A child and dog-friendly bolthole enfolded within rolling, wild-flower-spangled grassland a ten-minute walk from a beautifully uncrowded beach, 'this is an excellent hotel', writes a trusted reader. Reached by a hilly single-track road, it is truly in a world of its own, with the perfect blend of adult sophistication and family fun, and everything you need for a holiday break. The bedrooms, all at ground level, are designed to optimise the 'glorious views in the rooms which face the beach'. Other rooms face the gardens. They are all contemporary, comfortable, uncluttered, with glass doors to a furnished patio. Junior suites have a separate seating area. Nice touches include binoculars for dolphin spotting. The path to the beach is through National Trust land, and there is a spa and a lounge with books and board games if the weather doesn't oblige. In the restaurant, there is a strong focus on seafood with clean, confident dishes such as Cornish cod with Fowey mussels and sea herbs with mussel velouté, ‘excellent fresh crab and sometimes lobster’. Fish features on the breakfast menu too, with both smoked salmon and smoked haddock alongside other breakfast favourites.