Weekend away

THE SHOPS, EATERIES, CULTURE AND BEACHES OF SCENIC (AND OFTEN SUNNY) FALMOUTH MAKE IT AN IDEAL SUMMER GETAWAY

Words and photos: LISA SYKES

Seaside B&Bs are a cliché of dragon-ish landladies, poky en suites shoehorned into bedrooms and a sterile dining room with the hushed atmosphere of a library. Thankfully, you can forget all of this and can really enjoy the modern boutique experience that is The Sandy Duck in Falmouth. It's ideally positioned on a hill above the town – simply stroll right for the beach or left for eating, drinking and shopping. Arriving by a beautiful rural rail journey and borrowing e-bikes to scoot around town makes a car unnecessary. Just don't forget to pack your cossie… Where we stayed ‘Hawthorn Dene’, as it says in the original Victorian stained glass above the pink front door, was always a private hotel, built as a boarding house for workers at the port. In 2016,…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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