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The Gallivant
Sussex
East Coast America meets South Coast England at this single-storey, coastal-chic hotel with interesting room choices, good, locally sourced food, and uncrowded sandy beach just over the spectacular dunes.
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Guests are promised a taste of 'Camberfornia' at this single-storey, adults-only hotel (minimum age 16) with coastal garden. Start the day with a sun salutation in the studio and a refreshing glass of orange juice, ginger and turmeric, or cross the road and spectacular dunes to the glorious sandy beach for a swim or wild yoga. Owner Harry Cragoe ,on a mission to ‘restore people’s happiness and wellbeing', is constantly innovating. The pleasures include fresh-baked cakes for tea in the lounge, an oyster happy hour with English fizz, drinks in the dunes with fish and chips or a picnic. Rooms include Swedish-inspired, timber-lined cabins with a wet room, larder and drinks chiller; garden rooms with French doors to private decking, the largest with a handmade bed set into bookshelves, a deep roll-top bath behind a sliding wall. All have statement headboards, Bramley toiletries, a stylish vibe. A locally sourced menu includes moules frites, spatchcock chicken with chimichurri, mushroom schnitzel, Rye Bay fish and saltmarsh lamb cooked over fire. Nearby medieval Rye is a tourist hotspot, but this stretch of coast is remarkably uncrowded, with otherworldly Romney Marsh down the road.
Hotel Details
Address
New Lydd Road, Camber Sands, Sussex, TN31 7RB, England
Telephone
Bedroom
20. All on ground floor, 14 with direct access to garden. Other rooms can access garden via guest corridor.
Openings
all year.
Background Music
'ambient' in bar and restaurant.
Children
not under 16.
Dogs
small to medium-sized dogs are allowed in some bedrooms (£25 per stay), sitting room, bar, terrace.
Prices
B&B doubles (Essentials) from £301, The Complete Gallivant from £376. À la carte £55. Min. 2-night stay usually at weekends.
Facilities
bar, sitting room, reading room, restaurant, private dining room, terrace, event space, yoga studios, spa treatment room, in-room smart TV, civil wedding licence, 1-acre garden, car park, EV charging, restaurant and bar wheelchair accessible.