Hate camping? Try....GLAMPING

With hot tubs, luxury furnishings and toasty log burners, these gorgeous glampsites will convert the most hardened anti-campers!

We're all desperate to escape for some fresh air, space, and nature. But traditional camping isn't everyone's cup of lukewarm outdoor tea - all that effort to pitch a tent, inflate a mattress (that sags at 2am), and light a portable stove in driving rain. Step forward glamping. The hard work's done before you arrive, the beds are dreamy, the kitchen's decent - or there'll likely be an organic cafe offering stone-baked pizzas. We've found five of the best, each with an extra twist. All you need to do is a book and go...

Treehouses, Norfolk

Lexham’s fairy-tale treehouses offer a green, guilt-free holiday, with soul-lifting wild swims in a beautiful lake that is fed by a chalk stream. Its wide range of treehouses supply everything from staircases and furniture – including natural four-poster beds’ – handcrafted locally from tree branches, and stained glass that floods the rooms with dazzling light, to ‘living trees’ growing through the floors and twinkling fairy lights. Many have private ensuites, all have eco central heating, log-burning cookers and natural toiletries. As well as the lake, there’s a heated, naturally filtered outdoor pool and a cafe serving delicious stone-baked sourdough pizzas.

Two-person treehouses from £120 per night, six-person from £210. See westlexham.org

Space-age domes, North Yorkshire

GREAT FOR HOT TUBS AND STARGAZING