VALENTINE'S
Valentine's
A log fire, a hot tub, a wild stretch of February coast, and a county quiet enough to have entirely to yourselves.
THE COLLECTION
St Ives
Beach Haven
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 2 Bath
From £585/Week
Mousehole
Trevene
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,285/Week
Crackington Haven
Trevigue Cottage
Sleeps 6 · 4 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,358/Week
Crackington Haven
Atlantic Haven
Sleeps 2 · 1 Bed · 1 Bath
From £975/Week
Portreath
Harbour Heights
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,230/Week
Padstow
The Grain Store
Sleeps 5 · 3 Bed · 3 Bath
From £1,330/Week
St Ives
Porthminster Mews 2
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 2 Bath
From £830/Week
Porth
Seascape
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 3 Bath
From £1,035/Week
Charlestown
Orchard Cottage
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,285/Week
Carbis Bay
Tintin Cottage
Sleeps 2 · 1 Bed · 1 Bath
From £505/Week
Carbis Bay
Hummingbird
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,205/Week
Padstow
Kendra
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 3 Bath
From £1,060/Week
Bude
Ocean Edge @ Penarvor
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,030/Week
Bude
The Curates Wing @ The Old Rectory
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 1 Bath
From £475/Week
Bude
The Stables @ The Old Rectory
Sleeps 2 · 1 Bed · 1 Bath
From £385/Week
Newquay
Fistral Loft
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 1 Bath
From £1,265/Week
Portloe
Fable Cottage
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 2 Bath
From £985/Week
Perranuthnoe
Angel View
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 3 Bath
From £1,495/Week
Carbis Bay
Owl’s Nest
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 1 Bath
From £635/Week
Mevagissey
Compass Point
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 4 Bath
From £1,930/Week
Fowey
Little Polkerris
Sleeps 2 · 1 Bed · 1 Bath
From £1,030/Week
Rock
Balangan
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 3 Bath
From £1,630/Week
St Ives
8 Salt
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 3 Bath
From £915/Week
Carbis Bay
Hawkes View
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 3 Bath
From £1,150/Week
Where these cottages are
Valentine's across Cornwall
The valentine's cottages we look after, grouped by where they are
Where these cottages are
Locations approximate — exact addresses provided on booking confirmation.
EDITORIAL
A fire, a wild coast, and nobody else around
Valentine’s tends to come wrapped in cliché — the heart-shaped everything, the rose petals, the prix-fixe table for two in a crowded restaurant. Cornwall in February offers a better version. A Cornish Valentine’s isn’t rose petals and a heart-shaped bath. It’s a fire, a wild walk, a hot tub at dusk, and a county quiet enough to feel like yours. This is deep winter, so it’s a cosy-cottage trip rather than a beach one — but a weekend for two in the right small cottage, with the weather doing something dramatic outside and the fire lit inside, is genuinely romantic in a way the Hallmark version never quite manages.
The quiet is the point. Come to Cornwall in mid-February and you have it almost to yourselves — empty beaches, a coast path with nobody on it, harbour towns gone calm after the winter, and no crowds anywhere. That solitude is the romance: a long walk into the wind with the sea throwing itself at the cliffs, a flask and the two of you and not another soul in sight. The county is also at its most dramatic — February is peak storm season, and watching a big Atlantic sea roll into a headland is a properly memorable thing to do together. And because Cornwall gets spring early, a Valentine’s weekend often catches the very first snowdrops and the earliest signs of the county waking up.
For a weekend for two, the cottage matters more than anything. Look for small and warm over large — a bolthole you can heat easily and never want to leave. A log fire is close to essential; a Cornish February evening is made by one. A hot tub turns the trip — steam rising into cold air, the stars out, the sea somewhere in the dark — and is the single feature most worth booking for. A sea view, or simply a tucked-away setting with no neighbours in sight, completes it. Our Romantic Retreats collection is the natural place to start, and you can cross-check against Log Burners, Hot Tubs & Pools and Sea Views for the specific features that make a winter weekend.
A Cornish Valentine’s weekend has a simple, good shape to it. A wild coastal walk by day — the daylight is short, so make it the middle of the day — followed by the hot tub at dusk and the fire after dark. Somewhere in there, a proper dinner: Cornwall’s food scene runs year-round, and the harbour towns — Padstow, Falmouth, Fowey, St Ives — have excellent restaurants, many putting on Valentine’s menus around the 14th (book a table well ahead, as the good ones fill). It’s a short break by nature — a weekend, or a couple of quiet midweek nights — so it doesn’t cost a fortnight’s budget or annual leave. See our Short Breaks collection for more on making two or three nights count.
A few practical notes. Valentine’s Day falls on 14 February, and most couples build a weekend around it — though a midweek Valentine’s break is quieter still and often better value. Some cottages apply minimum-stay rules or Valentine’s-weekend pricing around the date, so check the property page; deep-winter rates are otherwise low, making this a good-value romantic trip. Pack for winter — warm layers, proper waterproofs, walking boots, and swimwear for the hot tub. The days are short, so plan the daylight and let the evenings belong to the fire. Book the cottage you want reasonably early — the Valentine’s weekend is a popular one, and the small cottages with a fire and a hot tub are the first to go. Browse what’s available below; every cottage shown is confirmed bookable for your dates.
Good to know
Questions
The things people ask before they book
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Because Cornwall offers a genuinely better version of a romantic weekend than the usual Valentine's cliché. Mid-February is deep winter and deeply quiet — empty beaches, an unpeopled coast path, calm harbour towns — so a couple essentially has the county to themselves. The romance is in that solitude and in the drama of a Cornish winter: a wild walk into the wind, a storm rolling into a headland, then a log fire and a hot tub back at a small warm cottage. It's an unsentimental, real kind of romantic — woodsmoke and salt rather than rose petals — and for a lot of couples that's exactly the appeal. It's also a short, affordable trip: a weekend, at off-peak winter prices.
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For a weekend for two, small and warm beats large. Look for a cottage you can heat easily and happily hole up in — a proper bolthole rather than a house with empty rooms. The features that matter most for a winter couples' trip: a log fire (close to essential — a February evening is made by one), a hot tub (the single best thing to book for — steam, stars, cold air), and either a sea view or a tucked-away, neighbour-free setting for the sense of having the place to yourselves. Our Romantic Retreats collection gathers exactly these kinds of cottages — start there, and use the property pages to check for the fire and the hot tub.
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More than you'd think, all of it suited to two people and a winter mood. Wild coastal walks are the centrepiece — the South West Coast Path is empty and dramatic, and a windswept stretch of cliff with the sea below is the whole point. Storm-watching from a headland is a genuine February pleasure. Back at the cottage, the hot tub and the fire take the evenings. There's a proper dinner to be had in the harbour towns. And because Cornwall's spring comes early, you may catch the first snowdrops and a garden or two beginning to open. It's not a packed-itinerary trip — and it shouldn't be. A walk, a soak, a fire and a good meal is a complete Cornish Valentine's.
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Cold, but mild by British standards — the Gulf Stream keeps Cornwall the warmest corner of the UK, and hard frost and snow are rare on the coast, with February daytime highs typically around 8-9°C. Expect wind, rain and big dramatic seas — February is peak storm season — and the daylight is short, with the sun down by late afternoon. None of that is a drawback for a Valentine's trip: the wild weather is the atmosphere, and it's exactly what makes the fire and the hot tub back at the cottage feel so good. Pack warm layers, proper waterproofs and walking boots, plan your walks for the middle of the day, and let the cottage take the long evenings.
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No — and that's the appeal. Mid-February is deep winter and one of the quietest times of the Cornish year: empty beaches, an unpeopled coast path, calm towns, easy parking, and the county essentially to yourselves. That solitude is much of the romance of a winter Valentine's here. The one thing that is in demand is the Valentine's weekend itself — the small, well-equipped cottages with a fire and a hot tub are a popular booking around the 14th, and some restaurants fill for the date — so while the county is quiet, it's still worth booking your cottage and any dinner table a little ahead. A midweek Valentine's break is quieter still and often better value.
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Many do, and for a February couples' trip they're the features most worth seeking out. A log fire turns a cold winter evening into the best part of the day — and a Cornish hot tub is genuinely at its best in winter, with the steam rising into cold air and the dark all around. The property page lists what each cottage offers; to filter specifically, cross-check our Log Burners and Hot Tubs & Pools collections against this one. If you're booking for Valentine's, a small cottage that has both a fire and a hot tub is the combination to aim for — and the first to be taken, so look early.
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Cornwall's food scene runs all year, and the harbour towns are the natural place for a Valentine's dinner — Padstow, Falmouth, Fowey and St Ives all have excellent restaurants, from celebrated names to small independent kitchens. Many put on Valentine's menus around the 14th. The key practical point: the good places fill for the date, so book your table well ahead — ideally when you book the cottage. If you'd rather not go out, a winter cottage with a good kitchen makes a strong case for cooking together instead — local seafood, a decent bottle, the fire lit — which for many couples is the more romantic option anyway. Choosing a cottage near a harbour town keeps both possibilities open.
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A Valentine's break is naturally a short one — a weekend built around the 14th, or a couple of quiet midweek nights. That's part of its appeal: it doesn't cost a fortnight's budget or much annual leave, and at off-peak winter prices it's genuinely good value. On booking: the county is quiet in February, but the Valentine's weekend itself is in demand — the small cottages with a fire and a hot tub are the first to go, and restaurant tables for the 14th fill early. Book the cottage you want a few weeks to a couple of months ahead to be safe, and reserve any dinner at the same time. A midweek break around Valentine's gives you more flexibility and a quieter, cheaper trip again.
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