Harbour Hotel & Spa Salcombe

Harbour Hotel & Spa stands on Cliff Road above Salcombe, a four-star hotel with its own indoor pool and spa looking out over the estuary.

The setting takes in the hotel perched on the headland above moored boats, the hillside village spreading out beside it.

Rooms with balconies over the water

Bedrooms carry floor-to-ceiling windows and glass balcony doors over the estuary, branded bolster cushions and a round mirror finishing the room, tall curtains framing the view in more than one room. Several rooms open straight onto a balcony set with champagne glasses and a drinks tray, and bathrooms include a freestanding bath positioned beneath a window looking toward the hills.

A spa built around the water

The spa runs to an indoor swimming pool with poolside loungers, a hydrotherapy pool lit with warm ambient lighting, and a sauna and steam room reached along its own corridor. A gym adds a row of cardio machines beside the spa's pebble-tiled shower area.

Dinner and cocktails with a sea view

The restaurant sits behind blue banquette seating and sea-view windows, serving oysters, a whole lobster and afternoon tea, with a rooftop terrace and lounge area for cocktails looking over the river.

Above the harbour on Cliff Road

Harbour Hotel & Spa sits on Cliff Road close to Small's Cove Beach, in the heart of Salcombe.

Pool, sauna, restaurant — all included

A couple or small group after a proper hotel stay with a spa attached, rather than cooking for themselves, will find it here: the pool and sauna cover a lazy day, the restaurant covers the evening, all in Salcombe.