Riviera Bay Holiday Park

Riviera Bay’s location overlooking a sheltered cove means it’s in the middle of some of the best clifftop and seaside walking in Devon: stay close to home or use it as a base to explore Devon, Paignton and Torquay with recommendations from staff on the best days out. Swashbuckle with the Brixham Buccaneers every Thursday in summer at the Golden Hind, the full-size replica of Sir Francis Drake’s sixteenth century ship, or duck under deck at any time of year to see how Elizabethan sailors survived at sea. Brixham is the place to dip your toes in the water, with the marina, the 3000 foot-long breakwater and boat hire for fishing and sightseeing: book a boat at the quayside shacks in summer or ask for details at the Tourist Information Centre outside peak season. Sit-down sightseers can take a cruise on the River Dart or steam along to the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway, which runs for seven miles from Paignton along the coast to Churston: once energy levels are back to bursting take a drive to Exmoor National Park for hiking, cycling and horse-riding. Let the tiddlers get wet on the Vortex water coaster at Crealy Great Adventure Park, trek the tropics at Paignton Zoo and get eagle-eyed at the award-winning Pennywell Farm activity park. They’ll also be otterly delighted with the animals to see at Living Coasts, the coastal zoo at Torquay.