Best budget hotels in Cornwall

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Book now Best for quirkiness: Lower Barns Location: St Austell open image in gallery Eccentric style and colourful fabrics make for a fun atmosphere at Lower Barns What fun this quirky little spot is: eclectic and decidedly eccentric, with a colourful mish-mash of rooms furnished with four-poster beds, cowskin rugs, madcap fabrics, handmade furniture and all manner of jumble shop finds – from an antique chandelier to reclaimed saloon doors. Best hotel for a treat: Merchants Manor Location: Falmouth open image in gallery Merchants Manor offers luxury on a budget with a spa and hot tubs This smart town hotel sits halfway between Falmouth’s lively centre and the popular local beaches of Gyllyngvase and Swanpool. Best for the moor: St Tudy Inn Location: Bodmin Moor open image in gallery Four fresh, light and airy rooms reside in a converted barn next to the main inn One option to reign in costs is to skip the pricey coast altogether and head inland to Cornwall’s own backyard wilderness: the wild, windswept expanse of Bodmin Moor. Best for a classic Cornish inn: The Ship Inn Location: Mousehole open image in gallery The Ship Inn offers affordable rooms in one of Cornwall’s most popular villages Another St Austell Brewery-owned pub, this time situated beside the granite quayside of Mousehole, quite possibly Cornwall’s prettiest seaside villages.