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Merchant House Hotel
( 01872-272450;
www.merchant-house.co.uk
; 49 Falmouth Rd; s £50-59, d £68-79; )
This Victorian
house is handy for town, and refurbishment has brightened up the rooms with fresh colour
schemes and contemporary furnishings. Some rooms have skylights, and there's parking -
although the hotel's popular with coach tours so space can be hard to find.
HOTEL
£
HOTEL
££
Mannings Hotel
( 01872-270345;
www.manningshotels.co.uk
; Lemon St; s £79, d £99-109; )
The city's best option is
this efficient city-centre pad (formerly the Royal Hotel), geared towards the business
crowd. Bold colours, wall-mounted TVs and sleek furniture keep things uncluttered, and
there are 'aparthotels' for longer stays (£129). Cheaper rates at weekends.
Alverton Hotel
( 01872-276633;
www.thealverton.co.uk
; Tregolls Rd; d £130-160; )
This converted convent is
Truro's grandest hotel, but the style is more country than contemporary. Antique ward-
robes, sleigh beds and drapes in the generous bedrooms; the best have views over the
hotel's manicured grounds.
HOTEL
£££
Eating
Archie Brown's
MAP
CAFE
£
GOOGLE MAP
(
01872-278622;
www.archiebrowns.co.uk
; 105-106 Kenwyn St; mains £4-12;
9am-5pm Mon-Sat;
)
The Truro outpost of Penzance's much-loved wholefood cafe, serving lovely salads
and imaginative vegetarian mains, as well as a copious selection of herbal teas. The cafe's
upstairs, and there's a wholefood and vitamin shop downstairs.
Baker Tom
MAP
( 01872-277496;
www.bakertom.co.uk
; breads £1-2)
Young baker Tom Hazzledine has a growing
reputation for his artisan breads and patisseries, and now has several shops across Corn-
wall. This bakery inside Lemon St market is the one that started it all.
BAKERY
£
Duke St Sandwich Deli
CAFE
£
