Port Issac ( Doc Martin Village)

rangemore_2

hi just wanted to know if anyone know a cheap accommodation in port issac or very nr there. or website i can go on. i hav google it but comes up expensive hotels ect. i dont hav a car so it be public transport. am more of thinkin for one person at the moment. any suggestions be welcome thanks

paulinedavies

Port Isaac is really nice. You will love it there. I'm not sure that there are any cheap places to stay there, though. One suggestion might be Bodmin, which is not so nice and about ten miles away. Check with the tourist office about the public transport. there are buses, but not very many in Cornwall. There is also polzeath, where it is possible to camp. That is about six miles away i would say, but the bus links are probably not as good. Polzeath is by the sea and has a lot of young surfer types hanging out, as well as families.
If you can, visit Port Quin. there are National Trust houses to rent there, which I am sure are very expensive, but it's a lovely place and walkable from Port Isaac if you are moderately fit.
Otherwise Newquay is quite a way away, about 20 miles, but there are lots of cheap places to stay there and again the public transport will be better.
There is a youth hostel in Boscastle.

rangemore_2

hi thanks for the advice x

Cornishpixie_2

rangemore wrote: »

hi just wanted to know if anyone know a cheap accommodation in port issac or very nr there. or website i can go on. i hav google it but comes up expensive hotels ect. i dont hav a car so it be public transport. am more of thinkin for one person at the moment. any suggestions be welcome thanks

HI, I live in Falmouth which is a pretty cool place to live. I don't drive, but public transport and access to other places quite good. Trouble with really idealic places is that they are so out of the way. Maybe be worth trying somewhere like here. Certainly cheaper and quite a few beaches and costal paths with nice views, plus lots of other stuff going on. Don't know wher u live but my mother gets on train at Glasgow and gets of Truro to come 2 visit every xmas. Anyway good luck.

rangemore_2

hi live in lincolnshire.. thanks for info but i still like to visit where they make the drama ! so i keep looking and taking other people advice. thanks x

PasturesNew

As said before, cheap in Port Isaac is unlikely.

This studio flat is £200-400 in low season http://www.holidayhomerental.co.uk/Listings/England/South_West_England/Cornwall/Port_Isaac/bdf74bbf28004ab29b3edd08a72f26c6.htm
Just found pics of that place: http://www.cornwall-online.co.uk/theoldbakehouse-portisaac/

Also check out: http://www.westcountry-online.com/towns/portisaac/selfcatering-cottages-Portisaac.asp

Public transport to Port Isaac would be a bit of a challenge.

Having got off the train at Bodmin Parkway, you'd then need 3 buses probably:
555 to Wadebridge
594 to Camelford
584 to Wadebridge.

Expect those 3 to take you about 1 hour 20 minutes to go 18 miles.

Then you'd have limited opportunity to get out of Port Isaac and back by public transport and see other places. And you have pretty much seen all that Port Isaac has already on the TV.

To help plan your journey, I'd use this: http://www.transportdirect.info/TransportDirect/en/

Good luck