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Christmas and New Year

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Now Booking for 2008!  (New Year now fully booked!)

The festive season is great time to visit Colesent Cottages. We illuminate the eves of the stone barns with small white lights and station real Christmas trees, also illuminated, at the entrance to each cottage. We decorate the interiors of each cottage with holly from our grounds and a selection of other Christmas trimmings (Of course you can also bring your own!). We put together a small basket of Cornish goodies as our present to you and on arrival we treat you to a traditional Cornish Cream Tea!

There are loads of things to do and see while you are down here. Walking or cycling the Camel Trail (A bit of it or a lot of it!). Fabulous beaches to explore. Surfing (winter wetsuit required!) Coast paths to tramp. Bodmin moor to roam. Padstow, Port Isaac, Boscastle just 3 of many stunning picture perfect fishing villages. The market towns of Wadebridge and Camelford. The Eden Project - a world renowned environmental show stopper (complete with ice rink at this time of year). Authentic local pubs for great food and drink (real ales, cider etc). The Blisland Inn, The Olde Inn at St Breward, The St Mabyn Inn and The Cornish Arms at St Tudy are the local ones. Really wonderful sea food (to buy to cook in your cottage or to eat at local restaurants) Talking of restaurants, two of the UK's most famous chefs run restaurants within half an hours drive of Colesent. Padstow has been the home of Rick Steins Seafood restaurant for over 25 years and last year Jamie Oliver opened his "fifteen" restaurant in its stunning location above the crashing surf of Watergate Bay. Hopefully you get the picture, if I carry on typing you will be scrolling down this page for the next half an hour!

All our cottages are fully equipped and easily able to provide you and your party with all the ingredients for a successful and different Cornish Christmas or New Year. Swallow's Nest and Hollyhill are particularly spacious with good sized living and cooking/dining areas. The Bull's House is smaller but still perfectly formed with a wonderful dining conservatory giving unrivalled views of the Camel Valley. A fabulous setting for a Christmas or New Year special occasion. The cottages are centrally heated and we provide logs for your open fire or log burner throughout your stay. Electricity is included.

A wonderful place to stay. Extremely well equipped. very generous hosts. Thank you Maureen and Gary. We will be back! Willow has loved her walks and freedom to run safely. Thank you again. love to Tess (our dog) (two week stay)

Lovely cottage - so well equipped. Enjoyed Padstow fish and chips. Biking on the Camel Trail is a must and very picturesque. Thanks for the basket of goodies and the cream tea - A great start for a New Year! (rebooked for New Year 08/09)

Very very relaxing and a v good spot to see Cornwall from.

(I don't know why but I always forget to fill out the Visitors Book!) Great New Years eve at the Old Inn and the cottage as cosy and warm as ever.

We have had a lovely week. The cottage is very comfortable and cosy......Would love to come back again.

The welcome pack was fabulous, the stay great as before. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Thank you and Happy new Year.

Just what we needed - the perfect break for the New Year. Lovely cottage - above what we were expecting. Many thanks (And do visit the Blisland as everyone recommends!) Happy New Year.........

Fabulous, relaxing, cosy Christmas. The cottage and surroundings exceeded our expectations & we will recommend! Specially enjoyed dog walking in Rock, a breathtaking view on the Beach and the sun came out!.... Camel Trail ideal at the end of the drive - Daisy doesn't want to go home.........

A Lovely cottage  -we had great walks along the Camel Trail, Padstow and Perranporth. The Blisland Inn was great.

A smashing little cottage. Great use of space. We had a lovely week. Thanks and Happy New Year!

Thank you for the warm welcome! The week has passed much too quickly. We had a lovely time and Annabelle's first Christmas was one to remember... Walk the Camel trail, go to Polzeath, Rock, Padstow and eat cream teas EVERY DAY!

*Please note our gift basket and free logs are only included when full weeks are booked.