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Experience Tintagel Castle YOUR Hotels, B&Bs, PLACES Self Catering, Essential TO STAY Camping & Caravans, GUIDE Attractions J2 Bude Beach Huts 2020 FIND YOUR J5 Kilmar Tor, Bodmin Moor CORNWALL Welcome 02 Is Cornwall calling you? Well we’re here ready and waiting... North Coast 08 A wildly beautiful landscape with dramatic cliffs, sensational beaches and picturesque harbours. F7 Truro Cathedral Bodmin Moor & The Tamar Valley 22 Panoramas of the high ground give way to a patchwork of ancient woodland. Truro & Surrounding Area 24 There’s no end of good reasons to pay a visit to our Great Little City. South Coast 34 A blend of scenery dotted with F8 St Mawes whitewashed fishing villages, sandy coves and sub-tropical gardens. West Cornwall 42 Slip off the edge of the map into artists’ colonies, granite outcrops and long stretches of golden sand. Cornwall Events Guide 50 There’s always something happening THE FAMOUS FIVE © 2017, Hodder & Stoughton Limited. All rights reserved. in Cornwall. Getting Here C9 Mousehole 52 By plane, train or automobile. 54 Cornwall Map Find your own way around. 2 visitcornwall.com YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE visitcornwall.com 01 Where to Stay? Cornwall’s Fabulous Food IS CORNWALL In Cornwall you are quite literally spoilt for choice. There is such Cornwall is synonymous with an amazing array of locations and types of accommodation. You fabulous food. With a real can really tailor your trip to make the accommodation as much movement towards low food CALLING YOU? as a star of the show as the beautiful backdrop and scenery that air miles and offering product surrounds it. provenance, Cornwall is leading the way in providing guests Will it be luxury that you seek, with rosette awarded cuisine WELL We’re HERE delicious cuisine, sourced from and stunning sea views? Is it the chance to cosy up in comfort as close to plate as possible. and create your own Cornish home from home in a dream READY & WAITING self-catering cottage? There are so many dining experiences for you to have A Holiday Park perhaps? Perfect for all the family to have so Cornwall holds such a special place in so many people’s hearts. during your stay. Fine dining much fun and make those priceless memories. It’s not just a holiday destination, it’s where you had mackerel with some of the world’s most fresh from the sea watching the sun go down, it’s where your Maybe a perfectly appointed B&B? Combined with often decades recognised Chef’s is a treat to little one had their first paddle and felt the soft sand on their worth of first hand, local knowledge from the owner, who can point truly remember. feet, it’s where you got that wave, drunk that Cornish gin, explored you in the direction of all the hidden local gems. Vibrant beach cafes and pop up that fairy tale woodland, found the perfect pasty (after trying Or are you looking for something a tad more unique? Sustainable restaurants are an experience many!) and it’s where you sat, and just listened to the roar of eco lodges, hidden huts and magical glamping in beautiful that will stay with you. the sea, and finally slowed down and enjoyed the moment. woodlands. Cornwall really does have it all. You may want to stay Maybe it’s the lure of a real It’s family time, a couple’s romantic retreat, your four-legged in so many that you have to come back more than once! Cornish pasty with the sand friends favourite walk of the year. It’s where you can finally between your toes or an elegant relax, recharge and let the sea air work its magic. cream tea taking in the beautiful Here’s our Guide for 2020 to show you the best of what Cornwall surroundings. has to offer you. To inspire you to explore, perhaps a different Famed for producing its own side to Cornwall than you have before. Or if you’ve never wine, ice cream, cheeses and so ventured to our subtropical shores, then welcome! What a many more local delicacies, take treat awaits you. your pick and indulge. Let us guide you through the many locations and delights, so that you can find the perfect Cornwall for you. Whether that’s high-octane adrenaline and adventure, foody heaven, a restorative spa sanctuary, glorious gardens and countryside walks or exploring Cornwall’s rich heritage and culture. We’ve got it covered. Make memories in Cornwall – the perfect, picture-postcard backdrop for your adventure, whatever it might be. So, enjoy, be inspired & dive right in… it’s all here waiting for you. Veor Cove - nr. Zennor Perranporth beach 02 visitcornwall.com YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE visitcornwall.com 03 Screen Shot Inspiring Health and Well Being Ditch the Car Since the age of silent movies, The ‘special’ light that bathes Cornwall has illuminated the Cornwall's fresh air, wide open spaces and sense Getting out and about by film and TV makers have used canvasses of painters for centuries and these days we have of freedom will soon start to make you feel relaxed train, bus and boat means you'll Cornwall's dramatic scenery as a the largest concentration of working artists anywhere outside and begin to unwind. Whether you enjoy a coastal reduce that carbon footprint, cinematic backdrop. From B movies London. So, you'll be able to take home a creative piece of walk, take part in a yoga class on the beach, take a save on parking charges and, at of the 1950s and box office Cornwall yourself, as all over the county you'll find galleries moorland trek or rediscover the joys of swimming in some attractions, get cheaper favourites, such as Ladies in and shops that showcase not only paintings, but contemporary the sea, you'll soon get Cornwall's feel-good factor. admission fees. Say hello to Lavender starring Judi Dench pottery, sculpture, fashion and jewellery, all reflecting Cornwall's welcoming people you meet and James Bond’s Die Another landscape and vibrant culture. on the way and explore Day, to TV programmes like intriguing towns and villages Doc Martin, Delicious and the that you would probably just Poldark phenomenon, millions of miss stuck behind the wheel of people have been introduced to your car. It may take a bit longer, Cornwall through the camera you may have to wait for the lens. How many unforgettable next connection, but just look locations will you spot on around you…this is Cornwall your travels? and there is always something new to discover. Porthgwara Join in Time Travel Cornwall is full of festivals. It’s as if we can’t get enough of creating, cooking, eating, playing, sailing, In 2006 parts of Cornwall’s old gardening, dancing and having a lot of fun. Well, who mining areas were granted World can blame us? With fantastic local food, our love of Heritage status, recognising just music, a coastline naturally designed for water sports how important the region's tin and age-old traditions that still keep a few magical and copper production was to secrets, Cornwall has a year long calendar of brilliantly the Industrial Revolution. As you inspiring events. walk in the footsteps of our Where the Wave Ends mining ancestors and visit old All you have to do is join in….have fun!! If you visited a different beach engine houses and explore every day in Cornwall, it would tunnels underground, Cornwall’s take you over ten months. Ten recent past comes alive. But months and a few days to be look closer and something more exact, there are so many. White ancient appears. Dotted all sands, golden dunes, rocky coves over the landscape you''ll find and wide-open bays – the choice prehistoric stone circles, Iron is yours. So if you’re a gung-ho Age villages, medieval holy surfer, a keen sandcastle builder wells and imposing castles that or you just want to doze off in tell tales of heroic kings and the sun, Cornwall’s beaches are mystical legends. here to impress, excite and relax. 04 visitcornwall.com YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE visitcornwall.com 05 Trebah Stunning Subtropical Art & Culture Gardens Cornwall is special in its location, Cornwall is famed for it’s stunning being the most westerly point subtropical gardens. With it in the country and boasting a being one of the first places sense of calm and remoteness, in the country for spring to be despite its now easy access to sprung, it’s always amazing to reach. Cornwall is a place where see the plants and flowers that your time is your own. Regain are abundant and in bloom your sense of adventure and throughout our gorgeous county. interest. Start new hobbies or expand your skills. Take in your With so many to choose from, surroundings and immerse will it be the National Trust’s yourself in all that Cornwall has Trelissick, with it’s sweeping views to offer, with its own unique of rolling countryside and sense of spirit and self. glistening water beyond. Or will the Lost Gardens of Heligan be Once you are here it has a vibe your top spot with its magical of its own. A sense that time gardens, woodland walks and really is your own, a change of farmland to enjoy. light and scenery to inspire you. Whatever the weather, Cornwall’s It’s not hard to see why Cornwall vibrantly blooming gardens are boasts many artists in residence, perfect to explore.