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25 metres from a rock ramble

This is the corner of Cornwall less travelled. Yet the snaky streets are just as cobbled and the sea just as Grecian blue and, at Blue Dolphin Cawsand, you’re just 25 metres from a rock ramble on the beach at Cawsand. Come home to five large en-suite doubles, a secluded walled garden and free paddleboards and kayaks.

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Light years from modern life

This is the hidden Cornwall: the corner less travelled. Yet the snaky streets are just as cobbled, the sea just as Grecian blue, the whole ambience just as Cornish as its busier coastal cousins. At Blue Dolphin Cawsand, you’re just 25 metres from a rock ramble on the beach at Cawsand (Johnny Depp’s favourite Cornish haunt) and light years from modern life.

So smuggle yourself down to Plymouth Sound for the Morris dancing in the square, boat racing in the harbour and long rambles around Rame Head’s crinkly Heritage Coast to the old chapel. Toast your day at the beach bar. Then come home to five large bedrooms, a secluded walled garden and free paddleboards and kayaks.

Guzzle your free cream tea on arrival. Hatch plans in the farmhouse kitchen. Settle back for some log-lit Netflix. Book the concierge for smugglers’ tours, wild-food foraging, ayurveda, yoga, massage or fresh fish dropped to your door. Cap the day around the gas barbecue in the garden with fizz from Tamar Valley Vineyard.

Bring your family, your friends, your workmates and your dogs. Be wined and dined on site by Emma. Curl up with a good book. Get leg-saving ebikes delivered to the door. Crawl the harbourside pubs. Move by ferry and foot and find an old-style Cornwall of waterside bars and rocky coves. You’ll go but you’ll leave your heart behind.

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Garden and grounds

Chill in seclusion among the local-stone walls, climbers, planters and gazebos. Stock up on Prosecco and hatch plans beneath the ivy around the patio table and chairs. Get the finest cuts from Paul Bray butcher’s and fire up the coal barbecue for burgers and bangers in the salty seaside air. Don’t forget to try out the kayaks and paddleboards.

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Five-star luxury here comes with a five-star welcome. Tuck into a cream tea with Prosecco on arrival and the home-cooked meal you’ll find in the fridge. Like the sense of luxury? Ask about the concierge service. You’ll also love the feel of Tardis-like space, in a three-storey home that retreats from the beach forever.

Within its spaces, you’ll find places you can come together and other places to be apart, recharge and read. Throughout, Sky Wi-Fi keeps you in touch with the world, while wowing it through Instagram. Get together in the spacious, log-lit living room for Sky TV or Netflix on the flat-screen telly or just for family fun and games.

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Cooking & dining

At your disposal are a gas oven and hob plus two fridge-freezers that you can fill from The Village Store, The Co-op, The Old Bakery, Paul Bray butcher’s and Rob the Fish, who’ll deliver to your door. Or put your foot down, then put both feet up, with expert menus cooked on site by Emma and her team.

Eat around the oak dining table illuminated by wall-hanging candles or out in the sun- trap garden with burgers on the barbecue. Takeaways? Consider fresh seaside fish and chips from Chipmates, Indian from Millbrook, or a trip to German Doner Kebab or Kawaffle if you’re across the bay in Plymouth.

Head out to The Halfway House in Kingsand for Cajun chicken, honey-roasted ham, scampi or fish and chips. Stay in Cawsand for battered haddock, steamed Cornish mussels or good veggie and vegan options at The Bay Bar and Restaurant. Or how about red Thai prawn curry with live music at The Rising Sun in Kingsand?

Feel the Napoleonic vibe at Whitsand Bay Fort, which once repelled the French general, and celebrate English resistance with a carvery, a burger or fresh fish and chips. Or try the farm-to-fork policy at The Finnygook Inn, with butterflied chicken breast, chef’s special nachos or heritage beetroot.

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Bedrooms

Right on the beach, Blue Dolphin Cawsand sleeps ten in super-comfortable Egyptian-cotton, with the sea air seeping in to infuse your slumber.

Bedroom one is a large superking en-suite that will take a cot, while mezzanine bedroom two offers another superking and en-suite bathroom with room for a cot. Bedroom three provides a kingsize, bedroom four comes with two singles, and bedroom five sleeps two in a bunk.

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What people say

What people say

Blue Dolphin Cawsand is a luxurious, stylish and well-equipped house, perfectly located in the heart of Cawsand, a stone's throw from the beach and great local pubs. The beds and sofas are comfortable, and the kitchen has everything you could ever need. Can highly recommend! - Kate
Blue Dolphin Cawsand is excellent in every way. The house is lovely and the patio and garden are gems. The towns of Cawsand and Kingsand have wonderful restaurants. Something is always happening at the harbor. Every necessity that you could possibly need in a house rental has been anticipated. - Trish
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Ride the Cawsand ferry to Plymouth for the UK’s largest aquarium, The Mayflower Steps and Plymouth Gin Distillery. Walk the South West Coast Path past grazing ponies. Ride the Bodmin Steam Railway, meet new friends at The Monkey Sanctuary, and cuddle the cuties at Pennywell Farm.

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