Or at Dragon's Rest: long walks in the forest or through Pol's beloved gardens, nights on their own in Meiglan's little hillside cottage, a memorable evening when she took him on a tasting tour of the wine cellar she'd personally assembled for their son.

An occasional light twinkling in the distance from some lonely hillside cottage was the only sign of the presence of man.

The remains of a hillside cottage were lit up - an ethereal glow that cast weird shadows across heather and gorse.

Just round the bay, La Luna, a retreat of a dozen hillside cottages for two, attracts the thongs-and-sarongs set.

The Good Guide lead me to this little gem; with a basic yet inviting description of 'glorious views over the hillside cottages of Paddington and a ruby red ceiling', I was pretty much sold and put breakfast at Ruby Cafe on the to-do list over my Christmas break.

She goes often enough to have a complete second life - perhaps a second self - at her hillside cottage in Oaxaca.

Mr. Jakob keeps snapshots of crumbling hillside cottages in Greece to remind himself of life before the garden.

Thousands of people surged into the streets, heading toward the simple hillside cottage where the Dalai Lama, their spiritual leader, has been living in exile since the authorities in China seized control of Tibet in 1959.

The package price per night for two people starts at $190 for a hillside cottage and runs up to $340 for the manor house.

Hotels Among resorts with good beaches are El Sereno, which has bungalows in walled gardens with double rooms starting at $245; Guanahani, where some of the 80 rooms and suites have private pools, from $375; and Manapany, consisting of hillside cottages overlooking the sea, $340.