Country house hotels in Devon
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- Stay at the Bishops Court Hotel, Torquay
- Fireside at Lewtrenchard Manor
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The Coombe Cross is a comfortable country house hotel with spectacular views of Dartmoor National Park.
Lewtrenchard Manor has elegantly decorated bedrooms that offer delightful views of the gardens. Originally a Jacobean manor, the house had stain glass windows added in the nineteenth century which together with the wood paneling and decorative plasterwork create an ambience of peace and grandeur.
Country castle hotel
More castle than country house hotel Boringdon Hall, near Plymouth is a grand Grade I listed Elizabethan manor, more remiscent of a castle than a country house. You can dine in the award-winning Gallery restaurant above the Great Hall and enjoy the leisure facilities that include a pool, sauna and beauty salon.
Set in three acres of fine gardens, the Bishops Court Hotel is a short walk from Torquay Harbour. The leisure facilities at this hotel include indoor swimming pool, gym, full size indoor bowls arena, tennis court, ten pin bowling, beauty salon/hairdresser.
One of England's finest
The grand Victoria Hotel is set among five acres of lovely gardens at the end of Sidmouth's attractive esplanade. This four star hotel is often described as "one of England's finest hotels".
What's it like?
• Many parts of Devon are designated as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
• Bordered on two sides by the sea, the tree-lined estuaries, rugged cliffs and wide golden beaches combine to create a dramatic and beautiful coastal landscape.
• Travel inland to find magical river valleys, heather moorland, and attractive market towns steeped in history.
What's it famous for?
• Being Britain's favourite holiday county.
• Excellent beaches.
• Good weather.
• Cream teas.
On the coast
• Devon has a good network of cliff-top coastal paths. Start from Ilfracombe for some of the best.
• Cross the 1700 ft bridge over the River Teign from Teignmouth to Shaldon and visit 'The Ness", a pretty cove accessed via a 'smugglers' tunnel through the rocks.
• Bigbury Bay - excellent beaches and great walks through pretty villages.
• Salcombe Estuary - beloved of sailors the beautiful estuary has excellent beaches.
• Start Bay - has wilder beauty, with dramatic cliffs and "The Line" at Torcross.
• Brixham has a pretty harbour and a narrow maze of streets.
• Great beaches and hidden coves close to the magnificent cliffs of Berry Head.
• Walk some of the South West Coast Path towards Kingswear and enjoy the view.
• Join the Lundy steamer that plies the Bristol Channel from Ilfracoombe's picturesque harbour to Lundy Island. You might see a dolphins or puffins.
Rural relaxation
• Dartmoor, the largest and wildest tract of open country in England, but with pretty hamlets and villages nestling amongst the dramatic granite tors, wooded gorges and rocky rivers.
• In North Devon, the softer Doone country of Exmoor and heather moorland that falls away to the sea beyond.
• For tranquil walks in try the pristine Axe Valley or the South Hams.
• Visit the dramatic red cliffs of Budleigh Salterton, near the mouth of the River Otter.
• Take the boat from Totnes to explore the wooded banks of the River Dart and the medieval of Dartmouth.
