The best hotels in Cornwall — from The Pig to Stanley Tucci's favourite
Yes, it’s far away, but all the better for it. You simply don’t get that impossibly blue water, weather-lashed cottages or spanking fresh seafood just a few hours from London. The abiding memory of most who’ve enjoyed a long Cornish exhale is a sliver of its 400 mile coastal path, wiggling along mossy green cliffs; a healing crosspoint of sea, sky and land, typically rounded off with a piping hot pasty.
In summer, mottled coves flicker between blue and turquoise, where surfers bob like glittery seals anticipating their next wave and sandy and wet-suited children lift ice creams high above soggy labrador snouts. With its bucket and spade spirit and ye olde ale-soaked taverns greeting fisherman heading home, Cornwall keeps things grounded. Ultimately, the elements are a great leveller — you’ll find all tribes here.
Its plushest hotels offer a welcome level of privacy. Think serviced cabins that spill onto the beach, or hampers that arrive for family breakfasts on the terrace. Plus there’s the bonus that some are catered by chefs lured here from city kitchens, who allow the superlative local bounty to do most of the talking.
From rustic-luxe to genteel manor-on-sea, here are the best hotels in Cornwall.
Hotel Tresanton, St Mawes
As the eldest daughter of hospitality legend Lord Forte, Olga Polizzi was raised and shaped by the world of luxury hotels. Her
