Apartment 1 Harbourside

From an elevated position in West Looe, this two-bedroom apartment looks out across the river estuary and beyond to the sea. Apartment 1 Harbourside sleeps 4 and welcomes dogs, with a terrace where guests can watch fishing boats returning to the quayside below.

Inside, the lounge shares the same river and sea outlook. The apartment includes a dishwasher, washing machine, WiFi and a garden area. Prices start from £518 per week with a Saturday changeover. Access involves a slope, which may not suit those with limited mobility.

East Looe Beach is 0.2 km from the front door - a sheltered, sandy town beach with summer lifeguard cover. Hannafore Beach on the West Looe side is 0.8 km away and has excellent rock pools at low tide. Plaidy Beach, 1.3 km east along the coast path, is a quieter mixed cove that rarely fills up.

West Looe has its own shops and pubs, while East Looe is reachable by a seasonal passenger ferry or a 10-minute walk across the Victorian bridge. The working harbour still lands fresh catch daily, and charter boats head out after blue sharks in summer. The South West Coast Path runs west through woodland to Polperro and east along the cliffs towards Whitsand Bay. Looe Island, a Cornwall Wildlife Trust nature reserve home to grey seals and nesting seabirds, is a short boat ride from the harbour.