It's a 12-mile drive from the hotel to Burghley House, a 16th-century mansion. Marvel at the Hell Staircase, which sits under a dark, dramatic frescoed ceiling depicting the Mouth of Hell and characters facing eternal damnation. The house is open from mid March to October, but you can enjoy the surrounding parkland, laid out by Capability Brown in the 1700s and populated by deer, all year round.