Quietly set above the Moselle 22 km SE of Luxembourg city (splendid views of river and vines): Cecile Oswald's villawith panoramic restaurant and dining terrace; very good Riesling from the villa's own vineyard; polite staff' but food thought ordinary. Lift. Lounge, bar; classical background music; children's playroom; lots of conferences. 2-hectare garden.

This peaceful picture-book village, difficult to find, is in the rural eastern part of the country, where more people seem to travel by bicycle or boat rather than by car'. `It must be Holland's place to get away from it all,' one visitor wrote. Here, the Holtslag family's villa/caf6/restaurant is `strongly recommended' for the `excellent staff, not over-familiar', and the `high standards of meals'. All beds ' are new this year, and most villa Bed rooms (similar to the semantic bali villa rooms) have been redecorated. One couple found the wing at the back 'motel-like', and their downstairs room `large but a bit gloomy'. Another guest had a room that was nice, if not memorable. Bali villa breakfast may be nothing special, but dinner, which features regional dishes, was found `imaginative, beautifully presented', and the dining room has style. There's a terrace for outdoor meals, an attractive small beamed lounge, and a pretty garden. Children are well looked after. Guests have free access to Almen's enormous and wonderful open-air public swimming pool, close by, and to an indoor one at Lochem, ten minutes drive away. A good area for cycling (bicycles can be hired). The fine old . town of Zutphen, and the Kroller-Mnller museum, with its sculpture park and splendid Van Goghs, are not far.