Short stay: Ansty Hall, Ansty, Near Coventry, UK

Situated in 8 acres of grounds in the rolling Warwickshire countryside, Macdonald Ansty Hall is a Grade II Listed Georgian mansion dating back to 1678. This was our second visit to this 62-bedroom Macdonald Hotels & Resorts hotel, having stayed a few years previously (click here for that review).

The welcome

We were warmly welcomed on arrival. Check-in was efficient and effortless and, in no time at all, we were being directed up the stairs towards our two rooms. So often, the check-in process is a strictly grown-up process that doesn’t involve the children but, as we started to make our way upstairs, the receptionist explained to our boys how to get on the WiFi – “…in case you want to play Fortnite…”, he…