| The accommodation… |
- Two double bedrooms
- Third bunk bedroom
- Open-plan living area
- Dining area seats 6-8
- Well equipped kitchen
- Shower-room/wetroom
- Decked area with sea views
- Outdoor dining area
- Small enclosed private garden
- Parking for 2 cars
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| The facilities… |
- Washing machine and dishwasher
- Gas central heating
- Indoor and outdoor showers
- Gas hob, electric oven
- Microwave, blender, toaster
- Extensive kitchen equipment
- 8' Swell (soft foam surfboard)
- 7' 9" Bic ACS (durable surfboard)
- Barbeque and starter charcoal
- Windbreak
- Wireless broadband
- 22" flatscreen TV and DVD
- Library of books for all tastes and ages
- Beach and rainy-day games
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| Your perfect beach chalet, right by
the beach |
| Driftwood is a small but high quality beach
chalet, at beautiful Gwithian towans, overlooking St Ives bay
on the dramatic North coast of Cornwall. Originally built in
the 1930s, Driftwood has been carefully restored and extended
to retain all of its original painted wooden charm, but with
the furnishings and facilities that discerning guests expect.
The chalet can sleep up to six in two double rooms and a bunk
bedroom. |
| When you arrive you will find parking for
two cars behind the chalet. You will enter into a light and
comfortable open-plan living space, which opens via large floor-to-ceiling
patio doors onto a decked area with sun chairs and views of
Godrevy light-house and St Ives. In the lounge area you will
find a large sofa for chilling out, original artworks by local
artists decorating the walls, a flat-screen TV and DVD, and
a hi-fi with an iPod plug-in. Throughout the chalet you will
find the floors are either stripped or painted pine, with casual
rugs for extra comfort giving Driftwood an easygoing and relaxed
feel. And you'll find some unexpected things like two full size
surfboards tucked above the open rafters, lots of beach and
board games, a guitar, and drawing materials so you will never
be short of things to do, whatever the weather. |
| The dining area can accommodate at least
six in comfort around a pine table. You will even have under-seat
heating in case the nights are chilly. The kitchen is generously
equipped, as many of our guests are enthusiastic cooks. There
is a large fridge and freezer, microwave, gas hob and electric
oven, dishwasher, blender, toaster, espresso pot and all the
utensils you can imagine. A ceramic sink is positioned with
a view to St Ives so that even hand-washing can be a pleasure! |
| Driftwood has a wooden and tiled wetroom-style
shower indoors, as well as a hot and cold outdoor shower for
getting out of wetsuits in comfort. |
| The main double bedroom is a good size and
can accommodate a travel cot (which we can supply on request),
the second is small but charming and cosy with a comfy full
sized double bed and fitten wardrobe. Children or younger adults
love our bunk room which has a sturdy safety rail on the top
bunk. All of the bedrooms are furnished with comfortable duvets,
plenty of pillows, Egyptian cotton bed-linen, and beautiful
quilts or throws. And you will find nice touches like shelves
of books, reading lights and blackout blinds to make sure you
get a good sleep even when the holiday sun comes up unreasonably
early! |
| Outside, as well as the decked area looking
towards St Ives bay, you will find a small but private garden
complete with barbeque and an outdoor dining area, which catches
the sun late into the afternoons and early evening as it sets
across the bay and disappears behind the horizon off St Ives.
You'll also find recycling and even composting facilities, to
help make your stay as eco-friendly as possible. |
| Driftwood is great for family holidays,
situated at Gwithian Towans, with its safe lifeguarded swimming
and body-boarding areas, rockpools, cliff-top walks and literally
miles of golden sand – we think it's simply Cornwall's best
beach. It's also fantastic for serious surf breaks (Gwithian
being one of the best and most popular surf beaches in the South
West) and makes a great out-of-season base for walking, seal-watching
or simply regenerating with its thoroughly equipped kitchen,
well-stocked book shelves, full double glazing and cosy central
heating for when you need it. Driftwood is set in a quiet corner
of a picturesque cluster of chalets on the edge of Gwithian
Towans, a designated Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV) and
a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). |
| More information… |
| Please visit our website for more details,
prices and availability: |
| www.driftwoodbeachchalet.com |
Or contact the owners on 07866 437528 or
01209 832042
info@driftwoodbeachchalet.com
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