The upscale hotel group Relais & Châteaux and offering novel gifts for Christmas. Forget in same old gift card or voucher, you can now give your friends an exquisite boxed gift allowing them to claim everything from a spectacular meal to an over night stay in a suite, with dinner and champage.

Not for the faint hearted they range in price from EUR169 (3 course dinner/lunch with champagne) to EUR1220 (a No. 29 Ultimate Escape) for 2 includes:

• champagne welcome
• one night in a suite or apartment
• breakfast
• a champagne aperitif
• a five-course gourmet dinner
• a bottle of wine from a selection of 10 wines
• a bottle of mineral water and a coffee
• an exceptional activity

An example of this high end offering is given as:

Marie Christine and Didier Clément of Grand Hôtel du Lion d’Or, one Michelin star, champagne and night in a deluxe suite, a four course Vagabondage dinner with four courses and two desserts with beverages, breakfast and flight over the Châteaux of the Loire in private plane.

For each box you need to check which hotels will accept it. For the No. 29 offering above the list is extensive and worldwide:

The four 4 UK properties look exceptional:

 Full details of all the boxes, what they offer and the associated price are here.