Porthleven Holiday Cottages - self catering cottage holidays in West Cornwall
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Porthleven West Cornwall is a Cornish fishing harbour and is an ideal location for your next cottage holiday. Porthleven looks over Mounts Bay, somewhere between The Lizard and Lands End. Cornwall is known for its holiday cottages, and there are some holiday destinations within Porthleven that rival the very best, with marvelous facilities, accessibility, views, weather and friendly locals.
Above Beach Cottages. Prestige Holiday Homes, Porthleven and Mousehole
Choose from a fabulous range of Porthleven Accommodation featuring spectacular sea views all close to the beach and harbour.
Self Catering holidays are a great way of discovering Porthleven, because you get to sample the local shops in this bustling harbour, browsing through the local hand made arts and crafts in the shops, eating breakfast, lunch and dinner in the local bars, cafes, restaurants and pubs, and sunning yourself while enjoying the superb views at the seaside.
Seaside holiday cottages can be a brilliant way of settling in and having a relaxing break, because just a short walk down to the beach will remind you what holidays in England are all about.
When you are booking your holiday cottage by telephone, online, or making a booking using a catalogue or cottage brochure your first question is probably can this holiday cottage sleep everyone in my party? If you need a 2 bedroom cottage that can sleep a family of four, or a 4 bedroom cottage that can sleep a family of five, six, seven or eight, then this fundamentally affects the range of cottages available. A big family group that needs en-suite bathrooms, showers, and lots of space in the living room needs to look at a big cottage, maybe detatched, and with plenty of space in the garden and room for parking your car.
The next question is whether the holiday cottage that you are planning your vacation in has the facilities you need, so it's worth having a checklist to compare the various holiday cottages against, looking for washing facilities like a washing machine, tumble drier, dishwasher, iron, ironing board and a washing line, an oven, microwave, gas or electric central heating, and an open log or coal fire for the family to huddle around in the evening, sharing stories of the days adventures.
Porthleven has plenty to keep you occupied in the evening, with friendly pubs and bars, but you might want to venture further afield, with Falmouth, Penzance, St Ives, St Mawes, Helston and Truro a short drive away in the car.
If you're looking for a holiday cottage in the summer, autumn, winter or spring, then you want to think about whether central heating is going to be needed, or if you're going to be outside in the garden a lot then a swimming pool would be rather fabulous, wouldn't it?
Cornwall is known for its warm welcome, and this part of West Cornwall is as popular as any, with holiday cottages that rival the best in England!
Now you have read about the seaside village of Mousehole in Cornwall, go back to the main Cottages-to-Let Cornwall page or read on:
- Touring the South Coast of Cornwall
- Cottage holidays in the interior of Cornwall
- North Cornwall Coast holiday cottages
- Holiday cottages on the South Coast of Cornwall
- Holiday cottages to let on the Lizard peninsula
- Self Catering holiday cottages in the AONB Tamar Valley
- West Cornwall holiday cottages
- Mousehole holiday cottages