Log Cabins & Lodges in Salcombe

Spend a couple of hours wandering around in picture perfect Salcombe with its pastel coloured houses and calm, shimmering aquamarine waters before heading for an informal lunch from one of the many traditional seafood shacks. Pop into Cranch's sweet shop, the oldest sweet shop in Devon dating back to 1869, packed with sugary deliciousness! Here you will find chunks of home made, melt in the mouth old fashioned fudge bonbons and so much more!

Enjoy a breathtaking 40 minute scenic drive through the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty via the beautiful, shimmering, Kingsbridge Estuary to Gara Rock where you will find a stunning, secluded sandy cove full of of fantastic rockpools! This is a great place to stop to explore and to have a picnic lunch! 45 minutes west of Salcombe you will find beautiful Wembury Beach, known as one of the most picturesque beaches in the country for rockpooling!

Come and spend a few delightful hours exploring a hidden oasis of subtropical plants in a garden bursting with colour and rare plant species! This stunning botanical setting is perched high above the ocean with a wide panoramic view of the coastline and awe inspiring views across Salcombe estuary! There is a beautiful Edwardian mansion on site and there are plenty of places to stop for a rest and to admire the gorgeous scenery.

Spend the day at the stunning, secluded paradise of Mothecombe beach under 40 minutes west of Salcombe along a stunning scenic drive through the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This large, unspoiled beach at the pristine River Erme Estuary is surrounded by lush, rugged scenery and offers incredible, low tide, sheltered shallow bathing and a wide stretch of soft, sandy shoreline making this the perfect place for a relaxing family beach outing with young children.

Why not squeeze in a few rounds of golf on your Devon getaway! Three of the UK´s most beautiful coastal golf courses are in close proximity to Salcombe! Bigbury Golf Course is a stunning, challenging 18 hole cliff top course near Kingsbridge while the Thurlestone course is located along the stunning rugged coastline of Big Bay with absolutely sublime views of Thurlestone Rock and the Avon Estuary. The Dartmouth Course is one of the top 80 courses in Britain and has superb greens and wide, sweeping fairways.

Head to Britain's largest aquarium on Plymouth's waterfront just 40 minutes west of Salcombe for an incredible undersea safari adventure and be amazed at nine absolutely stunning, themed undersea marine display zones that include the Plymouth Coast, magnificent reefs and other fascinating marine biomes. You can grab a tasty bite to eat at the onsite Waves Cafe that overlooks the beautiful scenery of Portsmouth´s Barbican Harbour when you have finished admiring the sea creatures!

Head half an hour west from Salcombe to Torcross and up along Slapton Ley where you can take incredible scenic, moody photographs with the beach of Slapton sands to the right, a lovely ribbon of quaint buildings in the centre and the shimmering waters of Slapton Ley to the left! Slapton Sands is a gorgeous beach with safe calm waters for swimming for a perfect, family seaside day!