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Historic Hotels In The Isles of Scilly |
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Tregarthen’s Hotel |
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The Isles of Scilly – never refer to them as the Scilly Isles! – are like nowhere else on Earth: a tiny archipelago 20 miles off the Cornish coast where the hustle and bustle of 21st Century life is kept at bay. |
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The islands – St.Mary’s, St. Martin’s, Tresco, and others – have long been a refuge for those seeking quietitude and a sense of community long since lost from almost everywhere else. Indeed, Tregarthen’s has played an important role in making Scillonia a travel destination – it is, after all, the islands’ original hotel. |
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Founded in 1848 by Captain Frank Trevarthen, the building was developed from his home into a guest house to accommodate those individuals travelling between Penzance and St. Mary’s on his steam packet ship ‘Little Western’. |
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One such famous visitor, the poet Lord Alfred Tennyson, is widely thought to have written Enoch Arden whilst a guest at the hotel. |
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