Portloe Retreat Guidebook

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Portloe Retreat Guidebook

Sightseeing

Best in the Spring for Camellias and Magnolias. On a lovely beach - Porthluney with cafe, car park and toilets. Live music too.
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Caerhays Castle
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Best in the Spring for Camellias and Magnolias. On a lovely beach - Porthluney with cafe, car park and toilets. Live music too.
Beautiful beach with a resident seal colony. Good cafe and car park. Beach good for swimming, rock pools and shells.
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Towan Beach
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Beautiful beach with a resident seal colony. Good cafe and car park. Beach good for swimming, rock pools and shells.
Lush gardens in a magical atmosphere. Dogs on leads.
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The Lost Gardens of Heligan
B3273
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Lush gardens in a magical atmosphere. Dogs on leads.
Botanical gardens under huge biodomes. Not good for dogs.
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Eden Project
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Botanical gardens under huge biodomes. Not good for dogs.
A harbour with unique history and geography relating to the China Clay industry. Good places to eat and boat trips.
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Charlestown Harbour
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A harbour with unique history and geography relating to the China Clay industry. Good places to eat and boat trips.
Small harbour village with a good selection of individual shops and fresh fish offering on the quayside. Boat trips to Fowey.
Mevagissey bay, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Small harbour village with a good selection of individual shops and fresh fish offering on the quayside. Boat trips to Fowey.
Nice long beach that joins Pendower beach at low tide. Very dog friendly.
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Carne Beach
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Nice long beach that joins Pendower beach at low tide. Very dog friendly.
Built in 1880 the Cathedral sits in the centre of Truro.
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Truro Cathedral
Saint Mary's Street
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Built in 1880 the Cathedral sits in the centre of Truro.
Fowey to Mevagissey Ferry
Great boat trip
Very local art gallery run by Sam.
Veryan Galleries
Very local art gallery run by Sam.
Outdoor pool and thermal pool - must book
Jubilee Pool
Outdoor pool and thermal pool - must book
A historic castle, garden and Island found just off the coast.
St. Michael's Mount
A historic castle, garden and Island found just off the coast.
Padstow is crazy busy in the summer. It is often called Padstein due to the chef Rick Stein living and working there. Some beautiful beaches, just beware of the crowds here and in Rock.
Padstow Harbour
5 Mill Square
Padstow is crazy busy in the summer. It is often called Padstein due to the chef Rick Stein living and working there. Some beautiful beaches, just beware of the crowds here and in Rock.
Built by King Henry VIII, it is part of English Heritage, a coastal artillery fortress alongside Pendennis Castle in Falmouth.
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St. Mawes Castle
Castle Drive
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Built by King Henry VIII, it is part of English Heritage, a coastal artillery fortress alongside Pendennis Castle in Falmouth.
King Henry VIII seaside fortress overlooking the sea. Part of English Heritage.
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Pendennis Castle
Castle Drive
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King Henry VIII seaside fortress overlooking the sea. Part of English Heritage.
A National Trust property. Magnificent Victorian country house with garden and wooded estate. The kitchens are amazing!
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Lanhydrock House and Garden
Treffry Lane
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A National Trust property. Magnificent Victorian country house with garden and wooded estate. The kitchens are amazing!
A fancy hotel developed from Bodmin Jail.
The Bodmin Jail Hotel
A fancy hotel developed from Bodmin Jail.
A historic and breathtaking site part of English Heritage. Linked with the legend of King Arthur.
Tintagel Castle
Castle Road
A historic and breathtaking site part of English Heritage. Linked with the legend of King Arthur.
An area of outstanding natural beauty. With waterfall and woodland and magic.
Saint Nectans Glen
An area of outstanding natural beauty. With waterfall and woodland and magic.

Food scene

Cakes, soups, beach, feast events. No booze, bring your own.
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The Hidden Hut
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Cakes, soups, beach, feast events. No booze, bring your own.
Great pub grub.
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Plume of Feathers
The Square
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Great pub grub.
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The Idle Rocks
Tredenham Road
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Hotel Tresanton
27 Lower Castle Rd
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Heron Inn
Trenhaile Terrace
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The Longstore
Charlestown Harbour
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The Rising Sun
Mitchell Hill
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Great for cocktails with a view. Very close to ferry stop.
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Fowey Harbour Hotel
Esplanade
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Great for cocktails with a view. Very close to ferry stop.
Great for Spanish Tapas by the ferry
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Pintxo
38 Esplanade
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Great for Spanish Tapas by the ferry
Brasserie style pub grub by The Hidden Hut people.
The Standard Inn, Portscatho
Brasserie style pub grub by The Hidden Hut people.
Good food, comfortable for coffee and drinks.
St Mawes Hotel
Good food, comfortable for coffee and drinks.
Local Italian restaurant for lunch/dinner/coffee
The Cornish Italian
Local Italian restaurant for lunch/dinner/coffee

City/town information

Cathedral, restaurants, shopping
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Truro
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Cathedral, restaurants, shopping

Shop

Great shop and post office selling essentials and luxuries for a break away. Our closest shop.
Veryan and portloe store and Post Office
Century Lane
Great shop and post office selling essentials and luxuries for a break away. Our closest shop.
Good shops and sightseeing. Ferry from Mevagissey is a lovely boat trip.
Fowey Harbour, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Good shops and sightseeing. Ferry from Mevagissey is a lovely boat trip.
This side of Truro, next to Waitrose. Lovely produce and books too.
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Great Cornish Food Store
Newquay Road
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This side of Truro, next to Waitrose. Lovely produce and books too.
Local Supermarket
Waitrose
Local Supermarket
Farm shop - great for fish
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Curgurrell Farm
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Farm shop - great for fish
Boutique style homewear.
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Cream Cornwall
51 Church St
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Boutique style homewear.
Upmarket clothing shop in the centre of Truro
Trevails
Upmarket clothing shop in the centre of Truro

Walks

Lovely walk to Place where you can get the ferry to St Mawes.
St Anthony Lighthouse
Lovely walk to Place where you can get the ferry to St Mawes.
A granite moorland in Cornwall. Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall. Lots of old tin mines, quaint villages, wildlife. Many ancient monuments such as the Hurlers, Rillaton Barrow, the Trippet Stones, Leskernick. Great walks.
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Bodmin Moor
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A granite moorland in Cornwall. Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall. Lots of old tin mines, quaint villages, wildlife. Many ancient monuments such as the Hurlers, Rillaton Barrow, the Trippet Stones, Leskernick. Great walks.