There are children just about everywhere and it’s not hard to see why. With Ofsted registered clubs, daily entertainment, heated pools and play areas this hotel continues to draw families year after year.

Whether you want to have a work out in the gymnasium or a surf lesson with the resident instructor, there are a range of things for grown-ups to do too. The hotel also has an adult only thermal suite which includes an oversized spa pool, sauna, steam, jacuzzi, and relaxation area.

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For a bit of pampering there is the Ocean Spa which offers natural and organic face & body treatments, including a Hamman, with a hot stone bed which warms the muscles and relaxes the mind. For us it was a time to relax and unwind, so we took the five minute walk down to the beach below that starts from the side of the hotel.

Along with Newquay, Mawgan Porth attracts its fair share of surfers, and the hotel provides surf forecasts and has a surf cam on its website. Non-surfers will also find plenty of things to see and do in this beautiful part of the world. There are golf courses nearby, while walkers might want to check out the South West Coastal Path; you can ask the hotel for local maps and even a fresh packed lunch.

Adrenalin junkies can try the Adventure Centre at Lusty Glaze which offers abseiling, rock climbing, a zip wire and coasteering or Watergate Bay which has kite surfing, stand-up paddle boarding and mountain boarding.

Bedruthan Steps Hotel offers the resident a choice of apartments, villas and rooms. We stayed in a double room with sea views that was clean and pleasant but could have done with a bit of sprucing up.

Although it was late September the weather was warm and our sea view room became a bit of a greenhouse. There was a fan in the room and luckily we could open the sliding glass doors to the flat roof outside (complete with safety gate) but we did wish there was air conditioning. Otherwise there was everything we needed, like tea & coffee making facilities, a TV, internet access and a hairdryer. We particularly loved the divine smelling little handmade soap and shampoo bars in the bathroom cornwallsoapbox.co.uk

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In 2005 the AA awarded the hotel 4 star status with a rosette dining award. Adam Clark, the Head Chef of Bedruthan Step’s Indigo bay restaurant tries to source 70% of his produce locally and provide “good quality brasserie style food to a high standard.” The style of food was contemporary British with some Asian inspirations and our three course meal was enjoyable and reasonably priced.

The breakfast was mainly buffet style with a good choice of fresh fruit and cereal, German-style cheese and ham or British-style breakfast components. We ate at a table by one of the large sea view windows as behind us staff members were making a pleasant fuss of a young girl who had told them she was here for a birthday treat.

A double room with dinner B&B and sea views costs £85 per person per night in the low season. During school holidays most availability is for a minimum of seven night stays.