The Cotswolds are rolling hills dotted with honey-stone villages — Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, Bibury and Chipping Campden — full of thatched cottages, old coaching inns and country walks. Village inns can be expensive at weekends, but B&Bs and bigger market towns offer cheaper rooms.
Looking for cheap hotels in The Cotswolds? RoomsCheap compares hotel deals from the biggest booking sites in one search, so you can find cheap rooms in the right neighborhood — not just the lowest price in the wrong one.
It is not just hotels: the same search covers apartments, vacation rentals, B&Bs and hostels in The Cotswolds, so you can compare every kind of room side by side.
The “Venice of the Cotswolds” with low bridges over the river — pretty and very popular.
A hilltop market town with old inns, well placed for touring.
The northern Cotswolds’ handsome wool towns and the start of the Cotswold Way.
A larger market town in the south, with more choice and often lower rates.
A market town with a train station on the line from London, handy without a car.
Zoom and pan the map to compare hotel prices by neighborhood; rates come live from the booking sites.
Late spring to early autumn is most beautiful; summer weekends are busiest. Midweek and winter stays offer the best deals.
Larger towns such as Cirencester and Moreton-in-Marsh, and B&Bs away from the famous villages, usually cost less.
A car is easiest; buses are limited, but Moreton-in-Marsh and Kemble have train stations.
Yes — trains reach Moreton-in-Marsh from London Paddington — but staying overnight lets you see more villages.