Exeter and Heart of Devon Hotels and Restaurants Association

We have endeavoured to offer a range of Westcountry Hotels, most of which are AA & RAC approved places in Cornwall, Devon and parts of Dorset and Somerset. These range from Red star, 2 star, 3 star, 4 star or 5 star high quality, to country house hotels, luxury, exclusive accommodation or just a B&B, we hope they are what you are looking for - maybe the best hotel in the UK or Great Britain is here?

If you relish dining in high quality restaurants which have accolades, we have included a selection of eating places which have AA rosettes for fine cuisine or which are included in the Good Food Guide.

We have tried to ensure Quality Assurance. Included is a range of farm house self catering accommodation, to bed and breakfast establishments as well as a few camp sites on Dartmoor.

If you are looking to visit-devon and to be, at leisure, for a holiday or vacation which is touring, walking, playing golf, fishing, motoring, site seeing over Dartmoor National Park and Exmoor National Park, we hope you will find all the information in this one site. If you are interested in outdoor pursuits such as horse riding, fishing, golf, cycling or a variety of water sports you will find some of these included for your interest..

In the area we have a number of National Trust Houses and Gardens such as Rosemoor, Tapeley Park Gardens, Hartland Abbey, Marwood Hill Gardens or Docton Mill. We hope you will visit Devon and enjoy our outlook on the West Country. We wish you an enjoyable holiday in this outstanding area of sun, sea, sand and natural beauty.

Our directory of Restaurants is based on a compilation of The Trencherman's Guide, The Good Food Guide, A.A Best Restaurants Guide. Michelin Guide and the RAC Guide to eating out. We have included a few establishments which have Michelin Stars.

The directory features such Restaurants as Gidleigh Park, Horn of Plenty, Carved Angle, Castle Hotel where such famous chefs as Shaun Hill, Michael Caines, Peter Gorton and Phil Vickery have worked - some of these have since become celebrity Chefs. All these chefs have very high technical skills. One of these restaurants has 5 Rosettes, others have 4, 3, 2 or 1 Rosette.

We have included one or two establishments which appear in the Trencherman's and which have Michelin Stars.

The aim is to let you dine out in style, eating high class cuisine, in some of the best restaurants in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset including Bath and Bristol. Majority of these high class eateries, some with French influence others with Thai (spicy) or continental others are just traditional, most use locally produced fresh vegetables, in time they will no doubt introduce Organic produce.

All the Restaurants have extensive Wine Lists and some have cellars which have won awards. Most Restaurants offer an excellent range of French Claret and Burgundy, Australian Chardonnay and Shiraz, New Zealand Sauvignon plus Italian and South African and a lot more.