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Red Kite Barn, Wales

This 'barn' getaway is design-fabulous and about as un-rustic as a cottage in mid-Wales can be. Light floods into the colossal living room upstairs through substantial glass panels cut into the sides and the gable end - but instead of delivering a Manhattan-style skyline, the panorama serves as an ever present reminder of rural bliss. <BR><BR><I>For further information see <a href='http://www.redkitebarn.co.uk' target='_blank'>redkitebarn.co.uk</a>.</I>

Flights of fancy on a wild Welsh weekend

Yes, it can be wet, but sweeping views, soothing massages and awesome birds of prey are just some of the delights to distract you at Wales' luxury Red Kite Barn, writes Sankha Guha.