Understated luxury

From sleek sophistication to organic design, simplicity has been a core value of the Unique Homestays brand and aesthetic since day dot. When we look back to Summer 2020, we will always remember the time we savoured the smallest of luxuries; home-grown flowers, Glastonbury re-runs on the radio, windswept walks on empty beaches - but the luxury of clean, simple living will perhaps be the most precious of them all. Simple living is not concerned with wealth or austerity, it involves designing our lives to align with our ideals. As travel restrictions ease, demand for low-key lavish escapes is soaring. This month we round-up six staycation destinations bound by a common thread of pared-back, understated luxury.

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Smokehouse Cottage

Newgale, Pembrokeshire | sleeps 4

A white stone dot tucked beneath the hills, discover a piece of Pembrokeshire's wild magic at this secluded bolthole on Wales's west coast. Formerly a smokery, this reclaimed fisherman’s cottage has been cleverly reinvented to create an authentic refuge hideaway; think cosy mornings tucked-up in wrought iron beds and Burgundy by the woodburner following sunset surfs in the bay.

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