Retallack Resort - The perfect base to enjoy Christmas in Cornwall
December is a lovely time to visit Cornwall and stay at the 5 Star Self-Catering Retallack Resort & Spa. The rugged Cornish coastline is ideal for brisk winter walks whilst picturesque towns such as Padstow and Truro are free of crowds and full of Christmas cheer with Christmas markets, ice-skating and carol concerts galore.
Retallack Resort provides the ideal base from which to enjoy and explore Northern Corwall’s many winter treats.
If food is your thing then Cornwall is the perfect place. At Christmas, every cook wants to provide friends and family with a memorable feast so what better way to get your culinary skills up to scratch than with a 2 day Christmas cookery course at Rick Steins in Padstow. Beginning on December 1st, guests at the cookery school will learn to make the perfect roast goose and all the trimmings as well as a range of traditional and contemporary Christmas desserts. Steins restaurant is also offering a special lunch based around prime Cornish seafood including lobster, crab and turbot throughout the winter months, for only £28.50 per person.
A little further down the coast at Watergate Bay, Jamie Oliver’s restaurant Fifteen is running a special ‘Wild Cornwall’ three course lunch menu until December 18th. Featuring produce from Autumn’s larder and fresh Cornish produce from the land, sea and air, diners will have the opportunity to try some fantastic traditional ingredients. For those who feel like letting someone else do all the hard work this year, Fifteen is also offering a Christmas day five course feast for £85 per adult and £45 per child and a four course Boxing Day lunch menu priced at £50 per adult and £25 per child.
For some fun in a truly awe inspiring environment, the nearby Eden Project will offer visitors a huge range of fantastic winter activities including skating, curling, lantern processions through the magical biodomes at night, festive food, carol singing, Cornish choirs and a Christmas tree made from recycled plastic bags! The winter festival will also offer singing, storytelling and rediscovering the importance of the gifts of memories.
Retallack Resort offers the ideal winter break, allowing you to experience Cornwall’s Christmas festivities whilst enjoying a cosy home from home. When you’ve exhausted the Christmas cheer, enjoy a glass of mulled-wine in the resort’s café-bar, make use of the fantastic leisure facilities which include an indoor swimming pool complex with steam room, sauna and gym, book in for a spinning class or aqua aerobics for adults and Aqua Babes with the kids or simply enjoy a treatment in the Decleor spa.
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Retallack is 8 miles from Newquay Airport and 10 miles from Bodmin Parkway train station