Best for: Seaside daysThis large but friendly hotel is slap bang in the Kensington of Cornwall – Princes William and Harry spent summers here in Earl Spencer’s house as boys, and Gordon Ramsay has a house here too.
The majestic hotel is fronted with large lawns and colourful flower beds with towering echiums and alliums. Inside rooms are spacious and fresh, with nautical stripes and antique furniture.
Our room also had a reading window with a built-in chaise and a postcard-worthy view from the window looking out at the boats bobbing on the Camel Estuary and, beyond, fields with cows.
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