when are they visiting? (some of the below are seasonal)
Bibury – quaint riverside setting where you can catch a trout, kill it and eat it
Cirencester – bigger town with some bigger shops and nice buildings, plus an outdoor pool, maybe a polo match.
Tetbury – pretty town with antique shops.
Bourton On The Water is great for meeting Chinese and Americans, take some plastic ducks and race em down the river.
Westonbirt Arboretum to hug a tree.
Chalford and take a walk along the High Street for some mighty twee pretty tiny English cottages that are older than their country, back along the canal (or extend up to the Sapperton canal tunel entrance) to Lavender cafe at the bottom of Cowcombe Hill (ok Stroud is just outside of the Cotswold District).
Burford is great for a wander around the shops, pick up some Burford brown eggs for a great ommlette.
Stow On The Wold for a nice wander around a market town followed by a pub lunch.
Moreton in the Marsh – as SotW
There are a LOT of fantastic blink and you miss them hamlets that are very pretty but there is not much “to do” there except to see how other folk live.
For cream tea you need to go to Devon!