Stourton Cottages, Stourhead Gardens, Wiltshire, UK

The nearest you can live to these amazing gardens, with endless views of tourists!

The lake at Stourhead is artificially created. Following a path around the lake is meant to evoke a journey similar to that of Aeneas's descent in to the underworld.The gardens were designed by wealthy banker, Henry Hoare II and laid out between 1741 and 1780.