NOW it's official – Teignmouth's seafront apartments with the millionaire views, are the best in the area.

The Riviera holiday flats have just been awarded Visit Britain's highest accolade – a five-star gold rating.

'I am really overjoyed. The inspectors came last week, but gave very little away, apart from saying that a gold award was very hard to obtain,' said Emma Roddick, the general manager of the Riviera.

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