Hotels Torquay, Apartments in Torquay, Accomodation, Torquay vacations

For many decades before the Second World War, Torquay was England’s number 1 resort for rest and recuperation. Often the sick would be sent to this charming town on the Devon coast in order to take the fresh air and re-discover their health and during the War, soldiers were sent to Torquay to recover.

Today, Torquay is as much a summer resort and has a vibrant, family centred, atmosphere. Being located in beautiful Devon, Torquay naturally has many tearooms and hotels in which to take afternoon tea, in the traditional Devon way. Not satisfied with just a cup of tea, the Devon Cream Tea comes with scones fresh from the oven, clotted cream and home made jam

Torquay’s main attraction is the grandiose Torre Abbey, which was home to an order of Premonstratensian monks until the Dissolution under Henry VIII. The abbey boasts several fine buildings, including a museum of art which houses many excellent paintings, and is being restored to its former glory.

This area of England enjoys a wonderfully temperate climate, so much so that the beach front of Torquay is lined with “Torquay Palms”, which are in fact cabbage trees imported from New Zealand in the 19th century.

The city has many fine tourist attractions, such as a haven for marine birds called Living Coasts, the Babbacombe Model Village and Kents Cavern, England’s most important site from the Neolithic era. Around the city are many of Devon’s finest villages and attractions, such as the archetype English village of Cockington, replete with thatched roofs, which is mentioned in William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book.