Six hot deals for lovers

Get in the mood for amore at L'Albereta (call Relais & Chateaux on 00 39 030 77 60 550). Its Ristorante Gualtiero Marchesi has two Michelin stars and the setting for this 19th century converted villa is rural Lombardy. Depart 14 February for three nights, £369 per person, including 11-course Valentine's dinner with wine, massage, wine and fruit in room and breakfast. Flights extra - we found returns to Brescia with Ryanair (08701 569 569) from £70.

Amazingly, there's still space at the legendary Lygon Arms (020 7950 5495), so whisk your paramour along the M4 to the Cotswolds on Thursday night when £314 buys you bed and breakfast (another £50 gets you a four-poster), a three-course dinner in the great hall, facial-and-neck massage in the new spa, plus use of pool, whirlpool tub and sauna. Offer ends 28 February.

Opt for country-house style without the journey. The Charlotte Street Hotel (020 7806 2000) - it's where it says it is - has a cosily elegant drawing room to slide into after watching Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet in the private screening room. Valentine's Day deal is £290, including three-course dinner, 8pm screening and overnight stay. Breakfast excluded.

In Paris, two nights in a Nina Campbell-designed room at boutique Hotel de Vigny (00 33 1 42 99 80 80) in rue Balzac, just off the Champs Elysee, costs £620 (1,004 euros) B&B, with one dinner at Michelin-starred Restaurant Michel Rostang (the chef behind Malliouhana on Anguilla), a one-hour beauty session at nearby Villa Thalgo Spa and 10 per cent discount at Printemps Haussmann. Until 18 February. Check www.eurostar.co.uk for transport.

Want to be alone with your loved one? Hole up in a Cornish farmhouse surrounded by farmland. Cornish Traditional Cottages (01208 821 666) has converted, 16th century Wheel Lodge, 15 minutes drive from Tintagel, which sleeps two. Three nights, £102. Available from Friday.

Book a surprise trip for two to Nice. Between 12 and 15 February two nights B&B at the three-star Hotel Busby cost £260 per person, including return flights from Gatwick. Call Crystal Premier France on 0870 888 0023.