In the Cornish fishing village of St Mawes, this whitewashed former yacht club is an enduringly popular bolthole for the well heeled and discerning.

Both the restaurant and the rooms at Hotel Tresanton, St Mawes, Cornwall, enjoy sea views and are filled with antique and contemporary Cornish artwork, all carefully curated by legendary hotelier Olga Polizzi.

With nautical tongue-and-groove walls, a mosaic floor and a pelargonium-filled terrace, the restaurant is sun-drenched by day and candlelit by night. Its uninterrupted views extend towards Cornish landmark St Anthony’s Lighthouse.

Summer Sunday lunches are typically cooked on the barbecue, while the menu regularly changes to accommodate the seasons. Dishes may include turbot tronçon with new potatoes, Cornish asparagus and hollandaise; cioppino with lobster, clams, squid, dived scallop and red mullet; or sometimes crab tian with avocado, quail’s egg, confit tomato and crostini.

Alongside 31 bedrooms and the restaurant and bar, the Hotel Tresanton, St Mawes, Cornwall, has a Beach Club with a light bites menu that also serves coffee, tea and bar drinks. There’s also the opportunity to sail around sublime Falmouth Bay on the hotel’s eight-metre yacht Pinuccia.

Trencherman’s tip

Stroll to the nearby 14th-century church of St Just-in-Roseland, described by John Betjeman as ‘to some, the most beautiful churchyard on earthʼ.