will not only take care of all the prepping and cooking, but they also have an itinerary lined up that will leave you feeling like you have had a truly magical Christmas.
A three-night stay, afternoon tea with jazz band on arrival, complimentary hot chocolate bar, delicious dining, wellies for winter walks, late check out for a luxurious lie-in… and of course, there are the usual Foresters Hall touches to make it extra special. Prices from £917.50pp sharing a cosy room with a kingsize bed and from £1385 for the same room for solo travellers.
Sunday 24th is when the party starts. Guests can tuck into Afternoon Tea full of boozy mince pies and spiced mulled wine listening the hotel’s favourite Jazz trio.
As the afternoon drifts into twilight, visitors can venture out to explore Cowes and return to the sound of champagne corks popping as the hotel kicks-off the celebrations with Christmas cocktails.
And it doesn’t stop there, after dinner by Smoking Lobster Chef Jake Storey’s seasonal -inspired menu, there will be live music and merry making. The unwinding really continues with a late nightcap and stocking hanging.
On Christmas day guests can stay snuggled-up in bed to enjoy opening stockings before making their way down to breakfast. For the more adventurous, the morning can be spent working up an appetite with a bracing walk by the sea or simply enjoy each other’s company in front of the hotel’s open fires.
Christmas Lunch by Chef Storey will be an indulgent four course meal including juicy turkey with all the trimmings, and of course, not forgetting the ultimate Christmas Puddings.
After lunch, guests will sink into sumptuous sofas in-front of an open fire, some taking advantage of the choice of books in the hotel library; or for those who want a post-turkey stretching of the legs, they can enjoy a crisp balmy walk in the hotel’s complimentary wellies.
For those who’s appetite isn’t quite fulfilled, there will be more delicious food at the ‘leftovers’ buffet – perfect for grazing all evening, whilst relaxing with loved ones and eventually drifting off to bed.
On Boxing Day, a Bloody Mary with hot breakfast might be just what the doctor ordered, before guests head out for the traditional Boxing Day Swim from Gurnard Beach or to explore the island on the hotel’s complimentary bicycles, before a late Boxing Day lunch at Smoking Lobster Cowes (optional) on the High Street and its Asian-inspired menu.
A 3-course dinner will be available at the hotel for residents in the evening.
And for the most relaxing stay, guests can enjoy a lie-in with a later check out on the 27th and enjoy a hot breakfast before heading off.
‘A Very Wight Christmas’ is prices from £917.50pp sharing, and from £1385 for solo travellers and includes:
Christmas Eve:
Afternoon tea with Mulled wine and Jazz
Christmas Cocktail
3 course dinner
Nightcap
Christmas Day:
Hot breakfast
Christmas Day Lunch
Leftovers Buffet
Boxing Day:
Hot breakfast with Bloody Mary
[lunch at Smoking Lobster Cowes is optional and not included in price)
3 course dinner
27th December:
Hot Breakfast
Late check-out
For those who are looking for a festive knees-up for New Year with many of the same activities, guests can enjoy a similar half board offer to the Christmas package (either in addition to Xmas or on its own) – a three-night stay at Foresters Hall and ten course tasting menu on New Year’s Eve itself, including a glass of champagne while listening to a Jazz Quartet (from £1420 for solo travellers and £947pp sharing).
What better way to welcome 2023 than in beautiful style, fine company and enjoying delicious food and drink? As a way to start the year as you mean to go on, or as a special treat, Foresters Hall will make sure you ring in the new year with bells on.
