Tips for traveling to Los Cotswolds
The first of tips for traveling to Los Cotswolds What we can give you is that apart from in Street Travelers, you look for information about this destination at the British Tourism and Tourism Office Cotswolds, where you will surely find a huge source of first-hand information.
To get to Los Cotswolds we have to take into account that we have several ways of transfer, depending on the choice of your budget or the airports / destinations that are closest to you.
- Cotswolds from London: From Spain we can catch a flight to London that is about 1: 45h from the Cotswolds area.
- Cotswolds from Bristol: Another option is to travel to Bristol, a city that we can reach from some Spanish cities at quite reasonable prices. From here we can reach Castle Combe by car in about 50 minutes or so.
- Car rental in Cotswolds: Once we have landed in London or Bristol, the best way to get to Los Cotswolds is by rental car, since this form of transport gives you freedom of movement and schedules, very useful to visit this area and reach the most remote or remote villages.
Roads of the English countryside. Travel to The Cotswolds
Driving on the left: Contrary to what it may seem, driving on the left is much easier than we imagine. Although we recommend that before going on the road you take a couple of laps in the car rental car park and do a bit of change in directions. Once on the road, you have to be very attentive to the direction of the march of the cars, especially in the roundabouts and in the distances with the parked cars, since these are the moments that can be more complicated.
Once you have been driving for a while, we assure you that the body and the mind get used to it and it seems that you have been driving on the left all your life.
Keep in mind that there are many cyclists, so good advice for travel to Los Cotswolds It is to be quite attentive to this, to avoid having any mistakes and having an incident.
If you have more days, a perfect option would be to combine a trip to The Cotswolds with a trip to Bath, Salisbury and Stonehenge. With one week, you can combine both and take a trip of those who do not forget.
Many of the car parks in Cotswolds They do not allow payment with banknotes or credit cards, so it is worth being cautious and always carry coins.
Currency exchange: The best option is to get some money at an ATM (always checking with your bank for commissions), to have some cash and the rest go paying with a credit card to make the change of the day.
To avoid paying commissions and always having the current change, we recommend using the N26 card to pay and the Bnext and Revolut cards to get money at the ATMs. They are the ones we use, They are free and will save you a lot.
You can find more information in this article about the best cards to travel without commissions.
If you are staying in a B&B that is not located in the center of town, it is best to carry a printed map with the exact location, since GPS often does not detect the exact location and it can be a bit annoying to go around without meaning and more when there are not too many people to ask.
Castle Combe Travel to The Cotswolds
The vast majority of villages in Los Cotswolds are quite small, so visits will not take more than an hour, even in some less time, so when preparing, it is best to look at a map and read before about the places you want to visit to organize travel days well.
We also have to take into account that most places are very close to each other, so that is also a great advantage when extending the day of visits.
Bibury
A curiosity is that in many villages you will see small tables with typical products, often natural or cakes, with no one to attend. These are not to take them as a gift, you have to pay them. To do this you must look at the price, put it in an envelope or directly leave it in the mailbox or at the site indicated for it.
Sale of jams in a Lacock house
If you have GPS, do not forget it at home, it is one of the best friends if you rent a car in Los Cotswolds (and around the world).
Another curiosity is the typical red cabins. You will find them in the most unlikely places, even some have books inside them, so that they are exchanged after being read. Do not stop taking a picture.
Telephone booth in Castle Combe
We are sure that if you make a trip to The Cotswolds, you will go to Bibury, the most beautiful town in England. Like you, this is also done by many tourists, so if you want to enjoy Arlington Row, its most scenic street, it is best to come early in the morning, late afternoon or the best, as we did, stay directly in Bibury and thus enjoy both moments alone.
Bibury
Restaurants in Cotswolds
In most B & Bs, if you ask, they make dinner for you. If you can not stop sitting at the table of your host, it is surely one of the best culinary experiences that you will take from the trip through the English countryside.
If there is something important in any trip, it is to make it safe. For that nothing better than doing it with good travel insurance.
We always travel insured with Mondo, with whom we carry a totally adequate insurance to the needs that we will have on the trip.
The hiring process is very easy and intuitive and also, just for being a reader of Street Travelers, you have a 5% discount.
Restaurants in Los Cotswolds
Like any good tourist, you can't stop eating fish and chips, a typical dish.
Eating at The Priory Inn in Tetbury
Come to the Cotswolds and don't try a footIt is like not having come, so do not think about it and if possible, at the B&B where you are staying ask for dinner, surely you do not regret it.
Having a foot dinner at Fosse Farmhouse
The breakfasts are usually the typical English, so you can imagine that during the days of the trip, it is best to forget about cereals and yogurt, although you can also order them and enjoy some fried eggs with sausages (after all , a day is a day, isn't it?)
Breakfast at The Swan Hotel
