Guidebook for Torquay
Food Scene
Great little brasserie style restaurant very popular with visitors and locals alike. It has periodic live music nights and daily specials complimenting a menu that changes seasonally.
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Wellies
21 Ilsham RdGreat little brasserie style restaurant very popular with visitors and locals alike. It has periodic live music nights and daily specials complimenting a menu that changes seasonally.
Quite simply the best specialist fish restaurant in the area. Not cheap but well worth the money...
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No 7 Fish Bistro & Wine Bar
7 Beacon HillQuite simply the best specialist fish restaurant in the area. Not cheap but well worth the money...
This Greek Turkish Restaurant is wonderful and has a strong local following. The Mediterranean food is good and the owners extremely welcoming.
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Ephesus Restaurant Torquay
16 Torwood StThis Greek Turkish Restaurant is wonderful and has a strong local following. The Mediterranean food is good and the owners extremely welcoming.
This eccentric little cafe is just five minutes from the apartment and is a great place to grab a breakfast or a really inexpensive lunch. The food is wonderful, the patrons of the cafe are even better - it's like being in your very own Ealing Comedy Film
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Ilshams Vintage Cafe Bar
15a Ilsham RdThis eccentric little cafe is just five minutes from the apartment and is a great place to grab a breakfast or a really inexpensive lunch. The food is wonderful, the patrons of the cafe are even better - it's like being in your very own Ealing Comedy Film
This has built up a powerful local following for a good reason. It is superb. Sweet restaurant run by a young couple with a real interest in food. Menu changes throughout the year exploiting the very best of local and seasonal produce.
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The Waddling Duck Bistro
35 Ilsham RdThis has built up a powerful local following for a good reason. It is superb. Sweet restaurant run by a young couple with a real interest in food. Menu changes throughout the year exploiting the very best of local and seasonal produce.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Kent's is a great community pub which is popular with locals and with the visitors who find it. They have a good menu plus daily specials and he ambience is friendly and relaxing and there is a nice garden on the side.
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The Kents
1 Ilsham RdThe Kent's is a great community pub which is popular with locals and with the visitors who find it. They have a good menu plus daily specials and he ambience is friendly and relaxing and there is a nice garden on the side.
This harbourside venue is friendly and hosts a wonderful selection of live acts throughout the year.
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The Offshore Bar and Restaurant
13-14 Vaughan RdThis harbourside venue is friendly and hosts a wonderful selection of live acts throughout the year.
Arts & Culture
Superb little museum with artefacts from Kent's Cavern as well as items of local history including the Torquay resident who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones, the resident who was a first class passenger on The Titanic an of course Torquay's most famous daughter; Agatha Christie.
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Torquay Museum
529 Babbacombe RdSuperb little museum with artefacts from Kent's Cavern as well as items of local history including the Torquay resident who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones, the resident who was a first class passenger on The Titanic an of course Torquay's most famous daughter; Agatha Christie.
A busy theatre with a full programme of shows all year round. Guests of the Muntham Apartments can get tickets with no booking fees - please enquire for details.
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Princess Theatre
Torbay RoadA busy theatre with a full programme of shows all year round. Guests of the Muntham Apartments can get tickets with no booking fees - please enquire for details.
Greenway was Agatha Christie's holiday home. Today it is a National Trust Property which has been preserved pretty much exactly as it was when she lived there. cars need to be booked in advance (either online or by telephone) and there are alternative forms of transport to get there. (including steam train) The quietest days to visit are Saturdays and Mondays and Tuesdays. Wednesdays tend to be the busiest.
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National Trust Greenway Boathouse
Greenway RoadGreenway was Agatha Christie's holiday home. Today it is a National Trust Property which has been preserved pretty much exactly as it was when she lived there. cars need to be booked in advance (either online or by telephone) and there are alternative forms of transport to get there. (including steam train) The quietest days to visit are Saturdays and Mondays and Tuesdays. Wednesdays tend to be the busiest.
Home of the D'Oyly Carte family, this house occupies a stunning cliff top position and has one of the most beautiful gardens in the South West of England.
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National Trust - Indlu neemidlalo ze-Coleton Fishacre
Brownstone RoadHome of the D'Oyly Carte family, this house occupies a stunning cliff top position and has one of the most beautiful gardens in the South West of England.
A fifteen minute walk from the apartment, this cliff top venue was the starting point of the careers of several of the UK's top entertainers. Today, it offers traditional variety shows plus a series of one night performances.
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Itheater ye-Babbacombe
Babbacombe Downs RoadA fifteen minute walk from the apartment, this cliff top venue was the starting point of the careers of several of the UK's top entertainers. Today, it offers traditional variety shows plus a series of one night performances.
Shopping
This Torquay institution is one of the country's few remaining independent department stores and has recently had a substantial makeover. On the ground floor there are designer handbags and shoes as well as cosmetics and perfumes. On the floors above are clothes for both women and men. The top floor has a gift section and has a restaurant with superb views over Torquay harbour.
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Hoopers Department Store - Torquay
5-6 StrandThis Torquay institution is one of the country's few remaining independent department stores and has recently had a substantial makeover. On the ground floor there are designer handbags and shoes as well as cosmetics and perfumes. On the floors above are clothes for both women and men. The top floor has a gift section and has a restaurant with superb views over Torquay harbour.
Essentials
A great little convenience store only a short distance from The Muntham Apartments. It has all the essentials plus some nice luxury food items.
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Co-op Food - Torquay - Ilsham Road
5-7 Wellswood AveA great little convenience store only a short distance from The Muntham Apartments. It has all the essentials plus some nice luxury food items.
Getting Around
Conveniently located inexpensive car hire. Book online for best deals.
Thrifty Car and Van Rental Torquay
Rathmore RoadConveniently located inexpensive car hire. Book online for best deals.
Torquay harbour is a public transport hub particularly for buses. From here it is possible to get to anywhere in The English Riviera as well as to places beyond such as Totnes, Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Dawlish, Exeter and Plymouth.
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Torquay Harbour
Torquay harbour is a public transport hub particularly for buses. From here it is possible to get to anywhere in The English Riviera as well as to places beyond such as Totnes, Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Dawlish, Exeter and Plymouth.
Entertainment & Activities
It has quite a run down feel but it is amazingly cheap - in fact I think you would be hard pressed to find a cheaper cinema in the country.
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Central Cinema Torquay
29 Abbey RdIt has quite a run down feel but it is amazingly cheap - in fact I think you would be hard pressed to find a cheaper cinema in the country.
Located just up from Torquay harbour this is great entertainment shared with family or friends. There is plenty of on street parking nearby as well as two car parks within a five or six minute walk.
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AMF Bowling Torquay
Torwood StreetLocated just up from Torquay harbour this is great entertainment shared with family or friends. There is plenty of on street parking nearby as well as two car parks within a five or six minute walk.