Step from your cottage and blow away the cobwebs on the coastal path above sandy bays and hidden coves. This is living the Cornish dream: traditional family farm, sparkling clapboard cottages, sea views and postcard-perfect fishing village, Mevagissey down the hill. Tim is a third-generation farmer; Sally a whirlwind of smiling capability (home-baked bread or cakes often appear). The converted outbuilding cottages are designed for comfort and practicality; cosy living areas with wood-burning stoves (free logs) and jauntily coloured pine furnishings; well-designed kitchens for feeding hungry mouths; simple country-fresh bedrooms and spotless bathrooms. In the two-storey cottages, one bedroom has a balcony. All have French doors to private terraces for outdoor eating and summery snoozing; all have surround-sound views of sea, garden and fields. You will have a daily dilemma of what to do: Eden Project or Heligan Gardens, beaches or rockpooling, coastal walks or Mevagissey’s galleries? Raining? Relax in the indoor pool and sauna. Wrapped in peace, this is a fresh-air Cornish getaway.
We came here with our two boys and their Grandma to have a break and celebrate her 70th birthday. My boys still talk about it and we all would love to return. There is a pool on the site which is such a luxury. The house itself is gorgeous, with plenty of garden onto fields. You can walk from the house to the beach and follow the coastal path to Mevagissey or to Gorran and that was such a treat. To be able to walk without getting in the car and to be able to drive but then split the group if someone wanted to amble home was fantastic! Would go back in a heart beat and thoroughly recommend!