Day trips

Exeter based students Check out the Students' Guild Give it a Go trips to local areas of interest.

We asked international students for their recommendations of places to visit in the South West.

Day trip to:	How do you get there?	What do you recommend doing there?
Bath	By train or coach.	Visit the Roman Baths museum and the Royal Crescent (shoutout to Bridgerton!). Climb the hill behind the city to get a super view over Bath. Go to the Jane Austen Museum. Try the Abbey Deli restaurant.
Bristol	By train.	Go to the Cabot Circus shopping centre and to the university.
Budleigh Salterton	By bus via Exmouth.	Spend the day at the beach, have lunch at the Boathouse Café, and climb up the cliff for an amazing view.
Cornwall	By train.	Go to the beach, the seaside, get ice cream and enjoy the sun.
Dartmoor National Park	By train or bus.	Go hiking!
Dawlish	By train from St David's. Takes 15 mins.	Get Cornish pie and cream tea at Gay's Creamery. And there are benches along the river to sit and enjoy the place.
Dawlish Warren	By train.	They have amazing donnuts.
Durdle Door	Train/bus/car.	Enjoy the place and the nature with homemade food.
Exmouth	By bus.	Have grilled oysters.
Ivybridge & Dartmoor	Train to Ivybridge and walk for 20ish minutes into Dartmoor.	In town - walk through Long Timber Woods and explore shops. In Dartmoor - get information about how to get there at the tourist info centre.
Langstone Rock	By train to Dawlish Warren and walk from there.	Enjoy walking along the seaside footpath.
London	By train.	Do some sightseeing, stopping at the shops and free museums. Visit the Kew Garden, which has different flowers every month. Go to the Opera House. Do some plane spotting by Heathrow Airport.
Newquay	By car.	Surfing!!
Penzance	By train or bus.	Enjoy the nature and beauty of South West UK.
Plymouth	By train.	Go to the beach, have a picnic by the sea. Visit the acquarium, it's a nice place to unwind. Go shopping at the mall, and enter antique shops.
Salcombe	By car.	Chill on the beach, get a tan while you can.
Sidmouth	By bus no 9.	Walk along the beach and hill.
St Ives	By bus.	Go to the beach and have a pasty.
Teignmouth	By train.	Walk along the coastal path from Dawlish to Teignmouth, chill by the sea, go on a boat ride, and have fish and chips.
Torquay	By train.	Visit the beach, walk through the town, have fish and chips and some ice cream, go on Agatha Christie's walking tour, and visit Kent's Cavern.