The Eden Project near St Austell is one of Britain's most remarkable and ambitious environmental attractions, a network of geodesic biomes built in a former china clay pit that contain the world's largest indoor rainforest and a Mediterranean biome, alongside outdoor gardens, performance spaces, and one of the world's leading environmental education centres. Since opening in 2001 it has welcomed over 22 million visitors and become one of the UK's most distinctive tourist attractions. Hotels near the Eden Project in the St Austell and Fowey area offer easy access to both this extraordinary attraction and the beautiful Roseland Peninsula coastline.
Our Picks — Cornwall
Newquay
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.
Veryan-in-Roseland
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.
Constantine Bay
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.
St Mawes
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 Ives
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.
Falmouth
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.
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