Headland House
Style Beaches and cream
Setting Curvy Carbis Bay
Seaside St Ives and sweeping views of Carbis Bay are Headland House’s obvious draws, but we’re swayed by the boutique B&B’s cosy rooms, home-made cake and on-the-house sherry.
Need to know
- Rooms Seven, including one suite.
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Rates
Double rooms from $155.09 (£99), excluding tax at 20 per cent. Headland House is unable to accept payment by credit card.
Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (£99), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
- More details Rates include breakfast (full English or Continental) and tax.
- Facilities Gardens, library, DVDs and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen TV, minibar, free bottled water, White Company products and goosedown duvets and pillows – hypo-allergenic bedding can be provided if requested in advance.
- Check-out 10.30am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
- Children This hotel is better suited to couples - leave the children at home!
- Also Who can resist a freebie? Expect cake in the afternoon, and a glass of port or sherry when the night draws in.
Food and drink at Headland House
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Hotel restaurant
The bright little conservatory, with its scattering of wicker chairs and white tables, is the backdrop for breakfast. There are bookshelves scattered with trinkets (vases, lanterns, and seashells) and a respectable selection of books and DVDs. This is a B&B affair, but don’t worry, there are plenty of tempting cafés and restaurants within easy walking distance.
- Dress code Bikinis and boardies. In the evenings, slip into post-surf casuals: cotton and corduroy.
- Top table Sit by the windows and admire the palm trees in the landscaped garden.
- Last orders Breakfast is available between 8.45am and 9.30am.
- Room service None, but you’ll be given cake in the afternoon (past flavours include carrot, asparagus and chocolate – not all at once), and a tipple in the evenings.
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Hotel bar
There’s an honesty bar in the snug, stocked with wine and beer.
Headland House Headland Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives, TR26 2NS
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In the know
Our favourite rooms
We love Porthminster for its bay window overlooking Godrevy lighthouse and the Bay, and Porthcurno for its characterful period fireplace. Snug little Mousehole has a romantic bathroom tucked away in a sunken loft space, with exposed stone walls, stripped wooden floorboards and a sloped ceiling.
Packing tips
Wetsuits and windcheaters.
Also
Grab a book and a drink, and slope off to the hammock in the gardens.
