Devon and Cornwall

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in Devon and Cornwall, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

See Monster, Weston-Super-Mare, UK

17/10/2022 by .
See Monster at Night

Anthea Gerrie braves the underbelly of the See Monster, a new beast on the Weston-super-Mare seafront and discovers a garden of earthly delights

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Insider Guide to North Cornwall, England

22/04/2022 by .

Glamping at Wildflower Wood, St Ives, Cornwall

19/07/2021 by .
Glamping at Wildflower Wood

Rupert Parker goes Glamping at Wildflower Wood as he takes over a Landpod in a hidden hilltop hideaway close to St Ives

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GWR First Class service  to Devon

26/04/2017 by .
Green train Dawlish

The GWR First Class Lounge at London Paddington is unseasonably quiet for a Thursday morning as we wait for our direct train to Newton Abbot in south Devon. More than enough time to take advantage of a cup of tea and some fresh fruit and pastries.

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Cary Arms Hotel. Devon

22/08/2013This entry was posted in Devon and Cornwall, England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Tirol, United Kingdom and tagged , , on by .
Cary Arms exterior

That clever Peter de Savary brought us Bovey Castle in Devon, and now his wife Lana has scored a coup in the county of cream, cider and sailing villages – The Cary Arms Hotel in Babbacombe Beach. She identified a rundown pub with the most beautiful location in Britain and decided to endow it with five-star rooms and a spa, while keeping the pub pubby and the food service nice and casual.

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The Headland Hotel and Cottages, Fistral Beach, Newquay.

21/07/2013This entry was posted in Devon and Cornwall, England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, United Kingdom and tagged , , on by .
The Headland Exterior with Stormy Seas

The Headland Hotel, overlooking Newquay’s Fistral Beach, is a surprise on many levels.   The heart sinks slightly driving up to the impressive but distinctly Victorian pile, much like those which sit atop cliffs all round the British coast.  But inside, while resolutely Gothic in character, recalling the great age of the railway, the hotel is anything but faded.

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