Boutique hotels in South Cornwall
The Smith team has visited luxury boutique hotels, five-star retreats and stylish guesthouses in South Cornwall, to bring you a cherry-picked collection of unique places to stay.
Boskerris Hotel
Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Style Bright and beachy villa
- Setting Carbis Bay cliffs
Boskerris Hotel near St Ives is a bay-facing beach house with views of Virginia Woolf’s favourite lighthouse from every angle.
Driftwood Hotel
Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Style New England yacht club
- Setting Bracing Cornish clifftop
Striking the perfect balance between accessible and remote, Driftwood Hotel's main house has an incredible setting, high on a cliff, and an easy-breezy atmosphere.
Headland House
Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Style Beaches and cream
- Setting Curvy Carbis Bay
Headland House is British hospitality at its sunniest: free cake and sherry, cosy rooms, an aptly named snug, and a prime Cornish setting.
Nearwater
Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Style New England nautical
- Setting St Mawes, near water
Nearwater, a three-bedroom boutique B&B in a picture-perfect fishing town, is a luxuriously low-key hideyhole, just a stroll from the sea.
Salt House
Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Style Sleek seaside sanctuary
- Setting Gazing on Godrevy
From its secluded perch above St Ives Bay, luxury-laden Salt House in Cornwall is a boutique B&B putting style into the seaside.
Hotel Tresanton
Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Style Breezy beach house
- Setting Chocolate-box Cornish village
A former yachting club, Hotel Tresanton in St Mawes was built from a cluster of old houses, hence its charming higgledy-piggledy levels and portside setting.
