Hotel Iona
Torquay, Devon

Hotel Iona is a family run hotel dedicated to making your stay one of leisure and comfort. We offer a professional service in a comfortable, friendly environment. The Torquay hotel is a spacious, detached Victorian building, situated in a quiet, exclusive, conservation area close to the seafront and town centre. Hotel Iona sits are the heart of the English Riviera, an area of unparalleled beauty and spectacular coastal scenery. We are within easy reach of sandy beaches and secluded coves, rolling countryside and wild, unspoilt moors. Historic towns and castles, picture book villages with thatched cottages that time forgot and much, much more. So, let us help you experience and enjoy one of the most beautiful places that the British Isles has to offer, here in 'Glorious Devon'.

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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.