Cary Court
Torquay, Devon

Cary Court, a non-smoking hotel, is a 'Plantation Style House', built over a century ago on part of the Cary Estate. The house is situated in the leafy Warberries, a quiet conservation area off of the Babbacombe Road. Cary Court Hotel is a few minutes walk from the recently restored Marina, the theatre and shopping areas. A wide choice of pubs, clubs, restaurants and bars are close by. The hotel offers tastefully decorated and comfortably furnished bedrooms, with a mixture of antique and period pieces, some with king size beds, some with four poster beds, all en suite, all rooms are provided with colour televisions, complimentary tea and coffee trays and hairdryers. In the lounge, there are large ceiling fans to cool you in summer and cosy log fires to warm you in winter. The hotel is renowned for its full English breakfast served in elegant surroundings with views over the garden. Special dietary requirements can be catered for by prior arrangement. There is a heated outdoor pool (seasonal) surrounded by South facing sub-tropical gardens and sun decks. The hotel also boasts an exercise room and steam room. Minimum bookings for weekends are two nights and three nights on Bank Holidays.

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Torquay is a town on the south coast of England in the county of Devon which has extended along the coast of Torbay to the extent that it is now inextricably intermingled with the neighbouring town of Paignton. In the 19th century it became a fashionable seaside resort, renowned for its healthy climate it gained a nickname as the English Riviera. Although it has been suggested that Torquay roughly signifies 'Thor's Harbor' (cognate to Tórshavn, Faroe Islands and Þórshöfn, Iceland), a more likely root is the Old English word torr (itself of Celtic origins), which now occurs as tor or torre in place names in Devon and Cornwall.