The Gallivant

Amid coastal gardens, across the road from the important wildlife habitat of Camber dunes, Harry Cragoe’s adults-only hotel lives up to its name. Guests can flit between yoga sessions and spa treatments to a special ‘experience’ – a wine-tasting masterclass or creative workshop, perhaps (pre-bookable). Overnight stays include Gallivant Essentials or The Complete Gallivant: breakfast, all day elevenses, English wine at 5, dinner, We Have Drift Off (sleepy time tea in your bedroom) and wellness class. Bedrooms are all on the ground floor and most have a breezy seaside palette, with French doors to private decking. The largest are more dramatic, with a freestanding bathtub behind sliding doors, a monsoon shower, and French doors to the garden. ‘You could watch the telly from the bath, two comfortable chairs or the bed,’ happy readers were moved to write mid-stay. Chef Jamie Guy’s seasonal menus are sourced as locally as possible and might include wood-roasted monkfish tail with seashore vegetables. ‘We think the food is superb – a great dinner last night, now off to breakfast,’ which might mean smoky beans, crumpets with smoked-trout butter, a sausage bun with tomato marmalade. Beyond the dunes an unspoilt beach awaits. (RB)