The world’s biggest leaders will stay at a luxury £200 a night castle in St Ives, Cornwall, over the course of the 47th G7 Summit.
The Tregenna Castle Resort in St Ives will be home to Joe and Jill Biden as well as newlyweds Boris and Carrie Johnson from today - where the 'Group of Seven' will meet overlooking the Cornish coast.
Inside the resort, guests will find secluded grounds, a covered pool and an 18-hole golf course.
The £200-a-night hotel has 98 rooms and 55 apartments to house the President's entourage of advisers and secret service agents as well as French, German, Italian and Japanese delegations.
Newlyweds Boris and Carrie Johnson will also stay there while the summit is held in nearby Carbis Bay.
Security measures include a giant fence around the property, extra lighting and police sniffer dog patrols.
Officers with assault rifles have been pictured outside the boundary. The castle was built in 1774 as a 12-bedroom home for a Cornishman.
It stayed in the family until it was sold to a family of bankers in 1871.
It became a 'jewel in the crown' of Great Western Railway hotels and was extended in 1895.
The cast of BBC drama Poldark, including star Aidan Turner, also stayed at the hotel - the largest in Cornwall - during filming.
Since 1975, representatives from the seven nations have met at least annually to discuss economic policies and other issues of global importance.
Also known as the Group of Seven, the event is an international conference made up of the world's seven largest advanced economies: Germany, Italy, Canada, France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States
At the end of the summit, a communication will be issued outlining what has been agreed, with the global Covid recovery set to be the primary focus..
The member country holding the G7 presidency, currently the UK, is responsible for organising and hosting the year's annual summit. Each member nation takes over the presidency for a year on a rolling basis.
The annual summit was held in Quebec, Canada in 2018; in 2019, the G7 met in Biarritz, France.
This year, the G7 group of nations will meet at the Cornish seaside resort of Carbis Bay from June 111-13 for what will be the 47th summit.
Specifically, the G7 event will be held at the Carbis Bay Hotel, which prides itself in being recognised as one of Cornwall’s “premier waterside hotels”.
Over a 125-year history, the hotel says it has hosted “guests from all over the world” including some of the “nation’s finest writers”.
Its impressive 38-room build is a part of an estate that comprises 125 acres. The “Main House”, “Lannear Farm” and “Old School House” are all part of the Carbis Bay estate.
The luxury hotel offers spa treatments and wedding packages in a “British Paradise” where it even has a “privately owned 25-acre Blue Flag beach.”
According to the official G7 website, St Ives, Falmouth and Newquay airport will also play a key role in the summit.
Following last year’s cancellation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this will be the first in-person G7 Leaders’ Summit in almost two years.
The choice of a coastal setting is to emphasise the “beautiful, historic and innovative region” to the world.
The Government claims that Cornwall will “reap the benefits of hosting the G7” and will “provide the best of Cornish hospitality for leaders delegates and the world’s media,” adding that the summit will help by “boosting local businesses”.
Alongside the county’s natural seaside landscapes, the Government’s website also describes the region as a “powerhouse for green innovation”, making it an ideal setting for focusing on the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Visit Cornwall estimates the total economic impact to be £50million for the county, including an increase in future tourism.
Demand for houses in the area has sky rocketed in the past year amid a shift in working patterns, with searches for homes in the seaside report rising even further since Wednesday, as news emerged of the G7's location.
The number of people searching for property in Carbis Bay has more than doubled in the past 24 hours, Rightmove said.
the coastal village has an average asking price of over £384,000, which is more than £50,000 higher than the Cornwall average of £331,655, and beachside homes are currently for sale for up to £3million.
Cornwall maintained its position as the most searched for place on Rightmove in May, and the coastal county of Norfolk made it into the top ten for the first time since 2017.
