Lifestyle & Fashion Writer, NationalWorld I was invited to stay at the hotel, which is in the heart of the quaint and picturesque medieval market town, earlier this summer - and, to use a word that Shakespeare himself would have approved of, I found it to be very majestic and beautiful. I stayed in the luxury four star boutique hotel for two nights with my mum, which seemed fitting as she was the one who had inspired my love for all things literature by reading to me from a young age. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to ManchesterWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.

We noticed the first attractive feature for the hotel before we’d even stepped foot through the door - the location. It couldn’t be any more central - and therefore it couldn’t be any more perfect for enthusiastic sight-seers such as ourselves who were eager to soak up as much culture as possible from Shakespeare’s birthplace. On its website, The Arden Hotel describes its location as “unrivalled” - and it truly is.

We were able to park the car up on our arrival and not get back in it until we (sadly) came to leave as the historic town and all that is has to offer - from Shakespeare’s birthplace museum, to the local shops, to the River Avon - are all on the hotel’s doorstep and in very comfortable walking distance. It also happens to be directly opposite the world-renowned Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Theatre , where we spen.