Helen's Guidebook
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Mousehole Harbour
21 Commercial RoadSightseeing
Newlyn Harbour
Penzance
Famed for its light, it attracted Artists in the early 20th century. Now a bustling popular Cornish seaside town, with lots to do, see, eat, drink and relax.
610 locals recommend
St Ives
Famed for its light, it attracted Artists in the early 20th century. Now a bustling popular Cornish seaside town, with lots to do, see, eat, drink and relax.
Dropping down the hill from Sennen, you’ll discover the wonder of the Cove - sea, skies and a mile long golden sandy beach merge! On the beach there are top rate surfing conditions and safe bathing within flagged areas which are moved frequently to follow tidal movements, attended by Lifesavers, but only in the holiday season.
246 locals recommend
Sennen Cove
Dropping down the hill from Sennen, you’ll discover the wonder of the Cove - sea, skies and a mile long golden sandy beach merge! On the beach there are top rate surfing conditions and safe bathing within flagged areas which are moved frequently to follow tidal movements, attended by Lifesavers, but only in the holiday season.
Famed for St Michael’s Mount, it is also a small tourist resort with an active community of artists who produce and sell their paintings and pottery in the town’s art galleries.
60 locals recommend
Marazion Beach
South West Coast PathFamed for St Michael’s Mount, it is also a small tourist resort with an active community of artists who produce and sell their paintings and pottery in the town’s art galleries.
Saint Michael's Mount
GARDENS
Cornwall is famous and rich in tropical gardens, with a mild and warm climate regulated by the Gulf Stream.
In a beautiful, sheltered valley overlooking St Michael’s Mount; the woods, stream and dramatic vistas provide the perfect setting for large-scale exotic and sub-tropical planting at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens in Cornwall. Interwoven with the planting is an evolving programme of contemporary artwork by internationally renowned artists such as James Turrell, David Nash and Richard Long, who have interacted with the setting to create site-specific permanent work that harmonise with the landscape.
215 locals recommend
Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens
In a beautiful, sheltered valley overlooking St Michael’s Mount; the woods, stream and dramatic vistas provide the perfect setting for large-scale exotic and sub-tropical planting at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens in Cornwall. Interwoven with the planting is an evolving programme of contemporary artwork by internationally renowned artists such as James Turrell, David Nash and Richard Long, who have interacted with the setting to create site-specific permanent work that harmonise with the landscape.
Trengwainton (Cornish: Tredhigwenton, meaning farm of eternal springtime) is a country house and garden situated in Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK, which has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1961. The garden is noted for its collection of exotic trees and shrubs and offers views over Mount's Bay and The Lizard.
42 locals recommend
Trengwainton Garden
Boscathnoe LaneTrengwainton (Cornish: Tredhigwenton, meaning farm of eternal springtime) is a country house and garden situated in Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK, which has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1961. The garden is noted for its collection of exotic trees and shrubs and offers views over Mount's Bay and The Lizard.
Leisure
Situated at the eastern end of Penzance's promenade is one of the jewels in Penzance's crown - the iconic art deco Jubilee Pool. Opened in 1935, to celebrate King George V's Silver Jubilee the pool is testament to Penzance's standing as one of the country's premier holiday resorts of the time.
The pool (or lido as such open air pools are known) is a striking piece of architecture that does justice to its location on the tip of Penzance's "Holy Headland".
Jubilee Pool Penzance
Battery Road