Guests say
The View in St Ives is a well-received holiday apartment, praised for its superb location, stunning views, and comfortable furnishings. Guests appreciate the proximity to Porthminster Beach and the town, as well as the thoughtful touches and cleanliness. While there are some minor maintenance issues and concerns about price increases, the overall sentiment is positive, with many guests planning return visits.
Most guests found the apartment to be spotless and well-maintained, though there were isolated reports of cleaning issues such as a blocked sink and pet hair. The majority of feedback, however, commends the cleanliness, leading to a high score.
The location is highly praised for its stunning views and proximity to the beach and town centre. The convenience of the location contributes to the high score, despite some comments about uphill walks to parking.
Guests frequently mention the comfort of the apartment, including the beds and furnishings. There are positive remarks about the terrace and the homely feel of the property, contributing to a high comfort score.
The facilities are generally well-regarded, with mentions of a well-equipped kitchen and additional amenities like a spa pass. Some maintenance issues, such as a non-functioning recliner and noise from upstairs, slightly lower the score.
While there are mentions of thoughtful touches like welcome gifts and dog biscuits, these are not consistently referenced across the reviews. As such, it is not possible to accurately score thoughtfulness based on the available information.
About this property
Above the stunning Porthminster Beach, at Chy an Porth, on the terrace in St Ives, this one-bedroom, ground floor apartment, enjoys sea views from most rooms, only a few sandy steps from the beaches, town centre, harbour and St Ives scenic railway.
Sleeping two, this pet friendly property is ideal for a couple looking for a romantic retreat to St Ives.
Originally this fine granite building was built by Leslie Stephen, father of the acclaimed author Virginia Woolf, now converted into a wonderful holiday apartment with an open plan design allowing its beautiful sea views, from the French doors, which open out to a seaward facing patio, to flow throughout its living area, so whether you’re cooking, dining or relaxing you can soak up its seaside setting, push the doors outwards and breathe in the fresh sea air, step onto the patio and gasps at the panoramic view stretching across St Ives Bay taking in Porthminster beach and Godrevy Lighthouse, or relax on the brown leather sofa in front of the 48″ Samsung smart television with Freeview.
The kitchen/diner is part of the ground floor open plan living space, ideal for socialising with the designated chef, bathed in natural light from the French doors and bay window, there is a table with four comfortable leather dining chairs provided for your comfort, the contemporary kitchen is well-appointed with high gloss white cupboards, with spacious black granite work surfaces and a washer/dryer, offering all you need for your holiday.
The master king sized bedroom enjoys a picture postcard view of Porthminster Beach, through the window, which lets natural light flood this bright tranquil space, there is plenty of storage space too, so you don’t have to pack light.
The bathroom is conveniently placed next to the bedroom, enjoy a long soak in the bath with shower over, for washing off all the sand after a busy day on the beach.
The outdoor space includes a large, private, seaward facing, granite terrace, accessed from the living area French doors, a glass topped rattan table with four matching chairs are ideal for dining alfresco, with mesmerising views across the bay to the golden sands of Gwithian as your amazing backdrop.
Porthminster Beach, one of St Ives many sandy bays, has a café or restaurant with uninterrupted sea views if you fancy dining out, and offers easy access to the South West Coast Path, which leads to Zenor and all year pet friendly Porthkidney Beach in the other, this wonderful cliffside walk is a great way to spot the local wildlife, seals, dolphins and migrating birds.
You can walk to Carbis Bay via the cliffside path or for an exhilarating but relaxing alternative hop on the St Ives scenic railway it runs beside the beaches all the way and the journey is breath-taking, Carbis Bay Beach is a stretch of golden sand which is lapped by azure waters, is lifeguarded at peak times so perfect for swimming, water sports or just strolling romantically along the shore as the sun sets.
St Ives is a beautiful traditional Cornish fishing village, its plethora of restaurants served daily by fishing boats from its working harbour with fresh sea food, browse its pretty cobbled streets searching for gifts or works of art, the largest of its galleries is the Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, where one of the towns former, famous, residents are celebrated along with everchanging exhibitions.
For a little romance head towards Penzance where you’ll find a majestic castle set on its own island, St Michaels Mount, or book a show at the Minack Theatre, near Land’s End, its cut out of the edge of a Cornish cliff, both offer memorable backdrops to a night you’ll never forget, or if you fancy adventure take a walk through a lost garden, Heligan, or above the rainforest on the canopy walk way at the Eden Project, both near St Austell, finally search for familiar sights from TV shows filmed in Cornwall like Doc Martin or Poldark.
The View offers a stunning location for a romantic Cornish escape and our view is its one you’ll want to enjoy again and again.
St. Ives is one of Cornwall's most picturesque harbour towns, with small streets, cottages nestled around the quayside, the Tate Gallery and Barbara Hepworth Museum, fantastic beaches, superb shops, a lively community of artists, excellent pubs and restaurants, and much more. With its semi-bohemian atmosphere and romantic aura, it's easy to see why this is the county's most popular vacation destination. Abundant wildlife, magnificent coastal walks, world-class surfing, and the Celtic secrets of the Land's End Peninsula are all easily accessible from the hotel. A fantastic destination!
Accommodation
Ground-floor apartment.
One king-size bedroom.
Bathroom with bath and shower-over, wash basin, heated towel rail, and WC, Open-plan living space with kitchen/diner, sitting area, seaward facing terrace
Gas central heating.
Double oven/grill, 4 ring ceramic hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, Cafetiere, washer/dryer, dishwasher, smart hdtv with Freeview to lounge, smart hdtv with Freeview to bedroom, Blu Ray DVD Player with a selection of DVD's to living area, a Dab Radio and Bose Bluetooth speaker to lounge, Wifi.
Fuel and power included in rent.
Bed linen and towels included in rent.
Off-road parking for one car a short walk away, seaward facing terrace.
outside furniture including sun loungers, table and chairs.
Pet friendly, no smoking.
Shop 0.2 miles, pub 0.1 miles, beach 0.3 miles.
NOTE: Complimentary spa passes are provided for 2 guests at HarSPA at the Harbour Hotel, the passes include 20% discount off spa treatments Monday - Friday, food at the HarBAR.
Access is valid until the 3rd October 2025; Membership is reviewed annually by the owner for the following year and is subject to renewal.
Please call the spa prior to arrival at the property to arrange your entry and they will give you any information regarding their packages that you require.
You can access the Spa's treatment via their website.
ONE small/ medium well Behaved dog No puppies
Nearby points of interest
- Porthminster Beach Café
- Gwynver Beach
- Porthchapel Beach
- Land's End
- Porthgwarra Beach
- Nanjizal Beach
- Porthcurno Telegraph Museum
- Minack Theatre
Reviews (56)
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Elizabeth
The location is perfect, you can easily walk to the beach, town or train station in minutes, which is something that we love the most. The apartment is incredibly comfortable and the patio area is great, especially for our fur baby. The internet is also much better (thank you) so I can easily work from here when I have too. Weâve already booked for next year and we canât wait x
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Lois
A fabulous apartment with a short stroll to St. Ives Town Centre ... and even shorter to Porthminster Beach, which allowed our little dog to have fun before 10am and after 6pm, which suited us fine. Lovely touches at the apartment which were a big plus for us - the Bose speaker in the lounge, gorgeous Ritual reed sticks which smelled divine on entering the apartment, Tassimo coffee machine and really useful little baskets dotted in the bedroom and hallway for shoes and bits and bobs. Balcony furniture very comfy and the whole apartment was so well equipped we only ate out twice. We did go to the Harbour hotel to take advantage of the Pizza offer but were told not doing it that day. We still had lunch there and the food was lovely and we got our 20% off with the spa fob. Public transport was fabulous and surprisingly cheap, lots of regularly run buses to various places and the Open Top Lands End Coaster was a great trip. We also travelled to different places by train and it was all very easy on the Trainline app. A huge plus was the lockable parking space - although not directly by the apartment it was only up the road so no big issue for us.
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Ian
Apart from that it was a great stay , thanks .