Dotted with gorgeous little villages, this part of the country is as close to the old-world English idyll as you'll get. It's a haven of lush rolling hills, historic colleges, rose-clad cottages, graceful stone churches, thatched roofs, cream teas and antique shops.
Oxford, Cotswolds & Around - England (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Coverage includes: Oxfordshire, Oxford, Henley-on-Thames, Wantage, The Cotswolds, Witney, Minster Lovell, Burford, Chipping Norton, Moreton-in-Marsh, Chipping Campden, Broadway & around, Winchcombe, Stow-on-the-Wold, The Slaughters, Northleach, Cirencester, Bilbury, Kelmscott, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Forest of Dean, Hertfordshire, St Albans, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Woburn Abbey & Safari Park, Waddesdon Manor, Bletchley Park, Berkshire and Windsor & Eton.