Budock Vean Hotel

A stalwart on Cornwall's luxury-hotel scene, this riverside beauty sits on the Helford's north bank, with country-chic rooms (some with sitting rooms), four lounges, a health spa, tennis courts, 13 hectares of parkland and even a private jetty. The feel is rather old-fashioned, but the setting is hard to fault. It's six miles southwest of Falmouth in deep Cornish countryside.