Best Hotels in
Cornwall

A magnificent Victorian hotel standing on its own clifftop headland above Fistral Beach — Cornwall's most famous surf beach — The Headland has been one of Cornwall's grandest hotels since 1900 with spectacular Atlantic views from every room.

• Newquay
• Clifftop
• Surfing

On the remote Roseland Peninsula — one of Cornwall's most pristine headlands — The Nare is a supremely traditional, family-run country house hotel with its own beach, outdoor pool, and the kind of formal-yet-friendly English hospitality that has all but disappeared elsewhere.

• Roseland Peninsula
• Country House
• Private Beach

A long-loved family hotel above the spectacular Constantine Bay on the north Cornwall coast, Treglos has been in the same family for 50 years and delivers genuine warmth, excellent food, and direct access to one of Cornwall's finest beaches.

• Constantine Bay
• Family
• Beach

Olga Polizzi's legendary boutique hotel in St Mawes — the prettiest village on the Roseland Peninsula — remains Cornwall's most stylish address, with 30 individually furnished rooms, a superb restaurant, and views across the estuary to Falmouth Castle.

• St Mawes
• Luxury
• Boutique

A meticulously maintained boutique hotel above Carbis Bay on the edge of St Ives with panoramic views across the bay to Godrevy Lighthouse. The owners' care and knowledge of the local art and food scene makes it an exceptional base for St Ives.

• St Ives
• Bay Views
• Boutique

Cornwall's oldest hotel — established 1640 — occupying a prime waterfront position at the mouth of Falmouth Harbour with stunning views of the working port and the Fal estuary. Literary associations with Kenneth Grahame, who began Wind in the Willows here.

• Falmouth
• Waterfront
• Historic

A beautiful six-room boutique B&B on the harbour in St Ives' fishing district, Trevose Harbour House is one of Cornwall's most celebrated small hotels — breakfast of fresh local produce is served overlooking the harbour and lobster boats.

• St Ives
• Harbour
• B&B

An elegant boutique hotel in a converted Victorian customs house directly on Fowey's beautiful estuary, The Old Quay House delivers twelve exquisite rooms, waterside dining, and the kind of refined charm associated with the literary town of Fowey (home of Daphne du Maurier).

• Fowey
• Estuary Views
• Literary

A secluded cluster of self-catering apartments and rooms on the Roseland Peninsula with a genuinely spectacular clifftop position above a private cove. Ideal for families and couples who want complete seclusion with beach access.

• Portscatho
• Families
• Seclusion

A large clifftop hotel above Newquay's main beach with an outdoor heated pool and panoramic Atlantic views, the Atlantic Hotel is the most affordable of Newquay's clifftop properties and a reliable family-friendly choice.

• Newquay
• Family
• Pool