Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Town Walk
Agatha Christie's Torquay
Start
Imperial Hotel
End
Grand Hotel
Length
2 miles; three hours
Begin deductions with a drink on the terrace of the
Imperial Hotel
(Miss Marple would choose tea; Poirot a
tisane), a fine establishment that appears in three Christie novels: as the Majestic in
Peril at End House
and
The
Body in the Library
, and as itself in
Sleeping Murder
. Next take a peep at the waters of
Beacon Cove
, where
Agatha had to be rescued from drowning as a girl. Stroll beside the
Old Harbour
, past souvenir shops and
