Stay in one of our luxury self-catering houses or apartments and enjoy any of the 13 beaches in the area
Including Fistral Beach (world famous surf beach, home to National Surf Academy & host to Ripcurl Boardmasters), Watergate Bay (great for extreme sports & Extreme Academy), Lusty Glaze (great for extreme sports & adventure centre.) Have a go at surfing or try something a bit more adventurous. Anyone can try surfing and there are plenty of qualified, experienced surf instructors to help you (British Surfing Association, English Surf School, Hibiscus Surf School, Cornwall Surf Academy), or just buy a boogie board and have some fun
Some of our properties provide boogie boards for you to use, and you can also hire mini-mal boards for your holiday
Beaches in and around Newquay - Crantock, Fistral, Great Western, Holywell, Lusty, Mawgan Porth, Porth, Tolcarne, Porth Joke, Towan, The Harbour, Watergate Bay, Whipsiderry
Leisurely dining at one of many restaurants and cafes including Jamie Oliver?s Fifteen opening May 2006
Have a night out meandering through the main street taking in trendy café bars, great curry or Thai houses or relax in a brasserie on the beach
Jamie Oliver is coming to town, opening Fifteen Cornwall on Watergate Bay in May 2006, you can take the beautiful coast road to Padstow for the Rick Stein experience or better still walk into town and try out Kahuna on Tolcarne Beach, Chy Bar overlooking Towan Beach, the Lotus Thai restaurant, any one of the bars which serve food including Buzios or book ahead and eat at the Lewinnick Lodge with amazing Atlantic views
We?re perfectly positioned on the north Cornish coast for a short trip
Newquay is ideally situated for an easy day out to many other villages, towns and attractions in Cornwall including: St Ives visit Tate St Ives or just meander through the pretty cobbled streets and narrow alleys visiting small galleries and artists workshops; Newlyn & Penzance visit Newlyn Art Gallery or Penlee House, see the working harbour and fish market), Truro - our Cathedral City (visit the Cathedral or Royal Cornwall Museums), famous Falmouth (visit National Maritime Museum where Ellen Macarthur completed her round the world trip, Falmouth Art Gallery; the Eden Project (but don’t go on a rainy day it’ll be packed!) and Eden’s predecessor The Lost Gardens of Heligan, or take a day trip on the British International helicopter or Skybus to the tranquil Isles of Scilly
Entertaining the children is easy in Newquay with Newquay Zoo, Dairyland Farm World, Springfields Pony Centre, Lappa Valley Steam Railway, Blue Reef Aquarium all within easy reach of our holiday properties and Flambards theme park within easy reach by car.
Newquay is great for a short break, especially as it’s so easy to get here by air with Air Southwest from Leeds, Manchester, Dublin, Jersey, London Gatwick; Ryanair from London Stansted; AirWales from Cork; BMIbaby from Durham & Manchester, and you can fly into Exeter with Flybe and Bristol from New York with Continental
Take it easy on holiday
With nearly 300 miles of coastal footpath (part of the 630 mile long South West Coast Path, the longest of Britain's 15 National Trails), Cornwall is a great place for walkers. Take it easy and have a gentle stroll or get serious with a long walk. The majority of our properties are on or very close to the Pentire Peninsula which offers a delightful walk around the peninsula taking in spectacular views of Crantock Beach, Goose Rock, West Pentire, Fistral Bay and Trevose Lighthouse.
Contact Explore South West for long walking trips or for a beach safari (great for kids), Rick Stein’s Padstow is only 20 miles away taking in a breathtaking coastal drive, visit the historic towns of Bodmin, Launceston and Okehampton or the Cathedral City of Truro and enjoy some shopping, Falmouth and the Fal estuary, the Roseland Peninsula, the Lizard, Lands End and Cape Cornwall. Newquay is the place to stay and explore Cornwall