Rent Or Timeshare a Traditional English Holiday Cottage on the Beautiful Island of Tresco

For a truly unique vacation, consider the opportunity to rent or timeshare a traditional English holiday cottage on the beautiful island of Tresco in the UK. This delightful small island is devoted entirely to tourism, and has many wonderful sights to explore while you are visiting. The island is run as a timeshare business, which sets it apart from other tourist locations. You can rent holiday cottages, or there is one hotel on the island.

This second largest island of the Isles of Scilly, in Cornwall, UK, is accessible by helicopter or by boat. You will be met at the heliport or quays and delivered to your destination by a quaint farm tractor and passenger trailer. Tresco is car-free, but golf carts are available for visitors who are disabled. Tresco island is leased to the Dorrien-Smith estate, and is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall.

Your rental or timeshare is fully equipped for tourist enjoyment of resort quality. Stay in a traditional English holiday cottage and enjoy local sights and beaches. There is interesting and beautiful scenery on every inch of this 2.972 km (735) acre island. The retreating ice age left its mark of deformation till deposits on the north side of the island, while the south and east coast has mainly shell beaches. There are rugged granite outcrops, and broad heathland to complete the variety of scenery on Tresco.

While tourists enjoy their stay in holiday cottages UK, they are close to very historic locations, including the sub-tropical Tresco Abbey Gardens in the south, and the villages of New Grimsby, and Old Grimsby. These delightful villages are near the center of the island, and do have a shop, post office, pub, art gallery and a hotel. These commercial enterprises are all operated and owned by the Tresco Estate.

Tresco has a dwindling permanent population that numbered only 180 in 2001. Since that year, this island has participated in fundraising for Cystic Fibrosis, with a marathon run of 7½ laps around Tresco. This event coincides with the running of the London Marathon. In addition to shopping and normal tourist activities, the island is filled with historical sights dating back several centuries. Due to its history and geography, Tresco has been featured in fiction. Some points of interest include King Charles's Castle, dating from the mid 1500's, Cromwell's Castle, from the mid 1600's and Oliver's Battery, built by Admiral Robert Blake

For a remarkable UK getaway, fly away to the beautiful island of Tresco and revisit history while you rent or timeshare a traditional English holiday cottage.

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