The village of Eyam is set deep in the heart of the Peak District surrounded by a rugged landscape of limestone hills and dales.  It is perhaps the most well documented of all Derbyshire's villages for its place in history known famously as the ‘Plague Village'. If you are looking for luxury holiday cottages in Eyam, you will find family friendly luxury holiday cottages suitable for small children and because this area typifies a Derbyshire hill village, there are footpaths and country walks heading off in all directions through the village or the surrounding countryside. The legacy left by the plague is still evidenced throughout this close-knit community where many of the descendents of the plague survivors still reside. If you are searching for luxury holiday cottages in Eyam to stay and learn more about the story and this history, you will find luxury holiday cottages in Eyam that are suitable for couples for small groups. Commemorative plaques to the victims are displayed on the walls of the cottages where they lived - and died - over three hundred and thirty years ago, and their heroic tale is related to visitors in vivid pictorial displays at both the Parish Church of St Lawrence and at the Eyam Museum on Hawkhill Road at the western end of the village. You can also keep yourself entertained with the various events in Eyam through the summer especially the Carnival week and the annual Sheep Roast.  Choose Eyam as a different place to stay in Peak District luxury cottages and you will leave having had a restful yet invigorating and educational holiday. The Miners Arms on Water Lane, just off the Square, is all a country village pub should be so if you want to escape your luxury holiday cottages for the local hostelry you can literally walk out of your front door. During the day there are also various gift shops, antique and curio shops, cafes and local art and craft galleries, something for everyone in fact and a great place from which to rent one of the area’s luxury holiday cottages.