With a string of distinguished vacation honors, St. Ives is an excellent year-round holiday resort providing countless tourist attractions and a wonderful choice of St. Ives cottages.
This wonderful resort is celebrated for its unique art scene, its little, cobbled roads awash with inviting galleries and artists' studios. Browse contemporary exhibitions on Tate then relax on roof-top cafe, or roam all over Barbara Hepworth Sculpture outdoors featuring unusual artwork made from bronze, wood and stone. As well as art, songs, party, theatre, comedy plus, prepare your St. Ives cottage break round the September Festival.
About shores, the selection is yours. Build sandcastles at Porthminster and Carbis Bay. Drive the beating browse at award-winning Porthmeor Beach. Or mind for Hayle, along with its three-mile stretch of talcum-powder sands.
Back St. Ives it is possible to shop for stylish clothes, handmade jewellery also crafts. Love sluggish lunches in gourmet harbour-side restaurants. Or chill out in a pavement cafe viewing local anglers land their particular catch.
Out and about, sail to Seal Island, Godrevy Lighthouse and Hell's Mouth. Trace the actions of D.H. Lawrence inside nearby village of Zennor, steeped ever sold and legend. Or take canine and children for a romp at Steeple Woodland Nature Reserve above St. Ives, offering acres of heath-land and woods with spectacular views across the bay.
Whether you're looking for Blue Flag beaches, coastal walks, art or surfing, a cottage holiday in St. Ives will be anyone to bear in mind.
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