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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 17/06/2026 21:36:00

Agatha Christie was born here, the palm trees along the harbour front are real, and on a warm August evening the lights of the marina reflecting in the bay carry a faint but genuine impression of the Mediterranean that is not entirely the wishful thinking of English tourism marketing. The English Riviera — the name given to the Torbay conurbation of Torquay, Paignton, and Brixham — is the warmest, sunniest corner of mainland England, and Torquay is its most elegant expression: a Victorian resort...