Less than 10 minutes’ walk from the pretty coastal village of St Mawes, Nearwater offers luxurious bed and breakfast accommodation around 30 minutes’ drive from Truro. It provides free parking and WiFi and a varied choice of breakfasts. Each room has a flat-screen TV, DVD player, iPod dock, alarm clock and tea and coffee facilities. All have an en suite shower with hairdryer and toiletries. St Mawes provides ferry crossings to Falmouth, home of Pendennis Castle and the National Maritime Museum. The village of Portscatho, on the opposite coast of the Roseland Peninsula, is a 10-minute drive away.