Things to Do in Torquay, Devon! Brixham, Babbacombe, Paignton Torbay UK Staycation AD l aclaireytale
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Hi guys welcome to aclaireytale!!! I'm so excited to be working with @StagecoachBus company on this video in Torquay!! Thank you for your support on this vlog, it means so much to me that I can do things like this and show you all the things you can do in the South West.
In this vlog, I show you things to do in the Torbay area. Torquay, Babbacombe, Brixham and Paignton. We commute to and from these little towns via the Stagecoach open topped and close topped buses and honestly we had such fun!!
I travel from Liverpool to Bristol to meet my best friend in Bristol and then we drive to Torquay! I film us getting to Abbey Sands Hotel, we had such a great stay here! I show you a room tour at Abbey Sands. The room was massive and the hotel is so well situated it's literally at Torquay beach. I would highly recommend! We had breakfast at the hotel on the first morning, lots of choice. Then we walk to the beach were we pick up the Stagecoach open topped bus the 112 using our tickets on the Stagecoach app. The open topped buses are so much fun, we had incredible views, loved the breeze and it was so easy to get to and fro. Our first stop was at @minimaker123 ! Babbacombe model village was so good, much bigger and better than what we were expecting! I show you a couple of highlights. We have some snacks at the cafe and then we head out and walk along the beautiful Babbacombe ocean front. Back on the bus to Kents Cavern. This is a must do if you are coming to Torquay! Such a great experience. @Kents_Cavern back onto the bus but this time to Paignton! Paignton was a cute seaside town with a fun fair and lovely beaches. We had fish and chips and then an ice cream as we walk alongside the beach. There were these stunning brightly coloured beach huts along the coast! Back in Torquay now and we go to On The Rocks for dinner. We had some burgers and ice cream and head back to the hotel for the next day!
The next day we go for breakfast at Offshore Cafe and then it's time for our Raptor Ride and Torquay Watersports! @torquaywatersports4733 This was the most fun thing we did all trip!! I hope you like the footage!! We get ready for the day and then get the 12 Stagecoach bus to Brixham! We get Devon Afternoon cream tea at Liberty Cafe! it was the cutest little cafe! Scones were delicious. We look around Brixham a little more, loved the brightly coloured houses on the harbour. We got the bus back to Torquay and got off at Lincombe Hall Hotel. The spa was incredible and we had the most relaxing facials each! We get dinner at Amici Restaurant in Torquay, our favourite meal of the trip! I had the nicest lasagne! And that's a wrap on the most wonderful stay in Torquay! I hope you enjoyed the video and it gives you some ideas and recommendations of things to do in Torquay Devon!
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I live in torquay, right around the babbacombe area.
When you have lived here all your life its easy to forget the beauty that surrounds you.
Wonderful video
Aw thank you Kerry, glad you enjoyed the video!
I think it can be easy for people to lose thier mindfulness where they live from time to time if they don't keep on eye on themselves much,the trick can be to notice it as much as possable when you know your brain has it and find ways to make it stronger and keep it strong as much as you can.
I am from Poland and have been living in Torquay for over 4 years and the weather is often great, a wonderful place, I greet and wish you good health 😊
Aw wow such a beautiful place to live! Thank you so much for watching!
I live about 10 mins from here and it's lovely to see people enjoying it. Thank you for supporting local businesses 🙂 safe to say the weather isn't always that good 😆 x
We were so lucky with the weather!! Lucky you only living 10mins from here! Beautiful part of the country! Thank you so much for watching
Watching as im going torquay with Caledonian travel from Yorkshire long coach ride s with my 10yrs old daughter hope she likes it.
Omg I'm buying them definitely on my too do list
It's so strange to see the town through a tourist's eye. 😁 Living here I tend to forget or overlook these things. 😁
Haha I know what you mean when it’s in your own backyard that tends to happen! Thank you for watching!
Thank you for visiting us and so pleased to see you had a great visit.
Thank you for a lovely visit! Definitely a must do in Torquay!
@@aclaireytale I am the MD at the Model Village, I have watched some of your Disney vlogs, I worked at Walt Disney World back in 1993/94 (seems like such a long time ago) and also lived at Vistaway, had such a great year, cheers Mike 🙂
Oh wow no way!! What did you do there? Can definitely see the Disney touches like great guess experience come though! Thanks for watching
@@aclaireytale I worked on something then called the fellowship programme, there was about 6 people from each country, we worked 4 days per week and 1 day per week was as educational/cultural day - basic courses in Disney management, learning a bit about behind the scenes etc. (which back then, without the internet, was a mystery and great to learn about). The 4 days I worked in the Twinings Teacaddy shop. I was actually sponsored by Twinings Tea as their representative (as at the time they were paying $100k a year just for the privilege of having a shop there). The fellowship programme worked along-side the cultural rep programme, but I think they stopped doing it around 2003. What did you do there?
We live in Torbay and have done all our lives …. It’s wonderful to see what a great time you had and how you think it’s like being abroad. Thank you for your brilliant video and enthusiasm for the bay. It’s great to see. And when you live here, you take it all for granted. So a lovely reminder for locals in respect of how lucky we are to live here x
Aww thank you Jackie, that's so kind of you to say! Glad you enjoyed the video!
really nice to see people talking about Torquay so enthusiastically! Some of the locals seem to get down on the place but it really comes alive in the summer. Rugges coastline, countless beaches, hilly profile with lots of views...and easily accessible to other local areas. It really is a gem!
Thanks Rob, we had such a great weekend!!
Come in the middle of winter there's nothing there 🤣🤣
Enjoyed your video so much of my home town and place of birth Torquay it was so nice to see such a lot of it in one go ,I haven't been to Kents cavern since I was a child ,and never been to the model village, So nice to see such lovely young people as yourselves having fun , Thanks from your newest subscribers
Aww yay thank you so much for finding me and for watching and subscribing that means a lot! We had such a great time in Torquay!!
I live in Torquay and love living here!
Aww amazing, beautiful part of the country! Thank you for watching!
Stayed around there several times, an amazing area that's just so relaxing, with the three towns being very different but complememnting each other. And yes, it is really easy to get around by bus!
I’m so glad you felt the same way!! Just loved it! Thank you so much for watching!
Never been there. Thanks for showing it off.
You're welcome, thank you for watching!!
This video really highlighted all the best bits of the English Riviera!!
Aww glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for watching
Those caves look amazing.
They were so cool!!
Thanks. I live in Devon and you've shown me things to do.
I'm so glad! Thank you for watching!!
Hi ladies,i first saw this video in the library yesterday but with nosound though and now watching it again with sound on the laptop haha.👍👍,nice stuff.
Aww thank you for watching!!
that's alright, very beautifull hot looking ladies .👍🙂@@aclaireytale
@@aclaireytale are you off to torbay again sometime??
It’s actually really nice seeing it from other peoples perspective when they visit cuz it makes you realise how lucky we are to live hete
Oh definitely agree! Wonderful place!
Sorry, I think this will be a long comment.😅 God, I am so homesick watching this. I used to live and go to school in Torquay and Paignton many years ago. I think you need at least a week to explore the area. I recommend staying in Masts self-catering apts above the theatre on Torquay seafront, if they haven't all been bought up for solely private use by now. They have spectacular views from their balconies. Or Vista apts in Goodrington overlooking Young's Park. Lovely views again but ditto caveat. The Cliff Walk to Paignton harbour is a delightful stroll. TJs restaurant overlooking the harbour is nice. I don't normally like zoos unless they are doing sterling conservation and education work. Paignton is good in this regard and the zoo is very green and leafy (like walking on a hiking trail through woods in places). Then there is the Quaywest Splashdown aquapark in Goodrington. But the best day trip by far is the Round Robin which takes you by steam train from Paignton to Kingswear, ferry to Dartmouth, then riverboat upriver to Totnes, then public bus back to Paignton. Or you can do the route the other way round. It's a wonderful day out. And I haven't even started on Dartmoor horse riding... By the way I envy all you lot who still call it home. I miss the sound and sight of the sea and the cries of the seagulls so much! 😭
Thank you so much for watching I'm so glad it's brought back happy memories for you! We definitely need longer next time to explore more, such a lovely area to visit!!
That's a lovely room.
Good wasn't it! Would definitely stay there again!
We moved to Torquay from London in 2020 and absolutely love it here!
Oh wow that’s amazing! We loved it too, such a lovely part of the country!
This was so good! Devon and Torquay looked amazing! The model village blew our minds! But I think we'd skip the speed boat. You and Karla are such daredevils!!!! Thanks for this amazing Wednesday vlog. So enjoyable! Have a lovley rest of your week and take care🥰🥰
Aww I’m so glad you enjoyed seeing Torquay! I know we were so surprised by the model village, so much better than we expected! Haha the boat was epic! You take care too, thank you so much for watching!!
This Paigntonian really enjoyed the chance to use the bus with you to get around. Made a great change from
the car!! With family in the area, I often return to enjoy a stay at my favourite small hotel in Babbacombe overlooking Lyme Bay.
Aw amazing so glad you enjoyed the vlog! Ooh that sounds wonderful, I really loved Babbacombe!! Thanks for watching!
Awesome video! Amen with the chip shop chips comment!!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼❤️❤️❤️
Hahahaha thank you for watching!!
So glad you ladies had a fabulous time in Torquay, I live not 10 mins from where you were staying. I am happy you didn't venture up through the centre of town I know you would have been very disappointed. At the very top of the town is so desolate and where you would meet the, shall we say, the less desirable of Torquay's inhabitants.
Hi Tom, yes we did stay in the touristy areas. I guess there aren't great parts of town in many places! Thank you so much for watching, we had a great weekend!
Loved your video so glad you like Torquay we moved here 4 years ago and absolutely love it here we are both retired so everyday is a holiday 😊
Oh wow I bet that's wonderful! Thank you so much for watching!
Can't believe that we somehow missed this vlog. We're off to Torquay soon for my wife's birthday weekend so I said we'll search YT for tips.... and there's your vlog on the first page 😁 Hoping the Stagecoach tours are still on when we go. 🤞
Oh amazing!!!! Haha well thank you for watching and I'm so glad I came up in suggested! Shows something is working in the algorithm haha. Hope you have a fab stay!
Awe this was really lovely! My Mum is from Brixham and when I was little her friends would send us magazines and travel brochures of Brixham, Paignton and Torbay… and often there was a write up about the miniature village. I walkways wanted to go. It’s incredible to see that after all these years (I’ll be 60 next month) it is still there! I’ve only been to England one time, to visit Brixham & Cousins in Cornwall… in the winter. Next time I must visit in the summer! Thank you for sharing this!
Aww I'm so glad you enjoyed this Jen, thank you for watching!!
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The 122 is a really nice bus cuz you get the wind blowing in your face and you can see everything without a window in your face.
That's very true, we loved it!!
I have younger relatives planning to visit, that looks like a place to take them. Thanks!
Aw you're welcome, hope you have a nice time and thank you for watching!
Hi girls many many thanks for the raptor upload , I have just got back from 2 weeks in Devon and yes at 72 I rode the raptor!!! and I loved it, I would never have known about if not for your video x
Oh my goodness I'm so glad you enjoyed it too! It's such a blast isn't it!!! Glad my vlog helped you! Thank you for watching!
Looks like Carla and you had a wonderful little trip. What a neat area to visit and how handy to have the hop on and off buses. What a lovely getaway!
Aww we had such a lovely time, thank you for watching! How was the Wish???
You wouldn’t think you were in the UK! Just looks stunning 🤩🤩
Right?! We said that all weekend that it didn’t feel like the U.K.!! Thank you for watching Harriet!
Aww that was lovely to see. I was sitting thinking I wonder if they still turn out all the lights in Kent’s cavern. 😂🤣. They do! We moved from Scotland to Devon. We lived there for 3 years and every time we had family of friends stay we always took them to the model village and Kent’s Cavern and to see Torquay! i haven’t been back since the late 80’s! the bus you got back the number 12 to Newton Abbot made me smile. My school was in Newton Abbot! That boat ride looked like so much fun! I have been on a Jet Boat in New Zealand which was a similar idea! What a fab video and the weather looked amazing. Mind you my memories of Devon (as a child 😂🤣) were it was warm and sunny. We used to spend our summers in the school swimming pool which they opened up to the village in the evenings, weekends and school holidays! 😍🤩
Aww thank you Claire I'm so glad it brought back happy memories for you! That sounds wonderful living there for 3 years! Yeah we were extremely lucky with the weather, it genuinely felt like we were abroad!!
Just watched this as I’m planning on going here this year and makes me so excited! Great video just subscribed ❤
Oh that's so exciting! Thank you for watching and subscribing that means a lot!
Great video I love the boat ride that really good x and yes it’s jam before cream on your cream tea x
Aw thanks for watching Kaz!! The boat ride was epic!!
Thanks for such a good video! We go to Brixham every summer with our boys and it’s nice to see someone sharing how wonderful it is! Thanks for all the tips were definitely going to get a Stagecoach pass and do some exploring with our boys!
Aww that's such great news! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, thank you for watching!
Cute video! I live in Brixham 😍
Aw thank you!! Oh wow amazing it’s such a beautiful place!
Great video girls wow we are going there in august 2023 in Paington and Do loads on holiday cheers girls
So glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching!!
Great blog what a lovely time you had with your friend and beautiful weather 👍
Aww thank you. We were so lucky with the weather!! Thanks for watching!
Use 2 go that area when i was a kid use 2 love the model village 😊
Oh amazing haha love that! Thank you for watching!!
Just watching your video never expected a Ormskirk shout out. A new subscriber here
Hahah born and raised! Aw thank you for subscribing!!
Thanks for the brilliant vid 👏 glad you had a lovely time ladies, I was down in Paignton 8th to 10th July again very hot weather, but my fav town xx
Aw so glad you enjoyed the video, thank you for watching! Glad you had a good weekend in Paignton!
First went Torquay on 1979, been going on and off ever since, last time in 2022, in the past 4 or 5 years it gone down hill.
Ah lovely! Thank you for watching!
Enjoyed your video, it's easy to take for granted what we have on our doorsteps all year round and when you have the opportunity to see it through a visitors eyes you realise how lucky we are here in South Devon ( I'm originally from Toronto but love it here)
So glad you enjoyed the vlog, thank you Paul! Wow Toronto!! Amazing
@@aclaireytale I recommend Toronto to you for a future holiday if you go at right time of year and shop around you can get a reasonable deal, helps better still if you know someone there free accommodation 😁 I often tell people best times to go are may/June or September/October.
Only draw back bout later part of year is after labour day weekend (1st weekend in September) somethings touristy will just close the way they see it is Canadian kids back in school summer's over I've never understood it. First encountered it one beautiful September summer thought ill go to water park um nope closed till April so silly like at least wait till you move into autumn and gets too chilly out.
I went to Toronto in 2013. Loved it! It was before the vlogging days so will have to go back and film it haha
Love the model village
Good isn't it!
It’s a beautiful place but when u live here I tend to overlook everything that tourists find cool and pretty because we r too used to it lol. Glad u enjoyed urselves tho. Ur always welcome back 😂❤
Haha that tends to happen when it’s your own back garden! Thank you so much for watching would love to come back!
@@aclaireytale np u should defo visit again c
@@aclaireytale I would also recommend getting “scoffs” fish and chips in Paignton they do battered chips
Came across your channel by accident, glad I did as the English Riviera is our favourite holiday destination. We live in Merseyside and travel down to Paignton every September for our holiday. If you ever go again try out the Round Robin (it’s an open top bus to Totnes, a sail on the river dart to Dartmouth then the steam train back to Paignton (depending on tide times you may have to do it the other way around). You can also get the ferry from Paignton to Brixham or Torquay. One more place would be Cockington Village which you can walk to or get the bus from Torquay. We’ve also taken the bus to Plymouth. You’ve given us a few new places to eat out to try. Think I’ll leave the raptor though as not good with thrill rides but it must be new as never seen that before.
Hi Chris, so glad your found my video and that you enjoyed it! You did the same travel time as I did then if you're from Merseyside haha! Thank you so much for watching it is such a lovely part of the country!!
@@aclaireytale we go all the way by car sometimes we stay overnight somewhere but that’s only if money allows 😂😂😂
Oh wow love it! It's a long way, definitely a stop off sounds lovely!
It’s got to be the Cornish way, jam then cream!! Glad you enjoyed your weekend, it’s so lovely to go to for a staycation 💕
YES!! Same haha. Aww thank you so much we had such a great weekend! Thank you for watching!
Hi Aclairey, here's Marcus, from Brazil. I've been sharing your funny days and your british accent, so elegant. the raptor was amazing, for sure! All this delicious things you've been eating and enjoying the beautiful landscapes, well it's all such a light time, as a happy life can be!
Thank you very much!
This looked amazing! The boat rides was awesome! I need to go there!
Haha I definitely recommend! Thank you for watching Cheryl!
I did the boat ride last july, it was incredible.
It's amazing isn't it!! It was such a blast! Thank you for watching!
@@aclaireytale the best part was when we turned round to head back to the harbour a porpoise jumped out and did a spin. I went to the Babbacombe model village 2 years ago, it's a great 'little' place.
You should try doing this in Exeter when you can.
I would LOVE to!
Nice vid. im moving to Devon soon. I cannot wait.
Oh amazing! Thank you for watching!!
@@aclaireytale your far more than welcome, keep em coming pretty lady.
And me!!! After Christmas.
Best one I have seen for Torbay. Well done.🥞
Aw thank you, so glad you enjoyed the vlog!
Welcome to my home county of Devon… a while since I’ve been to Torquay but the hotel exterior looks like it was the same hotel as that on a C4 documentary “The Hotel”
Lovely part of the country! We loved visiting! Thank you so much for watching!!
That sounds like a beautiful trip
Aww it truly was!! Thanks for watching
@@aclaireytale You’re welcome
I'm currently on holiday in goodrington (close to brixham)
Oh amazing!!! Such a beautiful part of the country! Thank you for watching
Afternoon cream tea and thanks I'm going next mth I've booked it with Caledonian travel staying at torbay hotel.
Ah amazing!!
I am very proud to say I live in Paignton 😅
Ah amazing! Lovely part of the country. Thanks for watching!
This is now our favourite vlog. Went to the model village 20 years ago, still looks fun. Wife wants to do the boat (not me, too old 😃) 3 icecreams in 1 day! #legend. 👍
Aww thank you so so much! So glad you enjoyed the vlog! The model village was actually brilliant 😂. Yes she’d love the boat it’s so much fun! Hahaha all the ice cream! I didn’t even realise we’d had 3!! Thank you both for watching!!
Awesome little video you girls have made !!! I’m originally from the UK but live in Houston Texas in the USA now and took a trip back to visit my parents. We took a mini break in Brixham 25/8/22 - 28/8/22 & my brother rented that pirate ship in the Harbour for one night lol (it has 2 bedrooms on board) I forgot just how beautiful England is especially Devon when the sun is out, the coastline down there is hard to beat !!! Glad you girls had a blast, I’m back in Houston now but your video made me miss my mini getaway 🤣🤣
So glad you enjoyed the vlog, thank you so much! Amazing it brought back some nice memories of your trip! Thank you for watching!
Butter jam and cream in Yorkshire and Lancashire they do it like that
Haha everyone has them differently don't they!!
Omg looks amazing we going next mth in February 2024 with Caledonian travel
Have a great trip!!
I’ll visit it tomorrow
Amazing! Have the best time! Thanks for watching
LOL! My wife and I are yet again, spending 2 weeks down at PAIGNTON. What a pain !!!! HA HAAAA! There are so meany places to see and visit and resurants with gooooooood food. 🤤🤤🤤🤤
Haha have an amazing time! Thank you for watching!
Hi Claire! This was so pretty!! Thank you for sharing this experience! I think this is another place I need to add to my list of seeing! The Stagecoach with the double decker really let's you see the beauty of the area! (Especially when the weather is good!) Loved everything!
Aww it was so amazing thank you so much for watching! So glad you enjoyed the video!
i live in torquay and the town center has great shops but horrible people also my dad works for stagecoach
I go to Torquay on holiday every year. I was there 29th July -12th August. When did you go? Shame I missed you lol x
Ah amazing!!! We went 15th July! Thank you for watching!
We were staying at Hoburne Devonbay (the end of the open top route) by the sounds of it the same time as you, but we were there 2 weeks. Good to see a great vlog of the area as not really any out there. With the weather the area is amazing.
Glad you enjoyed the vlog!! Sounds like you had a fab time too!!
We are booked for Easter at Hoburne Devon bay
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Thank you for watching!
Hi again girls, just watching your raptor ride again and I'm wondering if they gave you a top speed check in the last part of the ride? they did on mine it was 68 mph, thanks again girls I have subbed you, all the best Lynne.
Yes hahaa! Wasn't it so much fun!! Aww amazing thank you for subscribing!
Such a shame when you went to Paignton you never went to the harbour and around roundham gardens and goodrington best parts of Paignton also you never saw the best part of Brixham on the other side of harbour up to the breakwater.
Aww we only had a short amount of time, we will have to go back to see more! Thank you for watching!
@@aclaireytale Yes you must come back I moved to this area and it’s best thing I ever did. There is so much to see and do you must see Dartmouth on the steam train. Anyway throughly enjoyed your video keep up the good work👍
love the video but quick question can you do the water thing that did that backflip ?
Thank you for watching! No it didn't do a backflip!
I mean that one were you filmed it.
thanks for the reply
I think he means the flying shoe thing
Isn’t the Abbey Sands what used to be The Grosevnor has seen on TV
Ooh I have no idea, maybe!
What's the song playing in the speedboat video please
I have all the links in the description, this one is Katanak - Take Us Back . Thank you for watching!!
@aclaireytale thank you very much I appreciate it and your welcome I am going on holiday there in July
Where was the model village?You wouldn't get me on that boat.How much was it if you don't mind me asking.Where was your hotel?
Thanks for your video
Best Wishes
Brian
Price of the boat was on the vlog at 37:39 :) £40pp
Hotel was on the beach front.
Thank you for watching!
Or known as Torbadous
I’ve heard this before hahah love it! Thank you for watching!
As a local I say thank you for not showing Torquay town centre.
No sarcasm in that sentence btw.
Haha yeah we stayed in the touristy areas. Thank you for watching!
take it its not good
Why didn"t you just go half board in your hotel?It would have been cheaper than having food in all those restaurants
We didn't want to haha, thank you for watching!