The Meadfoot Bay

Book a room at the Meadfoot Bay Hotel in the seaside resort of Torquay in Devon and you're a pleasing five minute stroll from the sands of Meadfoot Beach and a bracing yomp along the coastal path from the town centre (a lovely way to kick off your day) where numerous shops, restaurants, cafes and bars will eat your whole day before you know it. Inside the hotel, thick swagged curtains, chandeliers and gilt claw-footed sofas in the drawing room create a sense of opulence which spreads upstairs where the bedrooms have crisp white linens, pretty décor and Egyptian silk curtains. Those who return again and again to the hotel always cite the breakfasts as a guilty pleasure – with a huge buffet and Full English spreads cooked, fresh as a daisy, to order.