The Cotswolds has endless appeal for any traveller thanks to its handsome golden-hued villages and beautiful bucolic scenery. But for dog owners, it's an especially enchanting landscape. Rolling hills criss-crossed by well-marked footpaths, including a National Trail, make this prime walking country, and with a healthy smattering of incredible dog-friendly pubs and hotels across the region, it's the perfect destination for an outdoorsy break with your pet. It's not all about walking here, though the towns and villages in the Cotswolds are home to as many dogs as visitors bring in, and so shops and restaurants cater well for the canine-accompanied. There are also myriad attractions that welcome dogs alongside us, from museums like the Tetbury Police Museum or Cotswold Motoring Museum in Bourton-on-the-Water, to the likes of Cotswold Farm Park and Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens. Adventurous activities abound, too, like canoeing on the Thames or pedalo-ing at the Cotswold Water Park, and cultural highlights include castles, ancient neolithic stone circles and Roman remains. Beyond the boundaries of this much-loved National Landscape are some of the UK's most exciting urban centres: there's Oxford, home of literary greats, to the southeast, Bristol and Bath at the southern end of the region, and Gloucester, Cheltenham and Worcester at the northwest reaches. Stratford-upon-Avon also sits on the fringes of the Cotswolds, offering excursions into Shakespeare's world and meanders down the river. AUTHOR: Lottie Gross has been reporting on tourism in the Cotswolds for over a decade, writing articles and reviewing hotels in the region for The Telegraph, loveEXPLORING, AFAR in the US and several more titles. She has lived on the fringes of the Cotswolds for most of her life and walked her dogs along its trails and footpaths innumerable times. It was in the Cotswolds where she conceived the idea of a dog-friendly guidebook, discovering so many intriguing attractions that allowed dogs inside, realising that there could be more to a dog-friendly holiday than just walks and nice pubs. Lottie's expertise in dog-friendly travel, as the author of best sellers Dog-Friendly Weekends and Dog Days Out, gives her a unique perspective to be able to write this guide, pairing her local knowledge and dog travel know-how in one title. 120 colour photos, 1 map