Now a favourite with stressed-out Londoners, the 26 roomslook out to sea. In summer, sit on the deck slurping oysters and a good wine while enjoying sweeping views of the bay. He is opening another six luxury rooms next week in two converted houses behind his restaurant, leading to local mutterings that the town should be renamed Steinland. Rooms feature power showers, big baths, generous wardrobe space, CD players and fridges stocked with half bottles of white wine. Opened in 1998 by the Marler family, who also own the Knightsbridge Green Hotel in London, the hotel was a trailblazer in trendy Cornish hotels.
Parents can escape their broods if they want - there's a daytime creche.
Other highlights include a heated indoor pool and a Nintendo lounge. The hotel has 26 spacious rooms and is in a splendid nineteenth-century mansion that overlooks Fowey town and river. All hotel prices above are per room per night. It's decorated with driftwood and surrounded by large wooden decks. The food is great too.