Holiday cottages in the interior of Cornwall
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Booking our holiday cottage on the edge of Bodmin Moor, we anticipated long walks and amazing scenery.
As wonderful and interesting as it is, there's more to Cornwall than its abundant coastline. The interior of this most western English county and Royal Principality is equally interesting and diverse. Dominated by Bodmin Moor in the north east of the county, the countryside offers remote heathland, rolling farmland and wooded hills and valleys. The cottages are generally less windswept, and the welcome from the locals is just as hearty as you receive by the seaside.
Bodmin Moor itself is an ancient landscape created thousands of years ago and shaped by weather and human endeavour. The moor contains many secluded holiday villages with delightful country pubs, restaurants and tearooms as well as craft shops and horse-riding stables. The moor is also a haven for wildlife - making it a delightful place to walk and enjoy the wide open spaces and fresh air.
Flanking the River Tamar and marking the border with Devon, the Tamar Valley offers similar tranquility and relaxation. Whether your preference is for hiking the heath, strolling the byways, shopping in the many rural villages or fishing in the sparkling waters as it weaves its way through dense woods, rolling pastureland, steep valleys, and high moorland, the Tamar Valley is the ultimate tranquil self catering retreat.
Further west, you come across changing countryside as lush woods and fields give way to more exposed hills and pasture. The heart of Cornwall in the western peninsula abounds with stone walls and tin mines, broken churches and old monasteries. It is a land steeped in history - re-enacted in pageants and festivals throughout the land. There are country houses, standing stones, museums and heritage centres - all spread throughout this rugged and ancient landscape to interest and excite.
Our Cornish cottage holiday on the edge of Bodmin Moor was fantastic!
This means that selecting the right holiday cottage is an exciting challenge. Deciding whether you want to be in the middle of town, on the edge of a rural Cornish village, or maybe your cottage should be in some remote, distant hamlet. Being near the local attractions of the area is important so you should schedule a visit to these attractions during your holiday; Bodmin and Wenford Railway, the Camel Trail, Bodmin Gaol, Lanhydrock National Trust, Bodmin Moor of course, Cornwall Theatre Festival Week, the Heritage Day which happens on the first Saturday in July, Pencarrow House and Cardinham Woods Nature Trails.
Towns in the middle of Cornwall:
- Altarnun and Five Lanes
- Blisland
- North Hill and Lewannick
- St Breward
- St Cleer
- St Clether
- St Neot and Warleggan
- Bolventor
- Camelford and Advent
- Cardinham
- Davidstow
- Linkinhorne Minions and Saint Ive
Cottages in the interior of cornwall are often very spacious because they are not crowded in to the middle of busy towns. Holiday cottages that sleep one or two people are usually available out of season, and during the school holidays such as half term and the Christmas break. If the rental cottage that you book sleeps three, four, five, six or even seven people then you should expect to have a huge choice of properties to choose from. The larger Cornish cottages that sleep groups of eight, nine, ten, eleven or over twelve people are more likely to have a grassy garden and lots of space inside to make yourself comfortable.
Furthermore, Cornwall interior has another treat in store - its great and glorious gardens. Gorgeous landscapes of exotic plants that would make any gardener green with envy. Flowering magnolias from the Himalayas, camellias from Japan , scented oleria from Bermuda, fire trees from the Andes. A botanical encyclopaedia of plants of plants, trees and shrubs gathered from every corner of the temperate world.
You can keep yourself and family occupied for weeks in Cornwall without even seeing the coast. Visit the Duchy of Cornwall soon for a right royal treat.
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