England Travel and Tourism

You may never have heard of the Burgh Island Hotel, in fact Bigbury on Sea may be a name that is also unfamiliar to you. Most people know about Devon, relatively few have spent a holiday there, but almost everyone has heard of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson.
The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson escaped the world’s press by fleeing to the private twenty six acre private island off the southern coast of Devon, renowned for being an Art Deco retreat.
They certainly didn’t go there for a holiday, but you can do as they did and escape the pressures of life by taking a holiday in the newly renovated Burgh Island Hotel.
Burgh island Hotel is an inspiring sort of place which inspired Agatha Christie to pen ‘And There Were None’ and ‘Evil Under the Sun’ when she stayed on the island during the 1930’s.
Originally built in 1929 by millionaire Archibold Nettlefold as a retreat for his world weary friends, numbering amongst them Noel Coward. When you stay at the Hotel it isn’t that hard to imagine Coward sipping gin and tonic in this exclusive millionaire’s retreat. This was a time when the Jazz Age Brits came here in numbers, and you can see why.
Today as always the only way of reaching Burgh Island at high tide is by a sort of giant sea tractor, or by foot at low tide. Nothing as ordinary as motor cars here!!
You can if you choose travel back to Devon during your holiday in this idyllic spot, but having escaped the rat race why on earth return a moment sooner than absolutely necessary.
Surely the idea is to live like, think like, and be a castaway, albeit a privileged one, with excellent food in the hotel’s Palm Court, not forgetting the obligatory Devon afternoon cream tea.
You must at least visit, even if only for cream tea, and if possible ensure you travel at high tide, it is an experience you won’t forget, or will you forget the views.