AMBER HOUSE HOTEL - Your Premium Stay in Paignton, Devon

The hotel has one parking space per room, a garden honesty bar, and hallway bookcases stocked with hundreds of DVDs and books. Free WiFi reaches every room and the shared areas, and luggage storage is available. The garden, the conservatory, and the bar are open to guests, and the hotel holds a Silver Award for service and cleanliness.

Ten en-suite rooms are individually named and priced, each with a DVD player and satellite TV (Freesat, Free Sky, or Freeview). The Luxury room Bay View has a view across the bay to Brixham, while the Luxury room Tall Ships has floor-length curtains and hand-beaded lampshades. Family rooms put a double bed and a single bed in separate areas, and some rooms offer a super-king bed or two single beds.

Breakfast is freshly cooked to order and the hotel asks guests to state dietary requirements and allergies in advance. Gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegetarian diets are catered for, and the menu includes locally sourced Full English/Irish breakfast options. The hotel also serves complimentary homemade afternoon tea and has an honesty bar in the garden.

Amber House Hotel sits on Roundham Road in Paignton, within a ten-minute walk of Goodrington Sands and Paignton Pier. The Dartmouth Steam Railway passes below the property, and the South West Coast Path is three minutes away. Exeter and Plymouth are approximately one hour by car, with Paignton Zoo, Splashdown, and Elberry Cove in the surrounding area.

Family rooms sleep up to three guests, and a child aged 4 to 16 is charged extra in relevant rooms. The hotel provides dog beds, water bowls, scoop bags, and washing water for dogs, with a charge of £7 per night for one dog and £10 for two. Not all rooms accept dogs, and the hotel can arrange dog grooming services.

Location: 3 minutes from the South West Coast Path, near Goodrington Sands

Parking: One car space per room

Rooms: Ten individually named en-suite rooms with DVD players

Dining: Freshly cooked breakfast, gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegetarian diets

Dog-friendly: £7 per night for one dog, £10 for two, dog beds and grooming services

Family: Double bed and single bed in separate areas

Extras: Garden honesty bar and hundreds of DVDs and books to borrow