Lemmo2009
Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon
Our hotel stay.
Just a few hundred metres from Bigbury-on-Sea on the south Devon coast, the privately-owned Burgh Island is accessible by foot on a low tide (guests can be whisked across the sandy causeway by Land Rover), or via the charming 50-year-old sea tractor at high tide. There’s one 14th-century pub, The Pilchard Inn, and not much else – which is part of its magic.
Dress to impress and imagine a scene from a Hercule Poirot story (Agatha Christie wrote two of her books here and murder mystery nights are regular events at the hotel). From the chandeliers to the collection of vintage cocktail shakers and original 30s billiard table in the billiard room, everything in this hotel has been lovingly restored to its Art Deco glory, in keeping with original 1929 architecture. The imposing white building is shaped like a cruise ship – in fact the Captain’s Cabin is taken from the 1821 warship HMS Ganges – and it’s complete with a poop deck. The glass dome roof of Palm Court Lounge is particularly impressive.
Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon
Our hotel stay.
Just a few hundred metres from Bigbury-on-Sea on the south Devon coast, the privately-owned Burgh Island is accessible by foot on a low tide (guests can be whisked across the sandy causeway by Land Rover), or via the charming 50-year-old sea tractor at high tide. There’s one 14th-century pub, The Pilchard Inn, and not much else – which is part of its magic.
Dress to impress and imagine a scene from a Hercule Poirot story (Agatha Christie wrote two of her books here and murder mystery nights are regular events at the hotel). From the chandeliers to the collection of vintage cocktail shakers and original 30s billiard table in the billiard room, everything in this hotel has been lovingly restored to its Art Deco glory, in keeping with original 1929 architecture. The imposing white building is shaped like a cruise ship – in fact the Captain’s Cabin is taken from the 1821 warship HMS Ganges – and it’s complete with a poop deck. The glass dome roof of Palm Court Lounge is particularly impressive.