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D7 Godrevy Lighthouse 50 Cornwall Map Find your own way around. 2 visitcornwall.com YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE visitcornwall.com 01 Delicious Flower Power CORNWALL... rick stein, Paul ainsworth, nathan outlaw. Just three stellar Cornwall has always been chefs who have been inspired by Cornwall’s fantastic food; a hotbed of imaginative and quite rightly so. our food producers continue to raise the gardeners. it all started back FOR THOSE stakes in sustainability, flavour and pure imagination. so much in the 1800s when owners of so that we've become internationally famous for our cheeses, the county's grand houses sent farm produce, wines and, of course, seafood. So while you’re in explorers to the far reaches UNFORGETTABLE Cornwall, make the most of what we have on offer. If you’re in the of the globe to bring back mood for a few Fal river oysters, a glass of Cornish bubbly, some extraordinary flowers and trees delicious air-dried salami, luscious handmade ice cream or simply that flourished in Cornwall’s MOMENTS Rick Stein, Padstow a steaming hot pasty from the local bakery, then Cornwall is your gentle climate. today there are that moment could be waking up to the sound of sandpipers gourmet heaven. dozens of magnificent gardens in the dunes below your window. it might be having breakfast to visit in Cornwall and you can with the family when the view out to the ocean suddenly takes easily become an intrepid plant your breath away. Perhaps it will be when the kids watch hunter yourself by tracking down spellbound as lobster pots are landed on the quay. Maybe it some of our most exotic blooms. will be the romantic hour you spend holding hands on that deserted beach or the smell of exotic flowers on a rainy day. Possibly it will be those ten minutes of total fear when you abseil down a sheer cliff face. Quite likely it’s going to be that glance out to sea when a pod of dolphins skip by. What about that time you get caught up in a vibrant festival and dance in the setting sun. And you’ll certainly remember the split second you stand up for the first time on your surfboard. Or it’ll be that restaurant where the local food tastes so good you’ll be talking about it for weeks. But then again that evening you spend with good friends, sharing some local wine and laughing till the early hours, isn’t going to be forgotten in a hurry either. Turn your moments into life-long Trebah memories in Cornwall Join in Where to Stay? Cornwall is full of festivals. It’s as if we can’t get enough Wake up to a stunning view, step outside and take in a breath of creating, cooking, eating, of fresh air. 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Wheal Coates, St Agnes 02 visitcornwall.com YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE visitcornwall.com 03 Screen Shot Health and Happiness Where the Wave Ends Inspiring Since the age of silent movies, Feeling a bit jaded? Then If you visited a different beach The ‘special’ light that bathes Cornwall has film and TV makers have used Cornwall's fresh air, wide open every day in Cornwall, it would illuminated the canvasses of painters for centuries Cornwall's dramatic scenery as spaces and sense of freedom take you over ten months. Ten and these days we have the largest concentration a cinematic backdrop. From B will soon start to make you feel months and a few days to be of working artists anywhere outside London. So, movies of the 1950s and box just a little more alive. Whether exact, there are so many. White you'll be able to take home a creative piece of office favourites, such as The you pick up the pace on a coastal sands, golden dunes, rocky coves Cornwall yourself as all over the county you'll Ladies in Lavender starring Judi walk, take part in a yoga class and wide-open bays – the choice find galleries and shops that showcase not only Dench and James Bond’s Die on the beach, ride high in the is yours. So if you’re a gung-ho paintings, but contemporary pottery, sculpture, Another Day, to TV programmes saddle on a moorland trek or surfer, a keen sandcastle builder fashion and jewellery – all reflecting Cornwall's like Doc Martin and the current rediscover the joys of swimming or you just want to doze off in landscape and vibrant culture. Poldark phenomenon, millions of in the sea, you'll soon get to grips the sun, Cornwall’s beaches are people have been introduced to with Cornwall's feel-good factor. here to impress, excite and relax. Cornwall through the camera lens. 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