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Glendorgal Beach Hotel in Cornwall

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Building Access
The Glendorgal Hotel is built on the top of cliffs overlooking Porth Beach and the North Cornish coastline and comprises of a hotel, self-catering houses and apartments, the Watermark Bar and Brasserie, and Health Club and the ‘Room on the Rocks' conference suite. Access to the Glendorgal is down a drive from the main road leading to the entrance of the hotel and a drive to the houses. Please note that due to the location, the use where possible of natural materials and the layout of the hotel and apartments, the drives, steps and stairs throughout the resort are uneven.

Hotel
Although guests may unload cars at the main hotel reception, cars then need to be parked in the main car-park which is accessed by either a steep drive or 29 steps. Upon arrival at the hotel there are no steps into the reception area. As the Glendorgal was originally built in the 1800's as a gentleman's seaside residence, the hotel retains some of its original layout and therefore all rooms are accessed by stairs. There are 17 stairs to the first floor and as you walk along the corridors there are 7 steps in various positions (maximum of 3 in one position), the second floor is then reached by a further 13 stairs and a further 3 rooms reached by two more steps. There is no lift available in the hotel.

Glendorgal Restaurant and Bar
The Glendorgal Restaurant and Bar where breakfast, evening meals and drinks are served is situated next to the hotel, although this is part of the hotel building, access to this is by exiting the hotel and walking approximately 5 meters outside and through the main door, where there is one step over the threshold of the door and one further step to the Restaurant and Bar. Access can also be gained from the conservatory doors although these also have a threshold to step over. Once inside the Restaurant and Bar, it is on one level.

Porth View and Tamarisk Suites
These can be accessed from either the Watermark Brasserie which has one step or directly from the outside decking which again has one step.  The toilets in the function suites can be accessed by one step.  Once inside either Porth View or the Tamarisk Suite it is all on one level.

Porth Beach
Porth Beach can be accessed via a coastal path which is rocky and uneven and does have several steps along the course of it. There are also several rocks to climb over at the bottom before you can step onto the beach, this is tide dependant and can only be accessed at low tide.