The Palms Hotel

Palms is one of a strip of half a dozen hotels a few minutes walk from the harbour. I visit Torquay every year and over the past thirty years I've stayed in four of them, none of them bad. For the past twenty years I kept to the same one a few doors down from Palms. Their new management, unwisely in my view, decided to knock one of their two single rooms into the double next door, creating a luxury double. I told them this could well result in the remaining single being booked when I want to come, which is indeed what happened this year. So I tried Palms where I had stayed in 2006 under different management. My room (7) is photo no 2 room/suite, this photo does not show a table, useful for writing. The bed is big as you can see, and the bathroom is nice. I can't comment on the breakfast because when it is charged extra I eat at Wetherspoons (4/5 minute walk away). The nearby amenities are well described in Bill D's review. Last but not least Lena is very friendly, always smiling. As Palms has three single rooms I could well be back again.