Lanapoule, Salcombe

Lanapoule is a house in Salcombe itself, a short walk from the estuary front and the town's shops and pubs. It is a whole-property let with room for a family group, which for a dog owner removes the usual friction of shared corridors, lifts and other guests' reactions on the stairs.

One well behaved dog is welcome, and the pet charge is £25 per dog, per week rather than per night, which makes a full week noticeably cheaper here than at properties billing nightly. The terraced garden is secure, so there is somewhere a dog can be let out without a lead. That is less common than it ought to be among Salcombe lets built into the hillside, where gardens tend to run away downhill and open onto a lane.

The property earns its scores on space. Feedback highlights a generous kitchen and bedrooms that are genuinely full sized rather than nominal doubles, which matters when a group and a dog are sharing for a week and everyone needs somewhere to put a bag down.

Parking is the practical caveat. The listing suggests room for two cars, but guest feedback puts the realistic number at one, with on-street space available nearby. In Salcombe in high season that is worth planning for, and it is one more argument for arriving with a single car and walking from there, which is easy enough with a dog.

From the door, the estuary path, the town and the passenger ferry are all walkable, with East Portlemouth's sands across the water and North and South Sands a walk or short drive around the headland. Salcombe is steep, so the return leg up from the water is a climb.

Best suited to a family or group with one dog who want a spacious, central Salcombe house with a secure garden and are content to manage with one car.