Totnes is an ideal base for an active family holiday, last minute break or weekend short break in Devon.

Holiday cottages around Totnes offers pet friendly holiday cottages and large holiday properties for special family occasions. You will find our hosts charming and helpful.

Countryside holiday accommodation near Totnes will give you the best of all worlds. Good value family holiday accommodation, weekend holiday cottages, luxury holiday cottages, and four star weekend cottages.  Farmhouse bed and breakfast and farm cottages are also popular.

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Built on a hill overlooking the river Dart, Totnes in the beautiful South Hams area of South Devon, has a unique and unmistakable charm about it. As a river port, Totnes has much architectural and historical value with its restored river side and warehouses on the wharf, whist in the centre the narrow streets are dominated by the ruined Roman castle and Elizabethan and Georgian houses.

This bustling market town with its main high street sloping down to the river has an array of shops, pubs and delicious tearooms on offer for the visitor. If you don’t fancy a cream tea then why not walk around the quay or take a look in some of the specialist shops.

On Fridays and Saturdays Totnes has regular outdoor markets and from May to September there is an Elizabethan market each Tuesday morning, where the locals dress up going about their usual business!

Around Totnes there is much to see and do too - visit the haunted Berry Pomeroy ruins, or enjoy learning about (and sampling!) the wine at Sharpham vineyard. Alternatively take a boat trip along the river to picturesque Dartmouth.

The ancient borough of Totnes is the second oldest in Britain after Malmesbury and according to medieval mythology, it is where Britons originated – Totnes is where the defeated Trojans in 1170 BC settled, lead by their Prince Brutus - the ‘Brutus stone’ can be seen next to 51 Fore Street.

The Guildhall, also worth a visit, is open from Easter to September and has been the heart of the town’s administrative, legal and ceremonial life for hundreds of years. The Elizabethan town museum, formerly a wealthy merchant’s house displays many interesting objects and artefacts and comes highly recommended.

At the top of the high street stands ‘The Arch’ or East Gate - a Tudor structure which is the most famous landmark of Totnes, and one of the main entrances to the Medieval town.

Right at the top of the town in Leechwell lane, you will find the site of Totnes’ three ancient wells where water flows from springs into three granite troughs - the waters are reputed to have medicinal properties.

Nearby towns of interest include Kingsbridge, Salcombe and within easy reach is Dartmoor National Park, the town of Torquay and some of Britain’s most stunning coastline.