Eccentric, quirky, unique, different, a home-from-home - Fingals is all of these and much, much more! Carved out of a handsome listed 17th Century Devon Manor House (mentioned in the Doomesday Book) Fingals has been family owned and run by Richard Johnston for the past 30 years, Richard has lovingly transformed it into a luxury country house hotel in South Devon nestling in a tranquil valley set back from the river Dart. As soon as you step through the front door you experience the warmth, relaxation and comfort which seems to hug you as you arrive!

Describing Fingals is difficult but we'll try... it is fun, relaxed, eccentric, charming, laid-back, beautiful, full of art and an overflowing library, full of friendly people and it is quite unique. The hotel offers a choice of accommodation with eleven plush 'boutique style' en-suite bedrooms, delicious food and numerous facilities including an indoor swimming pool, a sauna, a gym, a games room and a grass tennis court, a bar where conviviality rules, roaring log fires in winter, newspapers and magazines all around - and a flock of white doves. Of course that's not to forget the evening meal created from local organic produce, fish off the morning's delivery, local meat and organic vegetables.

Coombe Manor Farm, Dittisham, Devon, TQ6 0JA. Tel. 01803 722398