Ride the hairy, shallowdraft ferry (that feels like it’s running aground) over to Plymouth for the UK’s largest aquarium, The Mayflower Museum, Vue Cinema and The Barbican Theatre. Learn to surf with Adventure Bay. Discover Mount Edgecumbe with Adventure Segway. Or splash the day away at Mount Wise Swimming Pool.
Explore the biodomes and the world’s largest indoor rainforest at The Eden Project. Ride 13 miles through glorious countryside on the Bodmin Steam Railway. Meet 40 new friends, each with their own unique personality, at The Monkey Sanctuary. Or discover the caverns and woodland walks at Carnglaze.
Climb outdoors at the Mountbatten climbing wall and brave the via ferrata. Head to Dartmoor Zoo to meet mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, or to Pennywell Farm to enjoy a new activity every 30 minutes including pig-racing, cutie cuddles, bottle-feeding and goat-walking.
See Cornwall in miniature at the Polperro Model Village and learn about the many Cornish myths and legends. And make sure to get down to Camel Creek Family Adventure Park for fantastic family rides, incredible animal encounters, indoor play and Merlin’s Magical Playground.
Ride the Cawsand ferry, which comes right up onto the sand, across Plymouth Sound, with views of Drake’s Island. Visit the UK’s largest aquarium, showcasing the sharks and rays of Eddystone Reef, see The Box, a new museum and gallery, and head to The Mayflower Steps, where the Pilgrim Fathers left to colonise America.
Stay in the city to take a tour of the Plymouth Gin Distillery and take home your own distilled bottle. Explore the waterside bars and restaurants, take in the views of Plymouth Sound from Smeaton’s Tower, and walk around beautiful Burrator Reservoir. Settle back with a coffee on one of five harbours and watch the world go by.
Back on Rame Head, walk the South West Coast Path towards St Michael’s Chapel past grazing Dartmoor ponies. Discover the very cool Queen Adelaide’s Grotto and check out the views. And book our concierge and enjoy everything from smugglers’ tours to wild-food foraging, yoga, massage and fresh fish delivered daily.
Book a surf lesson at Adventure Bay. Ride horses from Lower Tokenbury Equestrian. Quad-bike at Liskeard. And play clifftop golf at Whitsand Bay, St Mellion and Staddon Heights. Fish for mackerel, pollock, bass and dogfish in Plymouth Sound. Then chill with massage and reiki with Sarah Swindells.
