The Bite Magazine Issue 17

T here are only a few of life’s pleas- ures more idyllic than a weekend away in the countryside, espe- cially when you’re booked into a gorgeous spa hotel. Clean crisp air and crisper linens coupled with a stress melting facial and a delicious dinner makes for a perfect weekend away and I enjoyed the more perfect of weekends at the Macdonald Frimley Hall Hotel & Spa. Nestled in the leafy suburbs of Surrey, Frimley Hall is a stunning venue to while away a weekend. For those who irk at the thought of venturing too far away from the concrete comforts of the M25 and its stretch of greater London, Frimley is just the teeniest of drives away and yet retains all the charms one asso- ciates with the countryside. The hotel itself is set amongst a charm- ing private garden, the plush green foliage extending to the Victorian manor house itself. There’s something about a building clad in ivy that lends itself to a charming storybook feel and the scenic view on arrival was instantly calming when I visited the property with a friend late this summer. bite spa