Insight Guides - Insight Guides: Great Breaks Devon and Cornwall

How To Use This E-Book

This Great Break has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With top-quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the worlds most exciting destinations.

Walks and Tours

The clearly laid-out walks and tours in this book feature options for walking or using public transport wherever possible. The emphasis is on family fun, wholesome outdoorsey activities, local festivals, and food and drink. There are loads of great holiday ideas: kids stuff, best beaches, historic pubs, literary connections, unique shops, and crucially with our Great British weather what to do on a rainy day.

We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments options are shown in the Eating Out box at the end of each tour.

Introduction

The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink.

Directory

Also supporting the walks and tours is a Travel Tips section, with a clearly organised AZ of practical information. There is a comprehensive round up of sports and activities in the destination, recommendations for themed holidays, plus our pick of the best places to stay.

Getting around the e-book

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Table of Contents

Devon & Cornwalls Top 10

Many miles of wonderful coastal scenery, spectacular beaches, wild moorlands and great gardens make this the place to be outdoors. Indoors, you can see the painting and architecture the landscape has inspired.

Dartmoor. Devons storehouse of ancient monuments, ponies and rare wildlife ranges from moorland to steep wooded valleys and secluded villages. For more information, .

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Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Designed by a student of Brunel, this marvel of Victorian engineering links Lynmouth with Lynton on the cliff above. For more information, .

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Dartmouth. This handsome Devon town is the pride of the Navy, where the Britannia Royal Naval College trains officers to rule the waves. For more information, .

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Tate St Ives. A sister of the London galleries, this is one of several great art centres in this Cornish fishing village thats been a magnet to artists. For more information, .

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Surfing. Surfers head for Fistral Bay near Newquay the best surf beaches in Britain are here along Cornwalls north coast. For more information, .

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Tintagel. Feel the power of myths at King Arthurs legendary Cornish castle, set on a wild headland. For more information, .

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Torquay. Queen of the English Riviera, Torquay is an elegant resort with perfect examples of Edwardian wedding cake seaside architecture. For more information, .

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Eden Project. Cornwalls most popular attraction, where vast domes provide the right climates for a dazzling variety of plants. For more information, .

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Tresco Gardens. Lush and vibrant, these exotic, tropical-looking gardens flourish year-round in the mild climate of the Scilly Isles. For more information, .

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Exeter. Devons county capital, Exeter has a majestic Cathedral, largely 14th-century and surrounded by superb lawns and medieval buildings. For more information, .

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Overview: A West Country Welcome