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Making Yourself at Home: Self-Catering in Cornwall
Self-catering has long been a popular
way to experience the charms of Corn-
wall. It can save money (especially if
there are several of you, or you wish to
stay for more than a few nights), and
you also have the freedom of catering
for yourself. Options include renting a
small apartment (often on a farm), tak-
ing a traditional cottage (these may
sleep from 2 to 10 people), and staying
in more modern purpose residences.
Try
Cornish Traditional Cottages
(
www.
corncott.com
;
&
01208/821660),
Natu-
ral Retreats
(
www.naturalretreats.com
;
&
0844/384-3166), or family-friendly
“village”
The Valley
(
www.the-valley.
co.uk
;
&
01872/862194).
English
Country Cottages
has a wide selection
of properties across Cornwall (
www.
english-country-cottages.co.uk
;
&
0845/268-0785).
dining area—while adults can eat later in the lovely oak-paneled
restaurant.
The spa
has a 12-m (40-ft.) indoor heated pool and offers a wide range of treatments.
Hanson Dr., Fowey, Cornwall PL23 1ET. www.foweyhallhotel.co.uk.
&
01726/833866.
Fax 01726/834100.
36 units, including 12 family suites. £170-245 double; £260-£420 large suite. Dinner, B&B option also
available. MC, V.
Amenities:
Restaurant, babysitting; spa with indoor pool; billiard room; crèche.
In room:
TV/DVD, hair dryer.
POLPERRO
Trenderway Farm
For a quiet, romantic adult hideaway, the B&B rooms on
this working farm are a perfect option. Rooms are either in the 16th-century farm-
house or converted outbuildings, and are pretty and well kept. A hearty traditional
breakfast can be taken in the conservatory or outdoors on the terrace. Two of
the suites have mini kitchens, in case you wish to cater for yourself. No children
accepted.
Pelynt, nr. Polperro, Cornwall PL13 2LY (between Looe and Polperro, off the B3359). www.trenderway
farmholidays.co.uk.
&
01503/272214.
Fax: 01503/272991. 6 units. £90-£155 double; barn conversion
(with log-burning stove and washing machine) £595-£895 per week. MC, V.
In room:
TV (some also
have DVD), hair dryer, fridge.
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ST. AUSTELL TO THE
LIZARD
St. Mawes: 300 miles SW of London, 2 miles E of Falmouth, 18 miles S of Truro
This sheltered stretch of coastline is characterized by its sleepy, wooded estuaries;
subtropical plants; and secret, sandy coves—no wonder it was once prime smuggling
country. It's a great area for sailing, boating, and walking. Overlooking the mouth of
the Fal River, at the tip of the Roseland Peninsula,
St. Mawes
is one of Cornwall's
prettiest villages.
The Lizard
Peninsula
is the U.K. mainland's most southerly point
and home to Frenchman's Creek, inspiration for Daphne du Maurier's novel. Corn-
wall's best-known attractions are here, too, such as the futuristic
Eden Project
near
St. Austell, the glorious
Lost Gardens of Heligan,
and the
National Maritime
Museum
in Falmouth. And then there's
Truro,
the county town of Cornwall and its
best shopping center.
