Family Friendly Hotel Devon

Soar Mill Cove Hotel is a luxury family run hotel in the Devon area, which offers fabulous scenery, amazing sites and fun for all the family. Whether you want to lounge around in the hotel for a chilled out break or to go site seeing, both of these options are available with great sites to be seen in and around the Devon area. This holiday destination is also perfect for families who want to bring dogs along on holiday with them, because our fabulous hotel allows dogs to stay over with the families that bring them along. As a dog friendly hotel Devon we get a lot of families coming for walking holidays around the fabulous areas of Devon. Devon is a beautiful holiday destination with stunning countryside, rich heritage, historic cities and picture postcard villages. Whether visiting Devon on business or pleasure, take inspiration from our fantastic family friendly hotel you will certainly not be disappointed with anything we have to offer. With First class leisure facilities including an indoor heated swimming pool pitch and putt golf, table tennis, tennis and snooker, our hotel is perfect for everybody. The whole family is welcome here, including the dog, with a family room and dog friendly rooms available, complete with dog bed and bowl. Our family friendly hotel Devon literally has everything you will need when looking for the perfect break, it will be a pleasant experience and you will come away feeling refreshed and will have had a spectacular holiday away.  We offer high quality tea and family dinner times with children more than welcome in the restaurant. From building your dream castle of sand at the beach just across from the hotel relaxing by the pool in this fantastic hotel, where could be better for a traditional family holiday?

The Beautiful Soar Cove Mill Luxury Devon Hotel

If you are looking to get away for a vacation, whether that be a family orientated action packed week in the sun, or you simply want to get away with your partner for a cozy weekend, then Soar Mill Cove Hotel can offer all that and much, much more.  The Soar Mill Cove Hotel is a luxury Devon hotel that is based in the town of Salcombe in South Devon and has a number of facilities to make your holiday all that you could possibly imagine and beyond.  The Devon beach hotel is a beautifully set, luxury, family run hotel that offers its guests very modern and spacious accommodation with sea view rooms.  

The real beauty of this luxury Devon hotel is the variety of holidays that it offers and the number of different activities that can be enjoyed by all the family.  As it is a Devon beach hotel it is a perfect venue if you are looking for walking holidays, leisure breaks, weekend breaks or family holidays.  The Soar Mill Cove Hotel also offers a very different service due to the beautiful surroundings that we so gratefully find ourselves in and this in the form of wedding ceremonies and civil ceremonies. Imagine being able to tie the knot with your loved one whilst enjoying the natural essence and beauty of Devon’s most fascinating seaside location.  In our newly refurbished luxury Devon Hotel you are fully equipped with a flat screen TV, an up to date DVD library and free broadband.  

In addition to the beautiful surroundings and beach setting that the hotel Devon offers, you can also sample our multi-award winning 2 AA rosette modern British restaurant that offers an array of beautiful Devon cuisines.  The Soar Mill Cove Hotel can also offer a number of exclusive facilities that are ideal for families and specifically the children, they include an indoor heated swimming pool for the colder days, table tennis, pitch and putt and snooker.  So as you can see this amazing hotel Devon has something to offer for everyone irrelevant of the weather conditions so have a look at our website today at all that the Soar Mill Cove Hotel has to offer.

Its Grand to be a Grandparent at Soar Mill Cove Hotel

I've recently heard an awful lots of marketing spiel about demographics and circulation  readership etc, yawn! At about the point of snoring I tend to leave them talking and go off for a good walk with Farley my ever faithful Labrador.On these walks I usually manage to have a good old think and put everything into a sensible perspective.

Its quite funny how when I get back they can often still, be droning on and haven't even noticed "Elvis left the building"!

What I do know is that we seem to work ever so well for groups of family and friends that span a number of generations and for Grandparents and Grandchildren who therefore perhaps are even skipping a generation.

I thinks its probably that our staff are very good at offering a genuinely caring service and the facilities and availability of things to do is really rather good here and in the neighbourhood.

With great attractions like Woodlands, Steam Trains, Boat Trips, Boat Hire and Rock pool rambles its all quite easy, healthy and really quite inspiring.

As parent its something I see creating a real bond and I certainly believe it seems to bridge a gap from Grandparent to Grandchild. Maybe these two generations for a number of reasons can be even closer at times than child to parent?

 I guess there aren't the tensions of everyday life so associated when these two have real and special time for each other. I am sure the marketers (sounds so similar to Musketeers, I wonder why?) would call this "Quality Time". Maybe on this one their right, maybe I will give them the benefit of the doubt. Even an old cynic like me is never too old to learn!

With easy to entertain activities for young and old Soar Mill Cove works so well for this type of holiday. So whether its swimming in a warm indoor pool, learning to skim stones from past master or family table tennis championships all on offer and much more. Delicious dinners always seem to bring the very best out of family times and with our promise to feed your grandchildren free of charge when you choose to dine, our family friendly, family owned hotel offers the very best of Great British Value with a Grand old holiday by the seaside.

Grandparent & Grandchildren family holidays

My Dad with grandchildren and friends at Soar Mill Cove

I often get asked, do you ever tire of the view?

Quite simply, No, never.

I love every changing scene, every day and no day is complete for me if I dont get down to the beach, preferably with Farley my Labrador

Now I must say there have been times recently that I wish Mother Nature would stop chucking so much wet stuff at us. So whilst I don’t tire, I do feel somewhat tired on occasions, particularly as we work through the festive period.

That’s another funny old thing about my industry that those not "n it would never "get" working while others rest. It must take a particular mindset I guess to actually take pleasure in this. After all while you could do it for while even if "it" wasn't for you. There would be no way that you would spend the biggest chunk of your life working these rather crazy hours unless your enjoyment was genuine. That’s another story for another day though.

For now I thought it might be nice to embrace the dramatic and appreciate the rugged beauty that winter and even better winter seascapes bring us.

Merry Christmas to everyone

Proper Custard & Marmite...What makes a proper Christmas?

Its all about that very personal service, we like to find what each guest liks so we can offer exactly what you like, not just what we think you might like. Its that personal.

Chritmas is very much back to basics for me.

I'm quite happy to cut our the pomp and concentrate on what I love to do.
We will be serving Hot Mulled Wine and the best of local Mince Pies around the Salcombe Christmas Tree on Thursday the 20th of December. We believe strongly in involving ourselves with the community and encouraging that sense of community spirit. To me that all part of The Christmas Spirit.

So we involve ourselves In Salcombe's Rotary Club and we help get the tree up in time for this festive simple fun. When we see the Fire Brigade pull up in their gleaming Truck and join in the sing song. It gives you a great warm feeling to know you are part of a very special community.

Jenny and the whole family help to put together a really amazing Grotto as our coffee shop is transformed for the little people to enjoy that proper "wow" factor as their jaws drop when they take a peak.

Roast Dinner with all the trimmings is of course compulsory. Pudding doesn’t matter to me whatever the choice might be, but its not Christmas without vanilla custard oozing with loveliness and giving that warm feeling that all is right in the world. Without this its not a proper Christmas for me.

We spend a lot of our time traveling and staying in hotel near and far and everyone has their own litmus test as to what makes a good hotel, here are a few more of mine:

Marmite - I must have Marmite for breakfast!

The milk is real in the bedrooms, can’t stand that plastic stuff.

Do they trust me with the coat hangers? I can’t be bothered struggling with those "Security" ones without proper old fashioned hooks

Do I feel cared for??? That’s all that really matters to me, everything else is just stuff, get this simple and free bit right and I will forgive the world!

If you havent realised by now I am rather individual!

This year Jenny and Becky are keeping the Keith’s on their toes as the hotel continues its on-going refurbishment and improvements

February 2013 see the launch of our New Restaurant themed as an elegant seaside dining venue, with more intimate settings and a fresher colour scheme in keeping with the coastal setting

Our carpentry crews have already started work with Walnut doors giving a more contemporary feel to all the bedrooms and corridors.

When you visit us next year you will be greeted with a fresh reception, entrance and acres of new carpeting brightening up all of the corridors and public areas.

We expect that by Easter time we will have our Super New Pool and Leisure Suite ready for operation. In the meantime our current warm indoor pool remains open of course.

New Leisure Suite

The hotel will be undergoing an overhaul of its current leisure facilities to be replaced with:

• New Larger Indoor Heated Pool

• Comfortable Lounging Area

• Swedish Sauna

• Mini Gym

• New Treatment Suite

• His and Hers Changing Rooms

• Poolside Snacks & Drinks

Guests will be able to enjoy the new and spacious weatherproof environment where all ages can enjoy a swim in our new pool, work off a cream tea in the gym and relax on a comfy chair whilst being served refreshments.

As Keith Senior will be managing the redevlopment personally, disruption will of course be kept to a minimum

See 2013 In From 1000 Feet Up Over Devon

This Christmas or New Year, take off for Soar Mill Cove in Devon and that's exactly what you can do - soar across the horizon at 1000 feet up simply by harnessing the power of the wind.

It's called Power Kiting and it's free - all part of a plan by Soar Mill Cove Hotel Owner Keith Makepeace to take New Year celebrations to another level. 'I want my guests to have a really exhilarating start to the New Year, says Keith ' one they'll never forget!'

For guests who are a bit more grounded. the hotel offers different diversions. Like treasure hunting using the hotel's own sophisticated metal detector technology, just right for scavenging on the sandy coves for some washed-up booty and ideal if bling's your thing.
                                  
The quest for bounty will all be accompanied by lashings of hot chocolate (laced with rum for the grown ups) plus wool rugs to snuggle under as guests take a break and watch the waves crash in on the rocks.

Just minutes from a private beach in South Devon, the Soar Mill Cove Hotel has a glorious setting with stunning views of the sea. This is a place for romantic long weekends with walks barefoot in the sand. It's also a place for real family holidays where parents can rediscover the joys of a exploring rock pools and building sand castles.

Christmas and New Year Breaks currently on Promotion just call for details