Understand
Torquay's advantages as a seaside resort and destination are obvious, with no less than nine 9 sandy beaches and extremely high standards of water quality holder of 3 European Blue Flags, more than any other English resort. Torbay enjoys a warm micro-climate that allows palm-like trees to grow readily, though these are not true palms but rather Cordyline australis - Cabbage Tree.
Torquay is infamous as the setting of Fawlty Towers, the hotel owned by Basil and Sybil Fawlty in the classic 1970s British television comedy.
