Route Highlight
St Ives
This old fishing town has become West Cornwall’s star attraction thanks to its selection of sandy beaches, quaint harbourside pubs and restaurants, and a famous artsy heritage.
It’s easy to potter around St Ives. Watch seals bob in the harbour and surfers perform on Porthmeor Beach’s waves. Or explore the maze of cobbled streets and alleys to find artists’ studios and galleries. Browse everything from homely paintings of sunset sea views in back-street fishing lofts to modern masterpieces hanging in the glamorous beachside Tate Gallery.
During your trip
Other Route Highlights
The Penwith Landscape
Cornwall’s far west has a distinctive landscape, more like Dartmoor than the rest of the county’s green farmland. It’s due to its granite rocks and remote windswept geography.
Porthcurno / Minack
On a sunny day Porthcurno beach seems Mediterranean, its white sand sheltered by high cliffs facing a turquoise sea.
Land's end
In some ways all the roads of the South West seem to lead towards this one jagged headland sticking into the Atlantic.
Mousehole
The first thing to note about this picturesque fishing village is how to pronounce it: locals say ‘mowsul’ – never ‘mouse hole’. The narrow streets do make you think of a mousehole though.
