| Accommodation in Padstow is plentiful, ranging as | | | | Its sister restaurant, "Steins Cafe", is a much |
| it does from hotels to bed and breakfast. Expect | | | | cheaper option - great fun and you can eat |
| to pay anything from GBP25 per head to GBP120 | | | | outside if you are lucky with the weather, as you |
| per head. Look around, some with splendid views | | | | can at "The Basement." Another light hearted fun |
| of the harbour and estuary are not exorbitantly | | | | place to eat is "Custard", and perhaps best of all |
| priced. Once installed in a cosy place, explore the | | | | "Margots". Beware - this one will need to be |
| culinary delights of the area. | | | | booked very early, even months ahead in season. |
| Padstow itself has six pubs, all of which provide a | | | | Small restaurant, short menu, delicious! |
| fine selection of good wholesome pub grub at | | | | If you manage to to sample all the restaurants |
| attractive prices. Two pubs opposite each other in | | | | whilst in accommodation at Padstow, you might |
| Lanadwell Street vie every year for the best | | | | try further afield. Jamie Oliver has a "15" |
| flower displays, making a delightful view up the | | | | restaurant overlooking the beach at Watergate |
| street, photographed by thousands. | | | | Bay twenty minutes away, and if you care to |
| Some of the restaurants provide accommodation | | | | take a drive to St Ives, only an hour away, not |
| in Padstow, though these tend to be at the more | | | | only will you spend a pleasant day shopping but |
| expensive end of the market. The famous | | | | you could have lunch at the superb Porthminster |
| "Seafood" restaurant is one of those and no | | | | Beach Cafe, right on Porthminster beach. Not too |
| doubt the top restaurant in Padstow, but by no | | | | expensive and what food, what a setting! |
| means the only delight. | | | | |