Cool Place of the Day: The Gallivant, East Sussex

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The Gallivant, East Sussex

There's something about The Gallivant that makes it impossible not to relax. Maybe it's the location opposite the beach at Camber Sands; or the fact that they have an alluring bar and serve wonderful food in their lovely Scandinavia-meets-New England style restaurant.

Or perhaps it's the cool, calm colours of its 20 bedrooms, which are equipped with king or super king beds, duck down pillows and duvets and the best linen sheets, and handmade furniture that makes you feel like you've washed up at a particularly cool weekend home in the Hamptons.

Room sizes vary from “Small” and “Bigger” rooms in the main house, from which you can access their well-stocked larder of goodies, to the more spacious and more luxurious Deck rooms, with bleached wooden floors and outside decking and super-large Garden rooms which have bleached floors, rolltop baths, pantries with Nespresso machines and high-end sound systems.

All the rooms have en-suite bathrooms, some with baths, high pressure showers and luxury bathroom goodies, plus there's free WiFi, flat screen TVs and DAB radios.

They also accept that people get hungry during the day, so rates include a decent continental breakfast and afternoon tea and cake as well. So, no reason to leave at all then!

The nice thing is they keep it simple: they call themselves a “Restaurant with Rooms” so you know the food is going to be good and for the rest they describe themselves as “a relaxing hideaway from the stresses and strains of modern life where grown-ups come to dine, dream and relax”.

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