Step inside the former Britannia Commercial Hotel in a yachting town on the edge of the New Forest to find this boutique B&B imbued with the generosity and personality of Tobias Feikle, perfect host and breakfast chef extraordinaire. Attention has been lavished on the three bedrooms, of which the pick is the first-floor Britannia Suite, styled in imperial gold and black, with bath and shower. The hand-painted ground-floor Courtyard Suite overlooks both courtyard and evergreen garden, the walls hung with an eccentric mix of artwork. Also on the ground floor, the Forest Suite is decorated in tones reminiscent of the New Forest. The dual-aspect lounge has a marble fireplace, plush sofas, opulent drapes, views across the quay. Rhineland-born Tobias's career in hospitality began with a spell as a bellhop in Munich. He moved on up via the swanky Brenners Park Hotel in Baden-Baden, and our own Chewton Glen, New Milton (see entry). He launched his B&B in 2000, and runs it with his family, rustling up a range-cooked breakfast for guests, served at the kitchen table, before they head off for a puffin cruise or to catch a ferry to the Isle of Wight.