Designed by architect Jonathan Ellis-Miller in the late 1980s, this steel-and-glass bungalow comes with fabulous views of the fens through vast sliding windows (squint and you can just make out Ely Cathedral in the distance)... Photograph: PR
The open-plan living room is the main draw, with its dramatic central fireplace, but a bedroom with kingsize bed, bathroom and wet room and a small, sleek kitchen provide all the essentials. And you can fire up a barbecue on the deck.
• 01728 638962, sawdays.co.uk. From £370 a week, sleeps two Photograph: PR
This traditional hideaway in the centre of Ely is tucked away at the bottom of a walled garden by the cathedral. Sleeping five, it plays up to its heritage with bridles hung over stable hooks, latch doors and exposed beams... Photograph: PR
All three bedrooms are en suite, the living room is lined with books, and the kitchen is a cheerful space with pine cupboards, gingham curtains and old enamel advertising signs.
• 01353 662124, myfavouriteholidaycottages.co.uk. From £500 a week Photograph: PR
Built as part of Stretham Old Engine, a scheduled ancient monument designed to pump excess water from the fens between the 1830s and 1940s, Stoker's Cottage is now a holiday retreat for two. With blue-painted window frames, it sits on the banks of the Old West River... Photograph: PR
Antique wardrobes, woven rugs and an open fire cosy up this otherwise simple stone cottage and it's four miles from Ely for shopping and sightseeing.
• 01628 825925, landmarktrust.org.uk. From £423 a week Photograph: PR
This pretty stone cottage comes with plenty of contemporary comforts (Wi-Fi, underfloor heating) as well as more historic features (an open fireplace, oak beams, iron bedsteads) ... Photograph: PR
With a bathroom and separate shower room, lots of inside space and a large, private garden, it's understandably popular with families but will also suit walkers, sightseers and foodies (the Cuckoo dining pub is five minutes' walk away).
• 01244 356695, sykescottages.co.uk. From £414 a week, sleeps five Photograph: PR
Newly opened this summer after a four-year restoration, this Grade I-listed Georgian townhouse sits next door to the National Trust's Peckover House (guests have free entry to the house and gardens). Once the home of the fabulously named surgeon Oglethorpe Wainman, it has elegant but largely restrained interiors designed to reflect the style of the 1800s, and the Wainmans' Quaker sensibilities... Photograph: PR
Though the lounge and dining room are a bit over the top, a games room in the cellar, huge garden and six stylish bedrooms make it a great setting for a group gathering.
• 0844 800 2070, nationaltrustcottages.co.uk. From £1,195 a week, sleeps 10 Photograph: PR
