SEASIDE CONTEMPORARY
HOTEL TRESANTON
This row of cottages overlooking the harbour at St Mawes once housed the local yachtsman's club but now they make up the 26-room Hotel Tresanton, the creation of Olga Polizzi, Rocco Forte's sister. It has a cinema, a bar, a restaurant and a great living room for lounging and all rooms but one have sea views. Hotel Tresanton was featured in our special feature UK Boutique Hotels Part I. Hotel Tresanton, 27 Lower Castle Road, St Mawes, Cornwall (01326 270055; www.tresanton.com). Doubles from £195, 70 miles from Plymouth.
DRIFTWOOD HOTEL
Located on a seven-acre sun-trap overlooking the sea on the south Cornwall coast, the 10-room hotel has a restaurant serving locally caught fish and organic meat, a private beach plus a separate waterfront cabin for families wishing to self-cater.
Driftwood, Rosevine, nr Portscatho, South Cornwall (01872 580644; www.driftwoodhotel.co.uk). Doubles from £150, 50 miles from Plymouth.
THE LUGGER
An inn frequented by smugglers during the 17th century, this 21-room hotel sits right at
the water's edge in the tiny southern Cornish fishing village of Portloe. Surrounded by cliffs and headlands, the hotel restaurant serves fantastic, locally caught fish; rooms are full of wood and white linen, with deluge showers in the bathrooms. The Lugger was featured in The Hot List 2003.
The Lugger, Portloe, Truro, Cornwall (01872 501322; www.luggerhotel.com). Doubles from £100, 55 miles from Plymouth.
ST ENODOC
The interior of this 19-room hotel in the north Cornwall coastal village of Rock was designed by Emily Todhunter (also responsible for Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons). The hotel has a heated outdoor pool, gym, sauna, billiard room, and a bar with a terrace overlooking the sea. The St Enodoc Hotel was featured in our special feature UK Boutique Hotels Part II. St Enodoc Hotel, Rock, nr Wadebridge (01208 863394; www.enodoc-hotel.co.uk). Doubles from £70, 45 miles from Plymouth.
SEASIDE TOWNHOUSE
THE SUMMER HOUSE RESTAURANT WITH ROOMS
In a Regency house down a little mews 50 metres from the seafront, this five-bedroom hotel owned by ex-Mossiman manager Ciro Zaino has a great little Mediterranean restaurant which opens up onto a terraced garden. The Summer House Restaurant with Rooms, Cornwall Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall (01736 363744; www.summerhouse-cornwall.com). Doubles from £75, 100 miles from Plymouth.
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