St Mary’s is the largest island in the group which makes up the Isles of Scilly. Hugh Town is the main town on the island.

Above Hugh Town, is the Star Castle Hotel, it was originally built during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I for the defence of the Isles of Scilly. Star Castle was built in the shape of an eight pointed star and was converted into a hotel in 1933. It now offers guests the chance to stay in a castle dating from 1593 which has been elegantly restored and furnished for the modern holidaymaker. The views from the hotel are magnificent; the views which were once necessary to protect the Islands can now be enjoyed by its guests and click here to see our review in English. Klicken Sie hier fur unsere vollständigen Beitrag auf Deutsch.

A walk around the Garrison is ideal for an evening stroll before or after dinner at The Star Castle Hotel.

There is plenty to do on St Mary’s, it is possible to walk around the island in one day, taking in the views and learning about the history of the island as you go. If you don’t want to walk the whole of the coast path there is a bus which will take you to the north of the island and you can then walk back to Hugh Town via Porth Hellick and Old Town.

Visit Halangy Down, the prehistoric settlement dating from the Bronze and Iron Age, continue your walk passing Pelistry Bay the best place to stop for a swim in the clear sea.

At Old Town is another popular beach and cafe, as well as coastal paths there are nature trails across the island.

The Isles of Scilly Museum is the best place to learn about the maritime, social and natural history of the islands.

A unique part of the Cornish and Isles of Scilly maritime history can be seen in the Gig races which take place every week throughout the summer, the Gigs were originally used to guide ships past the treacherous rocks, but now they are just used in sport. Many of the original Gigs are still used, some over 100 years old.

One of Cornwall top sporting attraction and event is held every year in the spring is the International Gig Racing Championships which take place in the islands and this year between 4^th and 7^th May over 50 boats and hundreds of rowers come to race .This is one of the top sporting attractions in Cornwall and unlike anything else you’ll see.

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Having visited and arranged holidays on the Isles of Scilly for many years we are experts in the best places to stay on these unique islands.

Bed and Breakfast accommodation on the Isles of Scilly offers a great alternative to hotels or holiday rentals and we have selected the best that is available. We regularly visit and check our B&Bs that they meet our high standards and offer value for money.

Our favourites are located on the main island of St Mary’s and some of the 4 other inhabited islands that make up the Isles of Scilly. Your B&B hosts will offer a friendly and comfortable stay with advice on how to make the most of your trip.

A trip to the Isles of Scilly is like taking a trip back to a time when the pace of life was slower, a chance to enjoy a special part of Cornwall.

Urlaub Cornwall is the most popular German language guide to holidays in Cornwall and teh Isles of Scilly or as they would say Urlaub in Cornwall und Scilly-Inseln

Tresco Stores, with its wide range of groceries, alcoholic beverages, superb delicatessen and bakery, will easily fulfill all your self catering requirements. It also offers a ‘Dine at Home menu’ and delivery service.

The New Inn is Tresco’s only pub with a comprehensive bar featuring a good selection of real ales. The New Inn is open every day serving traditional lunch and dinner, coffee, tea, cakes and handmade scooped ice cream.

The Ruin Beach Cafe at Old Grimsby features a wood burning oven and fantastic sea views. The Ruin is open all day serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon cakes and dinner.

The Abbey Garden cafe is open every day between 10am and 4pm serving light snacks and cakes. You are welcome to visit the cafe whether or not you are visiting the Abbey Garden.

The Flying Boat Club is a members only restaurant at New Grimsby. All guests renting our Tresco cottages receive membership of the Flying Boat Club.

Situated 28 miles off Land’s End, the islands are easily accessible from Southern England.

There is no travel to and from the islands on a Sunday.

It is not possible to take your car to the islands, but you will not need it when you are there.

When arriving at the airport on St Mary’s your hotel will arrange for you to be met by the local minibus/taxi service.

If you are staying on one of the other islands you will be taken to the Quay for your connecting boat trip.

There is plenty of parking at the Heliport and Airports on the mainland.

Ship; The Sciilonian III sails from Penzance from the end of March until the end of October.

The ship sails once a day leaving Penzance at about 09.15 and returning from St Mary’s at about 16.30 depending on the tides. The sailing time is about 2 hours.

Plane; the flights are operated by The Isles of Scilly Skybus, and flights operate from airports on the mainland at Newquay, Land’s End (St Just) and Exeter.

All planes land on the island of St Mary’s.

Train; There is a frequent train service from London Paddington including an overnight sleeper service to Penzance. The train station in Penzance is next to the  harbour making for an easy connection to the Isles of Scilly.

Deutsch-Übersetzung  – Anreise zu den Scilly-Inseln

As visitors to the islands ourselves for 20 years we have chosen our selection of hotels on the Isles of Scilly, our favourite secret place in Cornwall, truly a dream destination located just off Land’s End. Just a 15 minute flight or a boat trip and you arrive on the “Fortunate Islands” as they are named. It’s not difficult to see why as you view the islands from above with crystal clear turquoise seas and bright white sandy beaches.

 Stylish hotels in stunning locations

 UrlaubCornwall has selected a small number of hotels, perfect for families or couples, that are each unique and offer the perfect setting for a holiday that you’ll never forget. For those that visit the islands, once is never enough and you’ll be drawn back year after year. Stay for a week or just for short break there is a no more beautiful part of Cornwall.

Deutsch-Übersetzung – Hotels in Scilly

Self catering holiday houses, cottages and apartments on Tresco on the Isles of Scilly a great choice for a holiday for all the family.

UrlaubCornwall has selected the best accommodation on the Isles of Scilly set in amazing locations with stunning sea views, close to some of the beaches that feature in the top 10 found in Great Britain.

We have visited the islands for the last 20 years and never tire of the unique scenery, a chance to take boats trips and enjoy a pace of life set by the tides. With almost no cars a chance to walk and enjoy it’s a very different kind of holiday. For children the chance to explore the coast line, the subtropical gardens and the many ancient stone monuments that tell of the long history.

Self catering accommodation on Tresco, the home of the famous Abbey Gardens, offer romantic fishermen’s cottages, stylish apartments and modern homes for family holidays or a short break for two.

Deutsch-Übersetzun  – Ferienhäuser & Fewos in Scilly

Sea Garden Cottages are new contemporary one-bedroom cottages with beautiful sea views on the idyllic Island of Tresco.

The cottages offer the flexibility of self catering accommodation or guests can choose a hotel experience and dine in the beachfront restaurant; The Ruin.

Sea Garden Cottages, Tresco

The cottages have 2 floors, with high ceilings and picture windows making the most of the fantastic views. The kitchen and bathrooms are beautifully equipped and there is also a high quality sofa bed making the cottages ideal for young families.

After a day exploring the Islands taking in the beautiful scenery, enjoying a boat trip to one of the other islands or strolling around the famous Abbey Gardens, there is then the opportunity to enjoy all of the facilities which the Sea Garden Cottages have to offer. There is a tennis court, heated indoor pool, gym, Jacuzzi and sauna.

Tresco Strande

A perfect place to place to spend a holiday and escape to an island just 28 miles off the Cornish Coast.

St Mary’s is the largest island in the group which makes up the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall’s hidden jewel 28 miles of the Cornish coast. Hugh Town is the main town on the island.

Above Hugh Town, is the Star Castle Hotel, it was originally built during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I for the defence of the Isles of Scilly. Star Castle was built in the shape of an eight pointed star and was converted into a hotel in 1933. It now offers guests the chance to stay in a castle dating from 1593 which has been elegantly restored and furnished for the modern holidaymaker. The views from the hotel are magnificent; the views which were once necessary to protect the Islands can now be enjoyed by its guests and click here to see our review.

A walk around the Garrison is ideal for an evening stroll before or after dinner at The Star Castle Hotel.

There is plenty to do on St Mary’s, it is possible to walk around the island in one day, taking in the views and learning about the history of the island as you go. If you don’t want to walk the whole of the coast path there is a bus which will take you to the north of the island and you can then walk back to Hugh Town via Porth Hellick and Old Town.

Visit Halangy Down, the prehistoric settlement dating from the Bronze and Iron Age, continue your walk passing Pelistry Bay the best place to stop for a swim in the clear sea.

At Old Town is another popular beach and cafe, as well as coastal paths there are nature trails across the island.

The Isles of Scilly Museum is the best place to learn about the maritime, social and natural history of the islands.

A unique part of the Cornish and Isles of Scilly maritime history can be seen in the Gig races which take place every week throughout the summer, the Gigs were originally used to guide ships past the treacherous rocks, but now they are just used in sport. Many of the original Gigs are still used, some over 100 years old.

One of Cornwall top sporting attraction and event is held every year in the spring is the International Gig Racing Championships which take place in the islands and this year between 4^th and 7^th May over 50 boats and hundreds of rowers come to race .This is one of the top sporting attractions in Cornwall and unlike anything else you’ll see.

What can you expect on your holiday on the Isles of Scilly? As visitors to the islands for the last 20 years we never tire of the stunning scenery and the pace of life that harks back to a Cornwall of many years ago.

Travelling around the islands is exclusively undertaken by a fleet of small boats that ferry visitors between the main inhabited islands for day trips, as well as visits to a few of the beautiful uninhabited ones or trips to see the seals, dolphin and puffins.

Each island has at least one boat that performs several roles including daily trips for tourists, bringing supplies and taking produce to market. St Martin’s vessel is known as Voyager, owned and run by the Perkins family for many years, starts the day with from the quayside picking up those that want to visit St Mary’s the largest island. Whether you’re going to the shops of Hugh Town, the only town on the island, or a walking tour to see the historic sites or maybe just a day on one of the many amazing beaches, there is a wealth of attractions and activities.

Take the Spirit of St Agnes, the boat that serves the most south westerly island St Agnes to see the remote community that lives and works in this stunning place. Visit a the small Troy Town farm that produces its own ice cream or enjoy a pint of Cornish beer in the Turk’s Head, famous for its Cornish Pasties. A walk around the islands provides views of the world famous Bishops Rock lighthouse and unusual rock formations on the shore.

Tresco and Bryher are the final two islands to the West, again reached by boats like the Firethorn. Tresco is home to the world renowned Abbey Gardens featuring plants that won’t grow in any other part of Great Britain. Bryher is famous for its beaches and on its westerly coast the notorious Hell Bay where the worst Atlantic’s storms hurl huge waves that have wrecked many ships…..a site to behold.

Day trips to the Eastern Isles are popular with all the family, seeing the grey seals, puffins or maybe even dolphins that are common in these warm waters.

A trip to the Isles of Scilly is unlike any other holiday in Cornwall and a place that you’ll return to again and again.

Tresco and the Isles of Scilly is a wonderful place for nature lovers to enjoy a holiday.

Tresco has beaches with sparkling sand and sub-tropical plants, the unique variety of vegetation and abundance of bird life in an environment unspoilt by cars, crowds and pollution.

The geographical location of the islands means that it is ideally suited for migrant birds from Britain and Europe. In March and April Spring migrants, such as White Wagtails, Warblers, Swallows and Pipits appear. In October birds from Asia and America pay their visit, this is the most popular month for bird watchers.

Agapanthus on Tresco

The islands are also a breeding site for rare seabirds such as the Puffin and Manx Shearwater. Boat trips are often available to see the Puffins.

Sea birds are evocative of Scilly, as well as all of the different types of Gull, there are Oyster catchers, Cormorants, Shags and Curlew, to name a few.

Boat trips also offer visitors to see Grey Seals in their natural habitats, on the uninhabited Eastern Isles. It is also possible to swim in the sea with the Seals or you may also be lucky enough to see passing Dolphins.

The flora of Scilly is a paradise for botanists. Flowers grow throughout the year as winter temperatures rarely drop below 5C. Wherever you walk on the islands you will be amazed at the variety and beauty of plants which grow everywhere.

The flower industry is also important to the islands with millions of Narcissi and Daffodils being sent to the markets on the mainland.

The Abbey Gardens on Tresco are today internationally famous, containing many thousands of species that are unable to be grown outdoors anywhere else in Britain.

Tresco is one of the 5 inhabited islands in the Isles of Scilly. Tresco is only 2 miles long and 1 mile wide, it is an island of extraordinary contrasts, beauty and tranquillity and offers today’s holidaymaker a unique and luxury holiday experience.

The history of the island dates back to prehistoric times, and on Tregarthen Hill is a megalithic burial chamber dating back 4000 years to the Bronze Age.

Cromwell’s Castle

The ruined archway in Abbey Gardens is a reminder of the Benedictine monks who made Tresco their home in the 10^th Century.

As well as the monks, Tresco was home to marauding pirates and smugglers who preyed on passing ships. Fine examples of figureheads salvaged from shipwrecks can be seen in Valhalla, in the Abbey Gardens.  During the Civil War Tresco saw battles between the Roundheads and Royalists.  Ruins of King Charles’s Castle and Cromwell’s Castle can be explored on the northern side on the island while the Old Blockhouse looks out towards the island of St Martin’s.

The history of the island was to change when in 1834 the Duchy of Cornwall leased Tresco to Augustus Smith. The island is still leased from the Duchy of Cornwall by his ancestors the Dorrien-Smith family who live in Tresco Abbey.

Augustus Smith spent the next 40 years until his death in 1872, transforming the island and laying the foundations for the prosperity which is still enjoyed on the island today, the most famous legacy is Tresco Abbey and its gardens.

The gardens are one of the most remarkable botanical gardens in the world. Famous for the variety and beauty of their sub-tropical fauna, unique in the British Isles and also because of their location on a tiny island in the Atlantic Ocean.