| Take note Knights On White Chargers (or in red | | | | Hardy's Wessex Poems, and now fitted out just for |
| sports cars): these are the perfect places to book for | | | | two. Continuing the theme of tower-with-ocean-views, |
| a romantic mini break. | | | | Martello Tower in Suffolk, is a romantic mini break |
| If you're romantic mini breaking at the stage of your | | | | fortress in thick brick that looks like a four leafed |
| relationship when you need a love nest, there could be | | | | clover in aerial photos. The moat and thick walls may |
| nothing more idyllic and nesty than The Dovecote in | | | | not seem cosy and romantic until you're on the inside |
| Oxfordshire. An octagon of brick with a lantern roof | | | | of them in front of the huge fireplace listening to the |
| that lets the light in, this dovecote was once home to | | | | terribly exciting sound of the waves crashing outside. |
| more than a thousand doves, now the 'potency' | | | | Romantic Mini breakers staying at Ballyportry Castle in |
| remains = a technical term for the ladder, now | | | | Ireland will be able to make as much noise as they like, |
| augmented with a spiral staircase, and the central post | | | | this tower has been been standing alone on this cliff |
| and loft, but the birds are gone and there's only space | | | | top for more than 500 years, exposed beams, roaring |
| for two in the spa and double shower. For a less literal | | | | peat fires and all. The Summer House, still qualifies as |
| love nest, the Dunmore Pineapple is one of the most | | | | a tower for two - it's an odd building, built as an |
| unusual romantic mini break destinations in the UK. The | | | | 'Elizabethan banqueting tower', but what romantic mini |
| roof of this ex-hot-house is a very literal reproduction | | | | breakers will want to know is that it's pretty, has pretty |
| of a giant stone pineapple and the interior is laid out | | | | views, is quite a way from the nearest ears, and has a |
| over two floors, but romantic mini breakers will have to | | | | roof terrace, four poster bed and generous fire place. |
| create their own steam, the hot house piping system | | | | If a romantic mini break means not having to do |
| has been shut down. If Buckinghamshire is closer, | | | | anything for yourself then a castle hotel will be closer |
| Blickling Hall's Jacobean Tower is another romantically | | | | to the dream. You still get the four poster and spa but |
| renovated love nest, complete with roof terrace, plush, | | | | someone else will get the fire crackling. Thornbury |
| warm fabrics and views to the coast. The legends of | | | | Castle was the romantic mini break choice of Henry |
| a ghost in the hall will only serve to bring you closer as | | | | VIII and Anne Boleyn, and you can sleep in their boudoir |
| the sun sets. | | | | for around £300 a night. Amberley Castle used |
| Nothing says 'getting out of town' like building-less | | | | to belong to Elizabeth I and still has a moat and |
| views. Which are exactly what greets romantic mini | | | | portcullis -- stay awake until midnight and watch it being |
| breakers gazing from the windows of Clavell Tower | | | | closed for the night -- but it's now much warmer and |
| on Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset. Built in 1830 as an | | | | plusher inside. Or romantic mini break in individualized |
| observatory and a folly, this tower stands alone | | | | four poster, stylish bathroom-ed luxury and comfort at |
| against the wide sweep of ocean, a romantic | | | | Langley Castle or Grade 1 listed but super stylish |
| Tuscan-esque structure and the inspiration for Thomas | | | | Blencow Hall. |