Gara Rock

Gara Rock is a clifftop hotel above the coast path, its terraces and outdoor bar looking straight out to sea across green coastal fields and a dramatic headland.

A restaurant with sea views and a private cinema

The restaurant sits behind floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the coast, tables set beneath pendant lights, with a separate leather booth and checkerboard-floored bar area. A private cinema room adds green velvet reclining seats in front of a large screen, and a lounge nearby pairs armchairs and ottomans beneath framed fish artwork. The kitchen sends out fish and chips, wood-fired pizza, burgers and more elegant plates such as scallops and other seafood.

Rooms and suites with sea-facing lounges

Rooms are finished with wood-panelled headboard walls and striped pillows, and the suites go further, each with its own lounge: armchairs and plants behind floor-to-ceiling windows, or a blue sofa beside a wood coffee table, all facing the sea. French doors in one room open straight onto a balcony terrace with a breakfast table and sea views.

A rooftop pool, an indoor pool and a hot tub

The hotel has both a rooftop pool with sun loungers and an indoor pool with a wood-panelled spa lounger, plus a hot tub, sauna and steam room among its wellness facilities, alongside massage, facials and other spa treatments.

Coastal cliffs and wildflower footpaths

The coastline changes in every light: a turquoise cove beneath green cliffs, a wildflower-lined footpath along the headland, and the hotel itself standing above the coast path at dusk.

A clifftop retreat above Gara Rock Beach

With a spa, restaurant and direct access to the coast path, Gara Rock suits a couple or family wanting a full-service hotel stay near Salcombe rather than a self-catering base, close to Gara Rock Beach itself.