Beach huts, yes, but not as you know them. Inside these newly built hideaways you'll find Neff kitchen appliances, travertine-tiled floors, kingsize beds, futons, underfloor heating and free Wi-Fi. Each hut also has its own little terrace, overlooking the sea ... Photograph: PR
For eating out, the Clipper Café is next door and chef Tim Bouget's ODE restaurant a pebble's throw away.
• 01626 872314, coolrentalguide.com. From £90pn for two or £110pn for four Photograph: Kirsty Gilbert-Browning & Jason/GB Fine Art Photography
This chic timber cottage is more like an adult-sized doll's house. While its three bedrooms officially sleep six, truckle beds and sleeping pods means there's room for two (or more) extra guests. Clean, Scandinavian-style interiors and a sunken hot tub add style ... Photograph: Chris Tubbs/PR
The Hive Beach Cafe is next door, or head to Lyme Regis for Newlyn hake at Hix Oyster and Fish House.
• 01242 235151, bigcottage.com. From £1,450 a week
Pet-friendly Photograph: chris tubbs/PR
The trouble with beachside cottages is that you usually have to share the beach. Not this one, though. It's on a steep cliff path, in a private cove near Salcombe. And there's more climbing within: up a ladder to the hut's double bed. Enjoy beach barbecues, the sound of the waves and dips in a wood-fired hot tub ... Photograph: PR
There's a woodburner, kitchen, toilet and a solar-powered shower but no electricity.
• 01752 830020, carswellcottages.com. From £295pw
No children Photograph: PR
This large cob barn was converted a couple of years ago. One of two self-catering cottages on Venn Farm, a seven-acre smallholding near Bude, The Cob sleeps nine and has a large garden ... Photograph: PR
It's brilliantly family-friendly – stairgates, sterilisers, high chairs, cots and games – and kids can help feed chickens and hide in the treehouse.
• 020 3603 1160, babyfriendlyboltholes.co.uk. From £1,150pw Photograph: PR
A grade II-listed house in Charlestown, near St Austell, this elegant cottage sleeps four. There are two bedrooms, one with a kingsize bed and one with a cosy cabin double. Stroll to the village's two beaches, order seafood at the Pier House or sit out in one of the cottage's courtyard gardens ... Photograph: PR
The Eden Project and Lost Gardens of Heligan are around 10 minutes' drive away.
• 07967 104131, antoniaspearls.co.uk. From £895pw Photograph: PR
