I think there’s something special about Christmas in a Penzance – a town that has stood almost unchanged through the centuries that has seen so many Christmases’ come and go like the tide in its harbour.
Recommended local Places to visit in West Cornwall
Information and personal recommendations about the best local places in Cornwall to explore. Learn some tips from a local blog about the towns, villages and iconic landmarks of Cornwall, as we visit the Lands End, Lizard and Roseland Peninsulas
Mousehole Christmas Lights – the twelfth night
The Mousehole Lights are simple lights that feature all of the traditional Christmas symbols of songs and folklore
Cadgwith a fishing village lost in time
If you are planning to visit just one fishing village in Cornwall then make it Cadgwith sheltering in the lea of the most southerly point of The Lizard.
We visited St Ives
The bustling tourist destination of St Ives is so different from the quiet, laid back, world of Mounts Bay. We eased ourselves gently into the visit by taking the Train from Lelant Saltings
Our visit to St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount is the jewel of Mounts Bay with a history full of myths and legends. The Mount has seen life as former priory and site of Pilgrimage; as a Castle and finally an opulent Country House. Today it is one of the National Trusts most loved and visited locations
Away down to Lamorna
“Away down to Lamorna” is chorus of a famous Cornish song and I had forgotten just how beautiful Lamorna Valley was, until we drove down through the valley to the harbour again this week.
Explore Penzance – Stannary town and harbour
The stannery town of Penzance is more of solid, middle of the road, type of dowager, in comparison to the fashionable thirty something of St Ives. Yet explore and you will find a rewarding companion in the sleepy granite streets. Streets that still echo with memories a whisper of the Medieval town, the shades of the seafaring pirates and smugglers
Shadows of history in Poltesco Valley
We could almost feel the history simmering in the shadows as we walked down through the sheltered valley of Poltesco to visit Carleon Cove on the Lizard Peninsula at the end of the summer.
The Penwith Tour I Marazion to Mousehole
Explore West Cornwall with the the Penwith tour. In part one the road follows the coast around the Peninsula following Mounts Bay from St Michael’s Mount to Mousehole
Perranuthnoe
Perranuthnoe sits dreamily at the bottom of the valley beside a sandy beach. A peaceful unspoilt village of granite farmhouses andcottages clustured around a square towered church