A former coaching inn dating back to the 1800s, this is the type of place that you would hope to stumble across on a long hike, it’s striking dandelion-yellow exterior a wonderfully cheery and comforting sight, with great local beer on tap, simple but hearty Cornish food and handful of neat-as-a-pin bedrooms to lay your head. The hotel’s approach is built soundly on the maxim that a night’s sleep will only be as good as the bed itself – Vispring beds are found in every room, along with Egyptian cotton bed linens, warm Welsh blankets, stacks of books, a Robert’s radio, Tregothnan tea and Yallah coffee. Its location is its real draw though, one for those who like their surroundings rugged, wild and sleepy. A great bolthole to avoid the summer droves.

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