Hotel gardens overlooking the Hotel Quay, Tresco & Round Island Lighthouse

Our landlord, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, gave permission for

St. Martin’s on the Isle to be built in 1987 and the hotel was

subsequently opened in May 1989.

Hotel gardens overlooking the Hotel Quay, Tresco & Round Island Lighthouse

As you can imagine, building on such an environmentally sensorial island surrounded by a marine park required a great deal of sensitivity both in the choice of location and the choice of materials. The resulting hotel, nestling into the hillside and built to resemble a cluster of granite cottages, has received much acclaim and is now accepted as a part of the landscape.