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Devon Travel Guide

With its mild climate, exquisite golden beaches, rugged coastline and quaint fishing villages, it’s no wonder that South West England is Britain’s most popular holiday region.

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North Devon’s Best Beaches

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How to find the best sandy beaches for a day at the seaside along the North Devon coast. Fancy a day at the seaside? Sunbathing, swimming, surfing, rock-pooling, building sand-castles or just lazing around with the family... well, they're all available if you visit one of Britain's best stretches of shoreline: the North Devon...
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General Information

South Devon’s Best Beaches

North Devon’s Best beaches

Unmissable Devon - Top Ten Sights

Places to Avoid in Devon

Best Time to Visit Devon?

The Cool ’new Devon’

Spending a Week Exploring Devon

Taking a Long Weekend Break in Devon

What is so special about Devonshire food?

Devon’s River Dart

Visit Exmoor

Branscombe - miles of unspoilt beach, a great pub and some of Devon’s best walks

The great Exeter Cathedral

Exeter - what is there for tourists to see?

Exeter for modern high street shopping, glamorous malls and quirky independent stores

Dartmouth - A town for all seasons

Discovering Dartmouth

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Things to do in Devon

Agatha Christie’s Potent Plants, Torre Abbey, Torquay

Diggerland - a great family day out

Buckfast Abbey

The River Dart by boat

The Fairmile, gloriously restored wartime passenger ferry

Discovering Dartmouth

Agatha Christie Country

Buckfast Butterflies and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary

Totnes Rare Breeds Farm

Gaia House holistic retreat, Newton Abbott

Exeter Cathedral

Crealy Adventure Park - the best destination for families in East Devon

New Age Totnes

South Devon Railway

Coleton Fishacre House and Garden

Kents Cavern - Devon’s Famous Prehistoric Caves

Antony Gormley ’Field for the British Isles’, Torre Abbey, Torquay

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Devon Hotels

Breakfast at Nonsuch House, Dartmouth

The Horn of Plenty Country House Hotel, Gulworthy

Orestone Manor Hotel, Maidencombe

Hotel Endsleigh, Milton Abbot

Gidleigh Park Hotel, Chagford

Blagdon Manor, Ashwater

The Henley Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea

Fingals Hotel, Dittisham

Bark House Hotel, Oakfordbridge

The Fisherman’s Cot - right next to the bridge over troubled water

ABode Hotel Exeter

The White Hart Hotel, Exeter - stay in historic coaching inn and restaurant in city centre

Burgh Island Hotel - the amazing art deco temple to the thirties

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Restaurants in Devon

Combe House restaurant, Gittisham

Michael Caines Restaurant at ABode Exeter

The Nobody Inn, Doddiscombsleigh

11 The Quay, Ilfracombe

Gidleigh Park Restaurant, Chagford

The Blue Walnut Cafe, Torquay

Restaurants in Cornwall

The best B&B pubs with a sea view in Cornwall

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