Mounts Bay spans an area from Lizard Point to Land’s End. It includes Porthleven, Marazion, Penzance, Newlyn and Mousehole, the iconic St. Michael's Mount, plus many other villages, coves and beaches. Porthleven has golden beaches, shops and galleries, fishing trips, pleasure boats, cafes, restaurants and pubs. Nearby is the National Trust Penrose Estate with its large lake, woodlands with walking and cycling paths. Toward Penzance Praa Sands is renowned for the mile long beach. Going south Marazion is the gateway to St Michael’s Mount with its medieval pathways, sub-tropical gardens and a castle. In the town there are a variety of shops and art galleries. The sandy beaches are clean and there is a vast choice of places to eat and a choice of boats to hire for pleasure, fishing or organised trips. Penzance offers a variety of entertainment and sporting activities, and being a market town with more than four hundred retailers, plus an arcade, this is a shopaholic’s paradise.


Things to do in Penzance include the Golowan Festival & Mazey Day ten day extravaganza, the Montol Festival annual celebration held on the eve of the Winter Solstice, plus sailing events held in the bay. Details of all events can be obtained from the Visitor Centre. For the foodies all manner of cuisine can be found in a wide selection of restaurants and cafes. There are approximately thirty pubs with most providing food, live music and quiz evenings. Chapel Street is the entertainment hub and home to a house once used by the Bronte Sisters , the Admiral Benbow Inn of smuggling renown, the Victorian Egyptian House and the Union Hotel where the announcement of Lord Nelson's death and victory at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 was made. The Turks Head Inn has tunnels beneath the building leading down to the harbour once used by smugglers. Penzance is the terminus of the national railways, and there are ferry services to the Isles of Scilly. Bus services serve the whole of West Cornwall, car rental and cycle hire is available and boat trips for sightseeing or fishing operate from the harbour.


Mousehole is a three miles west of Penzance. Its picturesque harbour is surrounded by narrow streets and yellow lichened houses. Along the harbour road there are galleries, gift shops and restaurants and in the harbour itself is a safe sandy beach. This is a peaceful village away from the hustle and bustle, offering solace to those who enjoy walking and enjoying nature. Places to visit include the MOUSEHOLE WILD BIRD HOSPITAL and THE LITTLE PICTURE GALLERY.


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Places of interest are the Old Lifeboat House, Abbey Basin, the haunted Dolphin Inn, Jubilee Open Air Bathing Pool, St Anthony Gardens, St Mary's Church and the site of the ancient 6th Century Chapel. Regent Square has an enclave of Georgian houses and nearby Morrab Gardens with sub-tropical plants, flowers and trees. Near the gardens are the Museum and Art Gallery and the Public Library with its cannon outside. St John's Hall acts as the Town Hall where exhibitions and shows are held In Market Jew Street, it is possible to see the statue of Sir Humphry Davy of the coal miner's safety lamp fame.


Newlyn is basically at the end of the Penzance promenade and has one of the largest fishing fleets in the UK. The bustling harbour is an insight into the life of a true fishing town with a busy harbour, plus shops selling fresh fish straight from the sea, a fish market, and seemingly a pub around every corner. There are plenty of places to eat in or for take away food, a few shops and galleries including the famous Newlyn Gallery. The Newlyn Fish Festival is held on August Bank Holiday.


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