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There’s nothing more breathtaking than the site of native England. Old Castles, huge fields, historic churches, and traditional towns encompass the true English culture more than anything else. But with England being one of the 1st world countries and being up to date with the modernity of the world, most English cities are not much of what the real England used to be. However, there are still many mysterious towns that have well-preserved traditional sites and practices that continue to exude English beauty like no other.

 

The Cotswolds is an area in England known for its gentle hillsides call ‘wolds.’ It covers an area of about 800 square miles and is considered as being typically English especially because of its sleepy villages. What sets the place apart from other English towns is its line of houses made of local honey-colored limestone from the stone floors to the roof tiles. This magically radiating architecture does not

only appear in houses but also on ‘drystone’ walls used by farmers to enclose sheep and cattle. They are located everywhere in the fields as the Cotswold’s native sheep were once very famous for generating quality wool.

 

The Cotswolds famous city is Bath, and its famous town is Cheltenham. The area has hundreds of lovely villages such as Caslte Combe and Burford. However, not all villages are well known. Hidden villages such as Painswick, Winchcombe, Biddestone, and Woodstock are treasured by many English people. Ancient churches, often called as “Cathedral of the Cotswolds,” also show a hidden world of history.

 

Other than fine architecture, Cotswold also boasts or natural landscape as it is home to some of the finest gardens and arboreta in all of Great

Britain. Though most of which are small, and full of old-fashioned romance, there are those which are really designed on a grand scale. The Hidcote Manor Garden and the Abbey House Gardens near Malmesbury are two of which with world-famous reputation.

 

Cotswold’s culture is very rich. Comedy, opera, festivals, ballet, drama, and orchestra are only few of the events that English people from the Cotswolds enjoy all year long. Tourists are thrilled and charmed by the area’s theatres, castles, abbeys, and parks. And if that’s not enough, Cotswold is home to a movement of artists and craftsmen. Textile, pottery, woodturning, weaving, and jewellery are only few of the rich produce that the artists boast of. Such beauties are often displayed in galleries and exhibitions that take place in the annual Arts Festivals in Tewkesbury and Stroud.

 

Good food and great tea is also a big part of the Cotswold experience. Whether in a sophisticated restaurant or in a small pub, you are sure to be welcomed with tasty cheeses, fruits, vegetables, wines, biscuits, beers, and hefty meat and fish. This is because Cotswold is and agricultural area with many farmers’ markets that sell wonderful produce too. Historic hotels are perfect for afternoon tea, where you can also partake of traditional scones, cakes, and sandwiches. Today, the larger villages of Cotswold are often visited because of its fine shops such as the Chipping Norton, Tetbury, and the Stow-on-the-Wold.

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