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Thurlestone Guest House

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Close to Carbis Bay Beach, Thurlestone Guest House provides amenities like free full breakfast. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Housekeeping

Room options

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A hotel room with a bed, a wooden desk, a chair, a bedside table, a lamp, and a painting on the wall.

Standard Double Room, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Standard Room, 1 Double or 2 Twin Beds, Sea View | Bathroom shower

Standard Room, 1 Double or 2 Twin Beds, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

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A neatly made bed with folded towels and a red booklet, a window with curtains, a television on the wall, and a wooden dresser with a trash can beside it.

Standard Double Room (Rear View)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Standard Double or Twin Room, Sea View | Bathroom shower

Standard Double or Twin Room, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

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A hotel room with a bed, a nightstand, a lamp, a mirror, and a wooden dresser.

Standard Double Room (Small)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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A neatly made bed with floral bedding, a bedside lamp, and a window with a metal grill.

Standard Double Room, Sea View (2nd Floor)

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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A coastal landscape with trees and a view of the sea.

Single Room, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed
  • Free WiFi

About the neighborhood

Located in St Ives, Thurlestone Guest House is near the beach. While the natural beauty of Carbis Bay Beach and Porthminster Beach can be enjoyed by anyone, those looking for an activity can check out St Ives Harbour. Saint Ives Leisure Centre and St Ives Society of Artists are also worth visiting. Visit our St Ives travel guide
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St Ives Road, St Ives, England, TR26 2RT

What's nearby

  • A sandy beach with rocky outcrops and a clear sky.
    Carbis Bay Beach
    8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • A beach with houses on a hillside and a clear sky.
    Porthminster Beach
    2 min drive - 2.1 km
  • A coastal town with a pier extending into the sea, a lighthouse, and a sandy beach with rocks.
    Harbour Sand
    3 min drive - 3.1 km
  • St. Ives Theatre
    3 min drive - 2.8 km
  • St Ives Harbour
    3 min drive - 3.1 km

Getting around

  • Carbis Bay Station
    7 min walk
  • Newquay (NQY-Newquay Cornwall)
    54 min drive

Restaurants

  • Mine Brewing Taproom
    3 min drive
  • The Gannet Inn
    2 min walk
  • Hub
    3 min drive
  • La Casita
    8 min walk
  • Walters On The Beach
    7 min walk

About this property

Thurlestone Guest House

  • Upscale bed & breakfast near Carbis Bay Beach
  • Thurlestone Guest House provides free full breakfast and more. Guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.
  • You'll also find perks like:
    • Free self parking
    • Luggage storage and smoke-free premises
  • Room features
  • All guestrooms at Thurlestone Guest House include amenities such as free WiFi.
  • More conveniences in all rooms include:
    • Bathrooms with showers and free toiletries
    • Wardrobes/closets, electric kettles, and heating

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free offsite parking
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite self parking

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily

Conveniences

  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

More

  • 1 building
  • 3 floors
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4 PM; Check-in end time: 6 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties

Frequently asked questions

Is Thurlestone Guest House pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property; nearby parking is also free.

What time is check-in at Thurlestone Guest House?

Check-in start time: 4 PM; Check-in end time: 6 PM.

What time is check-out at Thurlestone Guest House?

Check-out is at 10 AM.

Where is Thurlestone Guest House located?

Situated near the beach, this bed & breakfast is within 1 mi (2 km) of Carbis Bay Beach and Porthminster Beach. Saint Ives Leisure Centre and Cornwall National Landscape are also within 2 mi (3 km). Carbis Bay Station is 7 minutes by foot and St Ives Station is 28 minutes.

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Reviews

Thurlestone Guest House Reviews

10

Exceptional

9.8

Cleanliness

9.4

Location

10

Staff & service

9.6

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 42 out of 46 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 46 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 46 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 46 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 46 reviews

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

christian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and lovely couple who made you feel welcome. Great place to stay and will be going back.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wonderful hosts

Nothing was too much trouble for the proprietors, Mandy & Gary, who work extremely hard to ensure everyone is made very welcome.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rhiannon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fabulous B&B.

Lovely welcoming couple and very accommodating considering we booked and arrived last minute. Very informative about the location, loved the guest information in the room. 👍 Room was fantastic. Very clean and had everything we needed. Windows were top notch considering its location is on a mian road and busy with traffic. Lovely sea view over the rooftops and trees. Made sure we were able to park as no spaces left to the front of the b&b just a short distance away. Breakfast choice was amazing. Hats off to the chef, breakfast was beautiful each morning. Plus top service. We asked for clean towels. Room was cleaned and fresh towels given. Very impressed. Location has all you could ask for. Supermarket, beach, pubs, restaurants and pharmacy all a short distance walk away. St. Ives is a short distance away by car, bus or taxi. Bus is the cheapest option and very accessible with a bus stop couple of yards from the b&b. Taxi from St. Ives cost us under £10. 👍 Would 100% recommend.
Our view from room.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely guest house

Lovely guest house run by a friendly couple- John and Linda. Accommodation and room were very clean. Bed was comfortable. An impressive range of vegetarian and vegan options at breakfast. Convenient location. We would highly recommend! :-)
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Loved it, would recomend it

We really enjoyed our stay in this guest house. John and Linda are the best hosts ever! As it was a very last minute booking for us and did not have time for much research, we did not know what to expect and the pandemic situation made us a little concerned as well. However the room stood up to very high cleanliness standards. The towels and sheets smelled lovely. John was very welcoming as we arrived and gave us a lot of handy tips. Linda cooks the best breakfast ever! They are both very capable in what they do and could be an example to imitate by others in this business. I would definitely recommend it to others
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rosalyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely short stay

Lovely people great food excellent who did everything to make our stay as good as it gets had a great time thank you we will definitely return
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Roz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Carbis bay

John & linda were fantastic host the breakfast was great location was great will definitely go back
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

phillip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Last minute break

Fantastic hosts really welcoming Great brekkie Sorry we didn't have more time there
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Per Terje

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We really apreciated our stay at Thurlesone. Linda and John, warm and caring hosts with a good sense of humour gave very good information of what to see in the st.Ives area.. A beautiful room with a nice view, very clean and delicate. Coffee, tea, biscuits and chocolate every day. A modern bathroom. All you could ask for in a cosy breakfastroom. A lot of fresh flowers, and a smiling John serving his guests.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Waheed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very quant property, local to the ammenities, Carbis Bay and only a few miles from St Ives. Quiet area , great lication and good public transport.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and tidy with a good sea view. Easy to commune to beaches and town by walking or public transport. Room is nice, with good amenities, good wifi and clean bathroom. John and Linda are very friendly and trying their best to welcome us and prepare very nice breakfast for us.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Judy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Cozy stay in Carbis Bay

Our hosts greeted us warmly after our trudge up the hill from the little train station at Carbis Bay (if only we'd read that they'd gladly pick us up when we arrived!). Within moments we were booked for dinner at a nearby pub, and that set the tone for our stay at Thurlestone House. Whatever our need, from laundry to dinner to a taxi, our host was ready with the phone, and had us in motion almost as soon as we mentioned it. Generous hours for breakfast. They provided a variety of cold cereals, yogurts and homemade jams, plus fruits and juices. Each person had a personal coffee or tea pot. And then they would ask, "Are you ready for breakfast?" The full English breakfast, of course, which could include sausage, beans, tomatoes and eggs, or salmon, bacon, croissants, or other toast or muffins. I've not included everything-- plenty of variety, all done well. At breakfast, they would ask, "Where are you going today?" And they were truly interested. "We're going to Mousehole today," we said. "Oh, dear little Mousehole. We love it there." They had plenty of suggestions how to get places and what not to miss. It was such a pleasure to be with them. Our room was pleasant, and the sea view we paid for did not disappoint. We loved our stay in Cornwall, and had a wonderful time at Thurlestone House.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mikaela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

En pärla i Carbis Bay/St Ives

Ett fantastiskt litet Bed & Breakfast i vackra omgivningar i Carbis Bay. Går en buss till St Ives alldeles utanför hotellet eller så kan man välja den fina kustpromenaden, tar ca 25 min. Tågstationen Carbis Bay ligger ca en 10 min promenad från hotellet, en stor mataffär finns i närheten. Fina små rum, god frukost (varm eller kall) och värdarna John och Linda är väldigt trevliga och hjälpsamma. Återvänder gärna.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great stay, highly recommended. would stay again. great food, and staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay out of busy St Ives, great view, a very warm welcome and lovely hosts, very clean, good bed, excellent breakfast... :-)
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Chambre agréable, belle vue, hotes très sympatiques. Un point un peu négatif : manque de rideaux occultants
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

The only place to stay in Carbis Bay.

Excellent attention to detail and run by a genuinely pleasant couple. The rooms are well decorated with lovely comfortable beds. The breakfast is amazing with great choice, and sets you up for the day. We didn't eat lunch at all. Acess to the beach is directly opposite and takes 5 minutes to walk. It is very steep though and is not an easy walk back if you have any difficulty walking. St.Ives is a 10 minute bus ride away with regular service to town and the local area in general. Great location, wonderful guest house. I wouldn't stay anywhere else.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Easier than staying in St. Ives

The owners of this B&B are both gracious and very knowledgeable. Their advice on where and what to see, do, and eat was invaluable. The building is located across the street from a steep trail through a wooded area to the beach (about 5 minutes away). Good exercise! The main bus line into St. Ives runs right in front of the B&B, so we just parked our car (5 spaces in front) and took the bus into town (£2.40 each way, discount when you buy a round-trip ticket). Parking in St. Ives is nearly impossible. The included breakfast is generous and early (8 to 9 a.m.); the eggs were cooked to order perfectly. Note: checkout is at 10 a.m.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Spike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bed and breakfast doesn’t come any better than the Thurlestone. The rooms are really nice with very comfy beds, tea and coffee facilities, nice shower and everywhere is spotlessly clean. Breakfast is fantastic, plenty of choice and very tasty. The proprietors Linda and John are what make this place special, their attention to detail is second to none. All in all, the best place around.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

malcolm

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

thoroughly recommend

lovely hosts - very nice clean room - great breakfast (wide choice) - good location near bus stop to town.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent breakfast, gracious, friendly, and helpful hosts. Forty minute walk to downtown St. Ives. Frequent buses available. Great location to avoid St. Ives narrow streets.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

B & B on road into St Ives.

A very good experience we had, the hosts were really friendly and nothing was too much. The parking is a bit tight but there is parking for all guests. The breakfasts were delicious.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

cAROLINE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
G.Sin John and Linda treated us like family. THey went o it if their way to ensure we were comfortable and happy. John briefed us on where to eat and explained the highlights of St. Ives. Their breakfasts were amazing
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

michael d

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great owners!!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018