Grasmere and its small lake, together with Rydal Water, are at the northern end of Windermere. Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage and former home Rydal Mount are nearby. Nearest Hotels in Cumbria to see these are the Rothay Manor and the Wordsworth Hotel. Coming down to Ambleside, we come to the newly refurbished and now with a spa, one of the finest Hotels in Cumbria, Rothay Garden.
West of Ambleside at Elterwater in the Langdale valley is one of the oldest Hotels In Cumbria, the Britannia Inn. Taking the Hawkshead road out of Ambleside we come to the nearest Hotel in Cumbria to Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top farm - Ees Wyke Country House. Just 8 bedrooms but an excellent restaurant overlooking Esthwaite Water.
Taking the main A591 out of Grasmere towards Windermere, we come to Broadoaks Country House at Troutbeck Bridge, with fine views. Perched high above Windermere with views towards the Langdale Fells, award winning cuisine and a spa, is one of the finest Hotels in Cumbria Holbeck Ghyll. Lindeth Howe is another good Windermere hotel. Driving South from Winderemre we come to Bowness and the Fayrer Garden Hotel, a former Victorian villa with fine dining and extensive gardens.
South on the A5074 we come to Winster and the Brown Horse Inn, one of the only Hotels in Cumbria to have their own onsite micro brewery, the Winster Valley. On the Kendal road out of Bowness we come to two fine hotels suitable for those looking for a Golfing Hotel in Cumbria: Gilpin Hotel & Lake House and Linthwaite House, 
both on the Crook Road near to Windermere Golf Club, sometimes dubbed The Miniature Gleneagles.