Late Mother's Day escape

Music Grade I listed Fawsley Hall (01327 892000) in Northamptonshire has a Sunday concert of 18th century chamber music in the Tudor Great Hall - including trios by Haydn and Bach - followed by a £39 twocourse supper. One night £118pp B&B.

Art Lisbon's Gulbenkian Museum has a cracking ornamental French section and much Rubens, Manet and Degas. Travellers Cities (01959 540700) has three nights' B&B at the three-star Eduardo VII Hotel for £269pp throughout March, including daily Heathrow flights.

Food Try a Michelin-starred restaurant in East Anglia. Norfolk Country Cottages (01603 871872) has properties including modern pile The Wherry (sleeps four; three nights £160), two miles from Morston Hall, a 17th century country house hotel near Blakeney. Three courses on Sunday: £22 lunch, £36 dinner.