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BARNSTAPLE: Broomhill Art
Hotel £
Boutique Road Map C4
Muddiford Rd, EX31 4EX
Tel 01271 850262
∑ broomhillart.co.uk
This hotel is a haven in a superb
modern sculpture park. From
Wednesday to Saturday rates
include dinner as well as breakfast.
DK Choice
BIGBURY-ON-SEA: Burgh
Island £££
Luxury Road Map D6
TQ7 4BG Inviting drawing room with oversized sofas and a fireplace at the Pig at Combe, Honiton
Tel 01548 810514
∑ burghisland.com boasts a relaxed, wood-panelled TORQUAY: Orestone Manor ££
Accessible on foot at low tide restaurant and spacious rooms Country House Road Map D5
and otherwise only by water with far-reaching views. Rock House Lane, Maidencombe,
tractor, this peaceful, faithfully TQ1 4SX
restored Art Deco hotel is set LIFTON: The Arundell Arms ££ Tel 01803 897511
on its own private island. It was Character Road Map C5 ∑ orestonemanor.com
a favourite of Agatha Christie, 1 Fore St, PL16 0AA There are vintage-style bedrooms
who set two novels here, and it Tel 01566 784666 at this family-run hotel with an
now stages popular murder- ∑ arundellarms.com award-winning restaurant.
mystery parties, with guests This welcoming hotel is ideal
wearing 1930s-style costumes. for fishing and walking holidays.
A selection of 25 comfortable
bedrooms, decorated in country- Cornwall
CHAGFORD: Gidleigh Park £££ house style, and self-catering
Country House Road Map D5 cottages is available. BOSCASTLE: The Old Rectory £
Newton Abbot, TQ13 8HH Historic Road Map B5
Tel 01647 432367 MILTON ABBOT: Hotel St Juliot, PL35 0BT
∑ gidleigh.co.uk Endsleigh £££ Tel 01840 250225
This lovely half-timbered hotel is Luxury Road Map C5 ∑ stjuliot.com
famed for fine dining and features PL19 0PQ A Victorian house where famous
luxurious interiors and beautiful Tel 01822 870000 writer Thomas Hardy once stayed.
grounds. Spa suites are available. ∑ hotelendsleigh.com There are glorious gardens, and
This former hunting and fishing breakfast is made with locally
DARTMOOR: Bovey Castle £££ lodge, with country-chic interiors, sourced produce, including eggs
Luxury Road Map D5 is set in Repton-designed gardens. from their own free-range hens.
North Bovey, TQ13 8RE The hotel has two gorgeous new
Tel 01647 445000 stable suites and is welcoming of BUDE: The Beach at Bude ££
∑ boveycastle.com children and younger guests. Boutique Road Map C5
A lavishly furnished castle hotel Summerleaze Crescent, EX23 8HJ
with a golf course, spa and some SALCOMBE: South Sands £££ Tel 01288 389800
self-catering cottages. Watch out Rooms with a view Road Map D6 ∑ thebeachatbude.co.uk
for midweek bargains. Bolt Head, TQ8 8LL The last word in seaside chic.
Tel 01548 845900 Rooms are beautifully decorated
DARTMOUTH: Nonsuch House ££ ∑ southsands.com in New England style, and there's
B&B Road Map D6 A boutique hotel on the water’s also an uber cool bar.
Church Hill, Kingswear, TQ6 0BX edge with fine views of the
Tel 01803 752829 estuary. There are 22 beautifully
∑ hoteldartmouth.co.uk decorated bedrooms, each named DK Choice
This place has four bedrooms, a after sailing boats. It is very well CAMELFORD: Belle Tents £££
warm sitting room and a sunny placed for exploring South Devon. Camping Road Map B5
breakfast space with splendid Owl’s Gate, Davidstow, PL32 9XY
views. The dedicated owners TAVISTOCK: Horn of Plenty ££ Tel 01840 261556
are helpful and knowledgable. Rooms with a view Road Map C5 ∑ belletentscamping.co.uk
Gulworthy, PL19 8JD This cluster of candy-coloured
HONITON: The Pig at Combe ££ Tel 01822 832528 luxury tents in a private dell near
Boutique Road Map E5 ∑ thehornofplenty.co.uk Tintagel is great for a family
Gittisham, EX14 3AD Picture windows make the most holiday with a twist. The tents
Tel 01404 540400 of spectacular views at this have beds and kitchen areas,
∑ thepighotel.com peaceful country-house hotel set and there is a fire pit and shared
The newest – and arguably the in lovely gardens. It offers a bar tent for the evening. A good
most glamorous – Pig hotel. Set in combi nation of classic and glossy base for exploring Bodmin Moor.
a splendid Elizabethan manor, it modern rooms.
Key to Price Guide see page 174; Road Map see inside back cover
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