Insight Guides Great Breaks Devon & Cornwall (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Pocket-sized travel guides making the most of the British Isles through clearly laid-out walks and tours.

Explore the best of Devon and Cornwall with this indispensably practical Insight Great Breaks Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like the Eden Project, Exeter, Tresco Gardens, Dartmoor and Torquay, to discovering hidden gems, including Tintagel, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, help you plan and enhance your Great Break in Devon and Cornwall.

Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this is the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to Devon and Cornwall.

- Over 13 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat along the way
- Local highlights: discover what makes the area special, its top sights and unique attractions, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Insider recommendations: where to stay and what to do, from active pursuits to themed trips
- Rainy day recommendations: uncover plenty of options, whatever the weather
- Practical maps: get around with ease and follow the walks and tours using the detailed maps 
- Informative tips: plan your travels with a useful practical section to ensure effortless exploration
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: Exeter and Topsham, East Devon, the English Riviera, The South Hams, Plymouth and the Tamar Valley, Dartmoor, North Devon, Exmoor, the South Coast harbours, Truro, Land's End Peninsula, the North Coast and the Isles of Scilly

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Reino Unido
• Travel
• United Kingdom
• Great Britain
• Royaume-Uni
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 août 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839051401
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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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 world’s 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 A–Z 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
You’ll 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.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd



Table of Contents
Devon & Cornwall’s Top 10
Overview: A West Country Welcome
Legend and Reality
Climate
Seagoing Heritage
Economy and Tourism
Warm Hospitality
Food and Drink
Delicious Devon
Devonian drinking
Cornish Cuisine
Cakes and ale
Tour 1: Exeter and Topsham
Around the Cathedral
Modern City
Shops, Art and History
Topsham
Tour 2: East Devon
Otterton Mill
Branscombe and Beer
Honiton
Tour 3: The English Riviera
Powderham Castle
Torbay
Bygones and Kent’s Cavern
Paignton
Tour 4: The South Hams
Buckfastleigh
Dartington
Totnes
Dartmouth
Feature: Literary Devon
Tour 5: Plymouth and the Tamar Valley
The Hoe
Devon Wonders
Tavistock
Launceston
The Tamar Valley
Saltash
St Germans
Two Great Houses
Tour 6: Dartmoor
Bovey Tracey
To Widecombe
Princetown
Stories and legends
Chagford
Okehampton
Gorge and Waterfall
Tour 7: North Devon
Braunton
Ilfracombe
Combe Martin
Barnstaple
Bideford
Charming Clovelly
Hartland Point
Tour 8: Exmoor
Combe Martin
Holdstone Down
Lynton
Selworthy
Exford
Tour 9: The South Coast Harbours and Bodmin Moor
Liskeard
Unexpected pleasures
East and West Looe
Polperro
Polruan and the Ferry
Fowey
Polridmouth Cove and Menabilly
Lostwithiel
Gateway to the Moor
Exploring the town
Lanhydrock
The Moor
Leaving the Moor
The Eden Project
Charlestown
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Mevagissey
Feature: The Eden Project
Tour 10: Truro to the Lizard
Truro
Towards the Roseland Peninsula
St Mawes
Trelissick Garden
Devoran to Penryn
Falmouth
The quays and the centre
The Maritime Museum
Glorious Gardens
Oysters and Seals
Helford and Coverack
Getting to the Point
Kynance Cove
Flambards Village and Helston
Hidden Treasure
Tour 11: Land’s End Peninsula and St Ives to St Agnes
Penzance
Historical background
Touring the town
Cornish painters
St Michael’s Mount
Detour to Trengwainton Garden
Newlyn Art
Mousehole and Lamorna
To Minack
Land’s End
St Just to Zennor
St Ives
‘The Island’
The Tate
Carbis Bay and Paradise Park
Hayle to Godrevy Lighthouse
Mines and Engines
Redruth
Portreath
St Agnes
Tour 12: The North Coast Resorts and the Atlantic Highway
Perranporth
Newquay
Family entertainment
Change of Pace
The Vale of Lanherne
Coastal Diversions
Padstow
Wadebridge
Rock and Rumps
From Trelights to Port Isaac
Delabole
Tintagel
Shrine and Valley
Bude
The Vicar of Morwenstow
Tour 13: The Isles of Scilly
Myth and Reality
St Mary’s
Isles of Scilly Museum
Tresco
Bryher
St Agnes and St Martin’s
Active Pursuits
Walking
Cycling
Fishing
Golf
Horse Riding
Water Sports
Surfing
Themed Holidays
Volunteering
Conservation
Painting
Foraging and Cooking
Yoga and Spa Holidays
Adventure Sports
Useful websites
Practical Information
Getting There
By road
By coach
By train
By air
Exeter and Newquay have airports
To the Isles of Scilly
Getting Around
By car
Car rental
By train
By bus
By bike
By taxi
Green Transport
Facts for the Visitor
Disabled travellers
Emergencies
Opening hours
Tourist information
Accommodation
B&B, Camping and Caravanning with the National Trust
Hotels
Babbacombe
Bigbury on Sea
Combe Martin
Dartmouth
Plymouth
Ilfracombe
Bolventor
Fowey
Newquay
Penzance
St Austell
St Ives
Tintagel
Isles of Scilly
Useful websites


Devon & Cornwall’s 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 ranges from moorland to steep wooded valleys and secluded villages. For more information, click here .
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Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Designed by a student of Brunel, it links Lynmouth with Lynton. For more information, click here .
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Dartmouth. This is where the Britannia Royal Naval College trains officers. For more information, click here .
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Tate St Ives. A sister of the London galleries, which has long been a magnet for artists. For more information, click here .
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Surfing. Fistral Bay near Newquay – the best surf beaches in Britain are along Cornwall’s north coast. For more information, click here .
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Tintagel. Feel the power of myths at King Arthur’s legendary Cornish castle. For more information, click here .
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Torquay. Queen of the English Riviera, Torquay is an elegant resort where Edwardian and modern architecture blends. For more information, click here .
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Eden Project. Cornwall’s most popular attraction. For more information, click here .
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Tresco Gardens. Vibrant gardens flourish year-round in the mild climate of the Scilly Isles. For more information, click here .
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Exeter. Devon’s county capital, Exeter has a majestic 14th-centurycathedrals. For more information, click here .
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