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Practical · Local guide

Where we'd send you.

Not a tourist list — just the handful of places we actually walk to, eat at and swim from. The full version lives in the kitchen drawer.


Eat & drink

Wyatt & Jones

Brunch and dinner just back from the harbour — book the window.

Stark

Tiny, set-menu, properly special. Reserve well ahead.

Morelli's

A 1932 gelato parlour that hasn't changed, in the best way.

On the sand

Viking Bay

The main beach — 10 minutes down on foot, with the tidal pool.

Stone Bay

Quieter, a little further along the cliff. Good for a morning swim.

Botany Bay

Chalk stacks and rock pools, 20 minutes along the coast path.

Out & about

Viking Coastal Trail

Cliff path to Ramsgate one way, Margate the other.

Margate

Eight minutes by train — the Turner Contemporary and the old town.

The Loop bus

Runs the coast if legs (or weather) aren't playing ball.