CLARENCE HOUSE 4

These immaculately presented holiday apartments (refs PSSL, PSSM, PSSN and PSSO) combine the very best of contemporary living perfectly in balance with the properties’ traditional period features and heritage. They lie opposite the award-winning Ventnor Park, renowned for its pristine planting and bandstand which, on a Sunday afternoon, features a selection of low-key live music in the summer. Blackgang Chine is nearby, the oldest themed attraction in the UK, and within easy reach are The Needles and Alum Bay. Attractions include Ventnor Botanical Gardens, Isle of Wight Pearl, Dinosaur Isle, a donkey sanctuary and Calbourne Water Mill which has a 17th-century working watermill. Osborne House and Gardens (Queen Victoria’s holiday residence), and Carisbrooke Castle are a short distance away. The sailing towns of Yarmouth and Cowes, and the popular resorts of Shanklin and Sandown are nearby. The island can be explored from the open-top buses that stop regularly at various collection points. Beach 500 yards. Shop 800 yards, pub 350 yards, restaurant 300 yards. The apartments have high ceilings and where possible, original mouldings and fireplaces, all beautifully restored to offer guests a true experience of opulent Victorian living by the seaside. Centrally located, the properties offer a perfect base for the beach and the cosmopolitan town of Ventnor just 10 minutes’ walk away. Ventnor’s popular shingle and sand beach - where freshly caught fish of the day can be purchased at the marina - is about 5 minutes’ walk down hill. These immaculately presented holiday apartments (refs PSSL, PSSM, PSSN and PSSO) combine the very best of contemporary living perfectly in balance with the properties’ traditional period features and heritage. They lie opposite the award-winning Ventnor Park, renowned for its pristine planting and bandstand which, on a Sunday afternoon, features a selection of low-key live music in the summer.