Kingsbridge Great Mattiscombe Sand Hotels

"Wonderful hotel, great condition. Our room had stunning views and the staff were superb (especially Dan). Slight disappointment that they ran out of GF breakfast options on day 2, even tho we'd had on day one and they knew we were staying 2 nights, but this was recovered well."

"Room is spacious, but walls were quite thin."

"Overall - nice apartment, well equipped, superb view.The good - the view from the front room of this 1st floor apartment is its prime feature - it's one of the best we've enjoyed (even compared with high above lake Garda). You can sit-by or lean on the rail and just take it in. The location is very quiet, so you most often just hear the waves below, birds and distant boats. Handfuls of friendly people pass below per-day and you know they're quite jealous.Inside is tasteful, with a well-equipped kitchenette, two showers, good TV set-up and wifi. Parking is no issue and the site has a warmish pool (it's just a pool mind, no messing, and shuts at 18:00) and a tennis court.Walks of 30-45mins can take you to the lighthouse (tho not often open to the public) or to Beesands and the pub and fish-bar. Reasonably steep but always with fantastic views.The area - it's ok, Hallsands, Torcross and Slapton have dramatic histories, Darmouth is pretty, Salcombe is… overrated. Plymouth is Bristol 20 years ago. It's all OK, especially if you like looking at other people's property investments or parked boats.The not-so-good - the soft-furnishing could do with a cleanup or renewal. We were bitten, relentlessly - though 'no pets', jumping insects as well as mosquitos were seen. Can't say why, as general cleanliness seemed fine - maybe somethings got blown in? For the money it needs sorting.It isn't very big - despite being a rock-solid property investment (if the"