Located in the fashionable Soho Quarter of Bournemouth, this pretty Grade II-listed building is the only chocolate-themed hotel in the world, and boasts 13 unique bedrooms ranging from a cosy single called The Cocoa Bean to a double family room grandly described as The Chocolate Truffle Suite.
Finished to the same high standard, rooms include en suite bathrooms, LCD televisions, free wi-fi and tea and coffee making facilities as well as daily supplies of chocolate. A chocolate fountain can be hired for your room (£30) and for hopeless romantics, the hotel offers a package including that chocolate fountain, a bottle of award-winning Spanish Cava, two chocolate cocktails in the Chocolate Bar and a personalised message in chocolate on a 500g slab of chocolate. The hotel also runs chocolate weekends, with a relaxed itinerary of workshops including chocolate portrait painting.
Prices are from £65-£160 per night plus £20-£40 per night surcharge for children in family rooms. Workshops cost £259 to £299 per person, based on two sharing, The Chocolate Boutique Hotel, Durley Road, Bournemouth, BH2, 01202 566857. Rail: London Waterloo to Bournemouth. www.thechocolateboutiquehotel.co.uk
