Cool Places to Stay in Cornwall This Summer 

Looking for somewhere to stay in Cornwall ? Ditch the endless research and review-scrolling – we’ve done the digging for you. These are the coolest places to rest your head by the coast. The ones that stand out from the crowd, with just the right mix of character, comfort and seaside-ready design. From off-grid hideouts to barefoot beach houses, these are the stays that turn holidays into stories.

* Main image by Rebecca Hope

Digital Detox in an Unplugged Cabin

Did you realise that in the modern world we rarely go for dinner, spend time with friends, or go to sleep without a screen in sight? We’re always on, and always busy. So isn’t it time to switch off without wifi or technology for a few days? 

Welcome to Elsa. Cornwall’s first Unplugged escape, where guests are asked to lock their phones away on arrival. Tucked away on Bodmin Moor, your off-grid cabin creates the time, space and location to slow down and disconnect from technology. Sink into the hot tub, connect with nature, and reap the benefits of a digital detox: cue better sleep, reduced anxiety, sharpened focus and productivity, improved mood and human connection.

Elsa Unplugged

Flex Your Break at Cornwall’s First Coastal Aparthotel

It’s not a hotel. It’s not self-catering. SeaSpace is the ultimate base that flexes to your holiday needs. Cornwall’s first coastal apart-hotel has just raised the bar for accommodation by the beach, offering the freedom of your own apartment, fused with all the convenience of hotel-style facilities. 

Hideaway with gob-smacking sea views, high-spec kitchens and Miami-style interiors, or step out for cocktails and Italo-American cuisine, a full fitness complex and indoor pool, and Cornwall’s biggest padel club. Think country-club-on-sea, and it’s bang on the clifftops close to Newquay, with buzzing beach life on the doorstep. 

SeaSpace

Plug Into Nature at KudhVa

Who would’ve thought an abandoned slate quarry near Tintagel would become one of Cornwall’s coolest places to stay? At Kudhva, a unique collected of stilted cabins and tree tents offer a different perspective of Cornwall’s landscape and invite you to retreat – off-grid and on trend.

Plug into nature in designer comfort, bubble in the hot tub, gather around the campfire, go wild swimming in the lake, and discover the waterfall and climbing wall. Or wander a short distance to the mighty cliffs and surfing beaches of North Cornwall. This is a true escape in to the wilderness, with designer trimmings.

Kudhva

Barefoot Luxury at Three Mile Beach

What if you could have a Caribbean-style beach house… right here in Cornwall? On the wild, golden sands of Gwithian, Three Mile Beach gives you sun-bleached timber cabins, cedar hot tubs, wood-fired feasts, and the salty freedom of life on the dunes.

This isn’t your usual seaside stay. You’ve got private surf lessons, barrel sauna sessions, bikes to borrow and your own barbecue deck with views of the ocean. All just a sandy stroll from uncrowded surf and that unbeatably easy pace of life. Slow mornings, barefoot evenings – and beach days on repeat.

Three Mile Beach

Stay on The Salt Path at a Historic Signal House

Ever felt the pull to keep walking, keep wandering, keep the sea by your side? When Raynor and Moth passed this point on The Salt Path, they were 400 miles in – weathered, wired to the coast, and still searching for what ‘home’ might mean. The Rame Peninsula offered no easy answers, just raw cliffs, wild water, and a sense of something stirring.

At The Old Signal House, you can stay right on that same edge – just steps from the sea, where the tides crash and seals play below. Once part of the Trinity Lighthouse estate, this remote escape is reached by a one-mile drive and 82 cliffside steps. Inside, it’s all light, logs and sea views – your own signal fire on the edge of the world.

The Old Signal House

Sleep on the Water in a Handcrafted Houseboat

Tide in, tide out – life flows differently when you’re staying on a beautifully crafted houseboat moored on a quiet creek near Falmouth. Mistery 2 is a floating cabin for slow mornings, seal spotting, and reconnecting with your natural rhythm. It’s just you, the birds, the lapping of the tide, and a world away from anything on land.

Lovingly built by shipwrights and designed for comfort, this two-bedroom boat is full of quirky details, wooden textures, and calm energy. Light a fire on the quay, dip a toe in the river, or just enjoy watching the tides change from your waterside deck. It’s off the beaten path and all the better for it.

Mistery 2 Houseboat

Ready to check in?

Cornwall isn’t just a place to visit – it’s a way of life. These one-of-a-kind stays get you closer to what really matters: the sea, the stars, and the stories you’ll take home. Whether you want to slow down, log off, live barefoot or fall asleep to the sound of waves, these cool Cornish stays have summer written all over them.