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The Halsetown Inn

Everyone’s welcome during the daytime, including dogs – and there’s a £5 little ones menu to make this a very family-friendly eatery to boot.

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Sitting out on the lawn under the palm trees that wend their way down towards a sparkling blue sea, with a glass of something cold, crisp and refreshing in hand, is not a bad way to spend a summer’s afternoon.

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The Minack Theatre

Theatre as you’ve never experienced it before. Carved out of the Cornish cliffs by one woman and her gardener, The Minack is a triumph of vision over reality. Pack up a picnic and head to Cornwall’s far west for a taste of theatre under the stars – and quite possibly one of the most stunning backdrops on the planet.

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What gives St Ives its sparkle

"This old fishing port ... he who passes these things and gazes down on the huddled town on its promontory below him, can hardly restrain a gasp of admiration." John Betjeman, in Cornwall: A Shell Guide, 1964.

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St Ives to Lelant walk

The coast walk from the village of Lelant to St Ives is, I believe, one of the best in the country. I rise with the sun and make a pilgrimage to a church that has twice surrendered to the sands to begin my walk along the stunning coastline towards St Ives.

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Mousehole Town

Located on the western edge of Mounts Bay about three miles west of Penzance, this is a place that the guidebooks call the quintessential British harbour village and that Dylan Thomas crowned ‘the loveliest village in England’.

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History of Truro

Cornwall’s county town and administrative capital, Truro is also the leisure and retail centre of the county with some fantastic high street and boutique shopping as well as a large selection of cafes and restaurants.

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