The Roseland Peninsula is one of the most picturesque and unspoilt parts of the South-West England, offering quiet beaches, impressive coastal and river scenery and quaint villages, within easy reach…

Picturesque old buildings flank the step and extremely narrow streets of this ancient fishing port, popular with visitors in the holiday season. Established in the Middle Ages, Mevagissey developed in…

Built on steep slopes at the end of a peninsula flanked by the Percuil River, St Mawes is a popular but dignified little holiday resort whose delightful setting and mild…

Lofty headlands, broad bays and cliffs punctuated by delightful coves line the Cornish coast as it runs north-eastwards from Zone Point to the abandoned port of Pentewan. St Mawes, considered…

According to legend, the Isle of Scilly are all that remain of Lyonnesse, a lovely land ruled over by King Arthur before it vanished beneath the Atlantic. About 28 miles…

A maze of quiet creeks off Falmouth’s broad harbour. The ancient port of Falmouth is a gateway to a fascinating maze of creeks and tidal rivers, sheltered by rolling farmland. …

The Iron Age Celts who settled in Cornwall from about 500 BC introduced a Celtic language which survived the coming of Anglo-Saxons and was still spoken until the 18 century.…

An island castle on a bay of beaches and rocky coves. The rocky shore of Mount’s Bay is a broken succession of coves, linked like beads on a chain by…