Branch out: five great treehouses

Act like Tarzan and Jane, from the woods of West Sussex to the jungle of Costa Rica

West Sussex

You Tarzan? You’ll think so when you stay at the new treehouse room at Castle Cottage, near Fittleworth, which has a leopard print bedspread, furry cushions and tree trunks protruding into the bedroom. The large, luxurious cabin is built into a sweet chestnut tree, with glass doors in the bedroom and a glass ceiling in the bathroom, and a massive balcony with swing seats.

• From £135 per night for two people, including breakfast. 01798 865001, castlecottage.info

Nottinghamshire

Center Parcs is launching a four-bedroom treehouse at its Sherwood Forest resort this winter. It looks a lot like Robin Hood’s forest hideaway in the film Prince of Thieves, with three main wooden buildings on stilts connected by a wooden walkway. This is Center Parcs gone posh – each bedroom has a balcony, there is a games den with a pool table, a hot tub and a lounge with slate fireplace.

• Available from 20 December. A three-night stay costs from £2,800 for eight people (£350pp). 08448 267 723, centerparcs.co.uk/accommodation/By_Type/treehouse.jsp#6

France

Keycamp offers treehouses in six of its resorts, including Brittany and the Loire. Two huts sit on a wide platform between two trees, up to five metres above the ground, accessed by a ladder. Wooden floors, heart-shaped cutouts in the doors, and wonky thatched roofs lend a fairytale look. They have composting sawdust toilets, and sleep six – one double bed, four singles. Breakfast can be brought up to your perch on request.

• Five nights for two adults and up to four kids costs from £449, including midweek Dover-Calais ferry. 0844 4060200, keycamp.co.uk/holiday-homes/tree-houses.html

Turkey

Kadir’s Top Tree Resort, in Olympos on the Mediterranean coast is a backpackers’ hangout near a beach, with a wide range of treehouses to select from, with up to five bedrooms. Adventure sports such as trekking, diving, rock climbing, paragliding and white-water rafting are on offer, and the site’s bars lend a party vibe.

• From around £10pp per night in a dorm or £20pp in private room, including breakfast and dinner. +90 242 892 1250, kadirstreehouses.com

Costa Rica

In the heart of the Gandoca-Manzanillo wildlife refuge on the southern Caribbean coast lies the Tree House Lodge, set in a lush tropical garden, with four houses. The bathroom is built around a 100-year-old tree, with the bathroom wrapped around the crevices of the trunk, and a massive lounge with a hammock and rocking chairs. It sleeps up to six people.

From $300 per night for two people, to $450 for six people. +506 2750 0706, costaricatreehouse.com

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