A four-course dinner at Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse’s French hideaway? Yes please! You’ll stay at L'Hostellerie de l’Abbaye de la Celle, a former 12th century Benedictine Abbey nestled in the Varios Vineyards. On Valentine’s Day, couples will be treated to a champagne and red rose welcome, gourmet dinner and a surprise gift.

From €540 per couple, excluding transport. Valid from 6-19 February (abbaye-celle.com)

Words by Amanda Statham

A supper designed to stimulate all five senses is our kind of V-Day dinner. The Doyle Collection, including the Kensington, Marylebone and Bloomsbury hotels, are transforming their bars and restaurants for romance: cashmere-and silk-covered chairs, cocktails infused with ginseng and peaches, ylang ylang and orange blossom-scented candles and Shubert melodies playing in the background. What’s more, the hotels’ chefs have created bespoke dishes like saffron-infused fish stem and a mouth-watering chocolate and strawberry dessert.

Love in London package at all Doyle Collection London hotels (apart from The Bristol) from £190 per couple, including overnight accommodation, dinner (extra cost), breakfast in bed and late 3pm check-out. Valid from 3-20 February (doylecollection.com)

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Hadley Park House Hotel in Shropshire on Saturday 11 February and you can do a spot of wedding planning too. The hotel’s annual wedding fayre has more than 30 exhibitors including car companies, cake designers and photographers, plus fashion shows too. When you’ve window shopped ‘til you could drop, retire to one of the hotel’s luxe bedrooms to crack open your complimentary bottle of bubbly. There’s also a Valentine’s Celebration Dinner to enjoy in the evening.

Valentine’s Dinner, £39.50pp, overnight stay with one bottle of Champagne, basket of fruit and breakfast, £70pp. Valid from 11, 14 and 18 of February. Wedding Fayre on 11 Feb (hadleypark.co.uk)

How does a five-course dinner with a glass of Champagne aboard the Orient Express grab you? This super-romantic evening aboard the British Pullman starts at the capital’s Victoria station, where you’ll settle into your decadent carriage and watch London slip away. If you want to up the romance, you can arrange for caviar or a bouquet of 12 red roses to be waiting on board.

Valentine’s Day Dinner from £300pp, valid on 14 February (orient-express.com)

Escape February 14th crowds (and other couples) by checking into Little Paddock in the New Forest. These eight, Scandinavian-style wood lodges are refreshingly peaceful and you can arrange (through owners Brett and Sue) for flowers, Champagne and home-cooked food to be waiting on arrival. Enjoy walks through the woods and chilling in the hot tub.

Three-night breaks from £128pp (little-paddock.com)

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Two nights relaxing in a five-star hotel in Jersey is going to be a welcome break from all that wedding planning, particularly for £299pp including flights. You’ll be staying at the Grand hotel in St Helier, where you can gaze over St Aubin’s Bay and Elizabeth Castle while you tuck into a Champagne afternoon tea. Take a trip to tiny neighbouring island Sark for a horse and carriage ride (from £11pp) while you’re there.

From £229pp incl. two nights accommodation, breakfast, flights from Gatwick and transfers, valid until 31 March (premierholidays.co.uk)

Spoil yourselves and book a break to a chateaux in France’s Champagne region. As you’d expect, your seven-course (count them) dinner will be washed down with vintage bubbly, plus you’ll also get a tour of the region’s top Champagne Houses and a lesson in Sabrage (opening a bottle with a sabre, no we didn’t know either). If you have any time left over, relax in the chateau’s Jacuzzi or indulge yourselves in the spa.

From £446pp incl. two nights, breakfast, dinner, tour, lesson and Eurotunnel crossing for one car (grapeescapes.net)

How about taking some early holiday and booking an amazing eight-day trip to Morocco this Valentine's Day? This exotic adventure includes three days in Marrakech followed by a four-wheel drive through the Atlas Mountains taking in dramatic gorges and canyons and spending nights beneath the stars in a traditional Berber tent. Watching sunset over the Sahara sure beats a red rose in our book, but what you’ll really love is the price, £479pp thanks to a special £120pp Valentine’s Day reduction.

Tour starts 11 February (encounterstravel.com) excl. flights. Easyjet flies to Marrakech from £100pp

Romantic Rome is a great destination for couples, in particular the five-star Rome Cavalieri. The Ponte Milvio Valentine’s Day package includes a personalised padlock, which couples take to Ponte Mivio, an ancient bridge spanning the River Tiber where lovebirds traditionally lock a padlock to a lamppost and throw the key into the water below.

More conventionally, there’s also a three-course dinner for two in the super-swish L’Uliveto restaurant including wine selected by the sommelier and Caribbean Moments spa package with a Turkish bath, two St Barth harmony massages, scrubs, facials and cocktails in the Spa Café for two. A bottle of spumante and chocs in your room finish off the experience.

Ponte Milvio package from €680 per couple, valid from 1-29 February (romecavalieri.com)

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