Gallery and local guide
Our photographs, taken on ordinary days.
No wide-angle lenses, no borrowed furniture, no skies dropped in afterwards. If a room looks like this here, it looks like this when you open the door.
Local guide
What is near, and how far it really is.
Walking times are at a normal pace with a coffee in hand. Driving times are the ones you get in August, not the ones the map gives you in February.
- Porthmeor Beachfrom Gullrock Loft4 minute walkSurf school on the sand, lifeguards from May to September.
- Tate St Ivesfrom Gullrock Loft6 minute walkFree for under 18s. The cafe upstairs looks straight out over Porthmeor.
- Porthleven harbourfrom Wheal Cottage3 minute walkThree pubs, a fish counter and the Saturday market on the quay.
- Kynance Covefrom Wheal Cottage25 minute driveNational Trust car park fills by 10:00 in August. Go early or go late.
- Minack Theatrefrom Salt House20 minute driveBook weeks ahead in summer. Take a cushion and a coat, whatever the forecast.
- St Michael’s Mountfrom Salt House15 minute driveWalk the causeway at low tide, come back on the boat when it covers.
- The King Harry Ferryfrom Kittiwake Cabin8 minute driveChain ferry across the Fal. Cuts forty minutes off the run to Falmouth.
- Eden Projectfrom Harbour Steps50 minute driveTickets are cheaper booked online and last a whole year.
- Truro stationfrom Harbour Steps25 minute driveSleeper from Paddington. We can meet the train if you are coming without a car.
- Newquay airportfrom Any stay45 to 70 minute driveFlights from Manchester, Leeds and London City through the summer.
Season bands
Why the price moves, written down.
Every property has one low season rate. The bands below are the only thing that changes it, and the availability bar uses exactly these numbers.
November to March, excluding Christmas week
The base rate
April, May and October
1.25 times the base rate
June, September and half terms
1.5 times the base rate
July and August
1.85 times the base rate
Want to see one before you book?
If you are already in Cornwall we will show you round any property on a changeover day. Ring the office and we will find a slot.