The George and Dragon Hotel

Visitors to the area will enjoy exploring West Wycombe Caves, and the stately houses at Cliveden and Hughenden. After a day's hard touring, a visit to this traditional coaching inn with 14th-century origins in a National Trust village will be nicely relaxing. It wasn't always the case - it was once a hideout for highwaymen stalking travellers between London and Oxford; indeed, one unfortunate guest robbed and murdered here is rumoured still to haunt its corridors. The hotel is reached through a cobbled archway and comprises a delightful jumble of whitewashed, timber-framed buildings. Reliable real ales include St Austell Tribute and Skinner's Smugglers. Also reliable is the varied menu, which offers freshly-prepared dishes cooked to order such as beef and ale pie; beer-battered haddock; a button mushroom, brie and cranberry filo parcel; and succulent rib-eye steaks.