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browns and subtle checks; the owners also run similar rooms above another wave-riders'
pub and in the cottage opposite. The pick though are their bedrooms at the nearby
(quieter) Priory, where elegant wooden beams frame exposed stone.
B&B
££
Chapel Farm
( 01271-890429;
www.chapelfarmcroyde.co.uk
; Hobbs Hill, Croyde; s/d/tr £40/80/110; 2/6 person apt per week
£550/650; )
Walls and ceilings shoot off at atmospherically random angles in this cosy,
thatched cobb farmhouse, formerly a home to monks. Some of the light, pretty rooms
share bathrooms. Neighbouring, similarly styled self-catering cottages are available too.
Saunton Sands
( 01271-890212;
www.sauntonsands.co.uk
; Saunton Sands; d £260-350; )
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and all clean lines and curves, the art deco Saunton Sands Hotel dominates the cliffs just
south of Croyde. The 1930s style doesn't extend to the slightly uniform bedrooms, but the
pool and the mind-expanding beach views are superb.
HOTEL
£££
Hobb's
( 01271-890256;
www.hobbsincroyde.co.uk
; 10 Hobb's Hill, Croyde; mains £14-23; 6-9.30pm Tue-Sun)
Heavily beamed eatery rustling up specialties including carpetbagger steaks (with mussels
and brandy sauce), local seafood paella, and a grenadine rhubarb crumble.
BISTRO
££
Information
Braunton Tourist Office
(
01271-816688;
www.visitbraunton.co.uk
;
Caen St;
10am-3pm Mon-Fri, plus
10am-1pm Sat Jun-Dec)
Inside the town's (free) museum.
Getting There & Away
Barnstaple
(40 minutes, hourly Monday to Saturday, five on Sunday) Bus 308, goes from
Croyde via Saunton Sands and Braunton
Ilfracombe
(30 minutes, two per hour) Bus 21, runs from Braunton
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