Get in the mood with these romantic getaways
With Valentine's Day only a month away it's time to start spreading the love in 2017 - whether you are planning to keep to a strict budget or splash out
IT'S time to start spreading the love in 2017 with Valentine's Day only a month away.
So whether you are planning to keep to a strict budget or splash out, here's our a selection of day trips, breaks and treats.
They include sailing down the Thames, snuggling up in a tent, getting locked up together in a cell or pampering yourselves in a luxury spa.
UNDER £50
TAKE your Romeo or Juliet to the home of Shakespeare in Stratford- upon-Avon.
Stroll through Hall's Croft Garden and place a love note on the Valentine tree.
Visit Anne Hathaway's cottage, pictured, where Shakespeare's love for his future wife blossomed and pop a Valentine's message in the post box - the best will be posted on Twitter.
Dress up as your favourite Shakespearean couple at the Bard's birthplace and act out a scene, which can be recorded and posted on social media - even better if Romeos have a ring in their pocket. Two prebooked tickets, £40.50, .
Or, enjoy a romantic dinner at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Rooftop restaurant between February 10 and 12. Two courses for £40 per couple or three for £50. See and for more Valentine ideas, see .
Pack a picnic, pick up a bottle of bubbly and sneak off for a night away for under £50. Stay in York, Edinburgh, Bath or any city you like because Travelodge has put 12,000 rooms on offer between February 10 to 12 for just £29 or less. See .
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GET away from it all and snuggle up in a luxury lodge under the stars.
GG's Yard lodges have kingsize beds and patio doors where you can gaze at the fantastic views of Scotland's south coast hills at Gatehouse of Fleet. One night from £73.50. See .
Or go glamping at Comrie Croft in Perthshire. You'll sleep in a Kata, a handmade tent with a sheeps' wool-covered bed, wood-burner for heating and cooking and facilities nearby.
One night midweek from £99, two nights on the weekend from £198. For more information, see . This will float your lover's boat - a night on a beautiful yacht in Liverpool's Albert Dock. Gabrielle is a 14-metre vessel moored in the heart of the city with shops and restaurants nearby. A double cabin is £70, see .
It's a lock-in love-in at Oxford Castle Unlocked. You and your chosen inmate will be shown to your very own prison cell for a candle-lit three-course meal and bottle of wine. Costs £90, with two sittings - 6.30pm and 9pm. See .
OVER £100
DITCH the hotel and hit the open road for a romantic trip around the UK in a campervan.
There are on-board cooking facilities and you can choose where to park so you can wake up to magnificent views, walks on the beach or local attractions.
Minimum hire for three days in February from £109. Pick-up from depots around the UK, see .
Or celebrate on the British Airways i360 observation tower overlooking Brighton and the south coast. It is the world's tallest moving observation tower at 450ft. Take a pod flight, drink bubbly and enjoy a three-course meal in the attraction's restaurant from £130 for two. See .
Treat your prince or princess to a night in Knight's Village at Warwick Castle. A candle-lit dinner, breakfast and two days' entrance to the castle is included for £154. See warwick-castle.com.
Or buy a voucher for a day in London which includes the View From the Shard, pictured, and dinner and cocktails at the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Company. It costs £111 for two, see .
UNDER £200
GET a great glamping deal on the Isle of Wight at Tom's Eco Lodge at Tapnell Farm, Yarmouth - with a bottle of Prosecco, a two-course dinner and a breakfast hamper. Thursday or Friday night for £175, .
Splash out at Searcys at the Gherkin in London. A five-course tasting menu, Champagne and an Aspinal heart key-ring worth £50 costs £190 per couple - plus there is that amazing view. .
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SAIL down the River Thames on a three-hour Valentine's cruise, including bubbly, three-course dinner, bottle of wine and jazz band. Price for two, £250, .
For an afternoon tea with a difference try The Love Knot at Conrad London St James, which offers teas, free-flowing champagne, and gifts including earrings and bracelets. Tea for two and a bracelet costs £203, see .
UNDER £300
SING along and dance as former Drifters star Ray Lewis performs at Mill Rythe Holiday Village on Hayling Island, off Portsmouth.
Three nights' half-board from February 10 to 13 costs £278 for two, see .
Love me, love my dog. Take your pooch with you for a two-night Valentine's break at The Miller of Mansfield in Goring, Reading.
Price is £300 for two, including nine-course tasting menu. See .
UNDER £350
GET hearts fluttering with a night at the 15th century Swan at Lavenham Hotel & Spa in Suffolk, with a six-course dinner. B&B on February 14 is £320 per couple but the same package is available from February 10 to 14 for £200. See .
Or try a two-night stay at St Michael's Hotel and Spa, Falmouth, Cornwall, with unlimited use of the spa. Breaks from February 10 to 17 are £350 a couple. See .
UNDER £400
THERE'S nothing more romantic than a trip to Venice and taking a gondola along the city's Grand Canal. Get three nights' B&B at the 3* Piave Hotel, leaving from Gatwick on February 12, from £386 for two. See .
Or check out some of England's most beautiful vineyards in Sussex, learn how the wine is produced and ... taste it. A day tour for two, including picnic lunch, is from £358. See .
UNDER £450
A STAY at Roch Castle hotel, built in 1280 and situated on a hill in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, will impress any Valentine. Two nights' B&B including dinner, bubbly and chocolates, between February 12 and 16, costs £420 per couple. See .
Celebrate in the County Antrim countryside at luxury Galgorm Resort & Spa in Ballymena. A Love Luxe package for two from February 11 to 14 is £450. See .
£500 PLUS
PARIS is the City of Love and has magic nearby too, so spend three nights room-only at the 4* Park & Suites Prestige Val d'Europe, near Disneyland. Leaving Leeds Bradford, February 13, is from £249 per person. See .
Prince Harry took Meghan Markle to see the Northern Lights so fly from Gatwick to Lapland on Valentine's Day and stay at the 3* Hotel Yllaskaltio for an Arctic experience. Three nights' B&B from £790. See .