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Portloe, Truro, Cornwall


Lugger Hotel

Cornwall, United Kingdom [view map]

Style
Smuggler’s inn turned boutique hideaway
Setting
Cornwall’s mystical coast

Minimalist elements have been used throughout the hotel and the excellent restaurant, mixed with a more relaxed, traditional country feel.

Need to know

Cornwall hotels: Lugger Hotel, need to know
Rooms
21, all ensuite.
Rates
£200–£240, including breakfast. A minimum two-night stay is required at weekends.
Check-out
11am.
Facilities
Massage and therapy room, offering reiki, reflexology, Indian head massage and facials.
Children
No children under 12.

In the know

Our favourite rooms
Rooms 301, 302 and 303 have terraces and the best sea views.
Packing tips
Fishing nets, walking boots, Ordnance Survey map.
Also
Bring wet-weather gear; when the weather closes in, it really closes in.

Food & drink

Cornwall hotels: Lugger Hotel, food and drink
Hotel restaurant
Restaurant specialising in seafood. Refuel in the morning between 8am and 10am.
Dress code
More dash than flash.
Top table
At lunchtime, on the terrace; in the evening, one by the window.
Last orders
9pm (later by pre-arrangement). Bar opening hours are flexible.
Room service
Breakfast and drinks only.

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Lugger Hotel

Portloe, Truro, Cornwall

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Lugger Hotel

Cornwall, United Kingdom [view map]

Local restaurants

Rick Stein’s foodie empire is an hour’s drive away in Padstow, but worth the trip (+44 (0)1841 532700; www.rickstein.com). A few miles along the coast in St Mawes is the Hotel Tresanton (+44 (0)1326 270055) for superb local and organic food. The Driftwood (+44 (0)1872 580644) for wonderful fish and seafood.

Local bars

In Portloe itself, opposite the hotel, is the Ship Inn, which serves good pub food (+44 (0)1872 501356). The New Inn in Veryan has a slightly less traditional menu (+44 (0)1872 501362).

Worth getting out of bed for

The bay is great for a refreshing dip (watch out for the lobster pots) or a bracing coastal walk. Tate St Ives (+44 (0)1736 796226; www.tate.org.uk/stives) is a gallery worth visiting. The Eden Project (+44 (0)1726 811911; www.edenproject.com) is an experimental biosphere with the largest conservatories in the world. In high season, get tickets through the hotel to avoid queuing. A trip to the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth (+44 (0)1326 313388; www.nmmc.co.uk); the foot ferry leaves St Mawes Harbour every 20 minutes.

Diary

May there are May Day celebrations in St Ives, Padstow and throughout Cornwall (www.cornishlight.co.uk/cornish-customs.htm). July Rip Curl Newquay Boardmasters is the UK’s largest lifestyle sports festival (www.surffestival.com). August British surfing championships in Newquay (www.surfnewquay.co.uk/events.shtml).

For a full list of bars and restaurants in Cornwall, click here



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