6 pond Hotels

There is a photograph taken of you on arrival and placed on your nightstand by the time you reach your suite. The card alongside it reads: "We are celebrating you." This tells you almost everything you need to know about La Residence. The hotel - part of the family-owned Royal …

In the foothills of Portugal's Serra da Estrela mountains, a family turned their weekend escape into something extraordinary. Chão do Rio isn't your typical rural retreat - it's what happens when urban dwellers with dirt under their fingernails decide to share their patch of paradise. Twelve kilometers from Serra da …

Nestled amidst lush Vermont countryside, this hidden resort offers four accommodations and delicious food, wine, and alcohol throughout your stay, all-inclusive. However, all guests must be over 16 years old. The adult atmosphere of the resort makes Twin Farms the destination for the perfect honeymoon or romantic getaway for two. …

This hotel is an Organic Bed & Breakfast and Ecology Resource Center which means they have amazing gardens overflowing with flowers, hand-built guestrooms using ethically-sourced materials, and a lovely courtyard and tea room. Much of the hotel has been made from recycled materials. There are buildings made from straw-bale and …

There's a waterfall in the living room. Not a decorative one piped in by an interior designer, but a real, slow-trickling spring formation called the "Spanish Piano" - a naturally occurring rock structure that geologists and cave enthusiasts have apparently traveled from across the world to study. It's also just... …

The Tree House is part of the Castle Cottage B&B - a Strawberry Hill gothic mansion surrounded by rich woodland and dainty gardens set in rural West Sussex, England. The Tree House is actually built into a proud chestnut tree with thick branches that snake through the bedroom, traveling through …