Fireworks and frivolity: New Year’s Eve in Cornwall with Classic Cottages

Nov. 26, 2013 - PRLog -- The annual dreaded decision: where to spend New Year’s Eve. If you can’t face the crowds and cost of going out, yet you can’t be bothered to organise something at home, why not do it differently this year? Disappear down to Cornwall, rent somewhere super, be entertained in quirky Cornish style and turn a night into a proper break.

Classic Cottages has nearly 600 properties in Cornwall, available either for short breaks or full weeks. Here are three fun options for New Year’s Eve:

Fish and fireworks

This is the 50^th year that the tiny fishing village of Mousehole, in far-west Cornwall, will wow with its festive spectacular: over 7,000 Christmas lights adorning its houses and harbour (running from 14 December until 4 January). On New Year’s Eve, enjoy the illuminated atmosphere with a glass or two of warm mulled wine, followed by a spectacular fireworks display. Stay at Merlin House (sleeps six), a contemporary property with sea views across Mount’s Bay to Lizard Point. Treat yourselves to a meal at 2 Fore Street on the harbour front. The hand-picked crab salad and grilled lemon sole fillets with samphire are extraordinary. A week’s stay arriving Saturday 28 December is £166 pp (£996 total).

Dancing and Doc Martin

New Year’s Eve in Port Isaac – the north Cornwall coastal village now famous for the TV series Doc Martin - is always a night to remember. There’s an awesome fireworks display, launched from the cliff tops on the stroke of midnight, throwing out rainbows of colour across the bay. Afterwards, locals and visitors line the streets, dancing and singing into the early hours. 200-year-old Mount Pleasant (sleeps five) overlooks the village and harbour and has the original slate floors and sloping ceilings from its fisherman’s cottage days. A week’s stay arriving Saturday 28 December is £171 pp (£852 total).

Fancy dress and miniature ponies

For a small fishing town, Looe celebrates New Year in an unexpectedly large fashion. In fact, it’s listed as one of the top ten places in the UK to celebrate, even ranking third in 2007/08. Revellers assemble in the streets in their hundreds, wearing fancy dress no matter what their age – and generally rather inventive attire at that. The evening culminates in a magnificent fireworks display on the seafront. Stay nearby at Dannett Granary (sleeps ten), a beautiful barn conversion on a farm with donkeys, a tame goat, miniature ponies and owners who are happy to take children to feed the animals. A week’s stay arriving Saturday 28 December is £130 pp (£1,293 total).

For more information and to book one of Classic Cottages’ coastal and country properties, call 01326 555 555 or visit http://www.classic.co.uk.

To help plan your visit to the South West, with plenty of ideas of places to go and things to do suggested by Classic’s local experts, visit www.classicguide.co.uk.

Ends – 26 November, 2013

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