Bordering the English Riviera you'll be spoilt for choice for where to build your sandcastles in the UK's No.1 resort. The area is also popular for walkers, cyclists and other outdoor activities so, by the time you return to this Youth Hostel, you're likely to be exhausted. Just as well then that this Victorian house is in a quiet setting above the Dart Valley, where you can sit back and watch the Paignton to Kingswear steam train chuff past the Youth Hostel or enjoy cosy eveings by open log fires.

2 STAR HOSTEL