At the Four Seasons Hampshire your family can relax and enjoy the quitisential English countryside with wide variety of recreation and amenities.  The resort offers biking, tennis, kids club, canal boating, spa, swimming, fishing, clay pigeon shooting (age 10 and up), falconry (age 12 and up), a ropes course (age 10 and up) and an equestrian center with a pony program starting at age 4.  Children ages 7-16 can even “adopt” a pony for the day and learn hands-on all about caring for a horse.  For Downton Abbey fans, the hotel can also arrange an after-hours visit to Highclere Castle where the show is filmed.  You will be driven there in period style in a vintage Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith for your behind-the-scenes tour of the opulent estate.  Explore many of Southwest England’s highlights from here.  Other day trips include Jane Austen’s home, Winchester Cathedral, Stonehenge and Windsor Castle and theme parks such as Legoland and Birdworld.  The Four Seasons sits on 500-acres and is an hour outside London.  The resort is currently offering a third night free through the end of June.