*Please note, some attractions will need to be booked in advance – check before travelling


Eden Project
St AustellPL24 2SG

ww.edenproject.com
The Eden Project is a unique attraction, carved out of empty and abandoned clay pits, where now you can see in its stunning Rainforest Biome, the world’s largest ‘indoor’ rainforest with steamy jungles and waterfalls, including a rainforest lookout that takes you above the treetops.  The Mediterranean Biome contains groves of lemon trees, olives trees, vines and perfumed herbs for a journey through the warm temperate regions of theworld, taking in the Mediterranean, South Africa and California.
It really is a wonderful day out for all the family with many different attractions and a changing calendar of events.

National Maritime Museum, Cornwall
Discovery Quay, FalmouthTR11 3QY01326 313388
www.nmmc.co.uk
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall opened in February 2003 and is housed in an ultra-modern building on Falmouth’s waterfront.  Its aim is to promote an understanding of the maritime heritage of Cornwall by presenting the story of the sea, boats and the maritime history of Cornwall.
There are three main galleries covering topics such as Cornish fishing, trading, boatbuilding, wrecks and emigration.

Tate St Ives
Porthmeor Beach, St Ives
TR26 1TG 01736 796226
www.tate.org.uk/stives
Tate St Ives is part of the Tate Museum organisation exhibiting work by modern British artists, including work of the St Ives School, as well as contemporary artists in St Ives, and those working further afield. The gallery’s artist residency programme aims to develop the professional practice of artists who live and work in Cornwall.
For Cornish Cream Tea with a view, the cafe terrace is hard to beat, with stunning views out to sea.
Why not buy a joint ticket to the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, just a short walk from the Tate?

Isles of Scilly
These five magical islands lie about 20 miles due south of Lands End, and you can visit for the day by helicopter.  It is a truly wonderful place with white sands, blue water and palm trees.
There is something for everyone here – sailing, walking, golf, photography, birdwatching. The Isles of Scilly has it all. 

St Michael’s Mount
Marazion

TR17 0HS 01736 710265 (Tide & Ferry) 
www.stmichaelsmount.co.uk
Explore the amazing island world of St Michael’s Mount which has been the home of the St Aubyn family since 1610. Discover legend, myth and over a thousand years
of incredible history.
Getting to the island depends on the tide. Walk the causeway or take a water taxi. Opening times are limited in winter. Check the website before setting off. 
Closed Saturdays. 

The Minack Theatre
Porthcurno, TR19 6JU
01736 810181 (Box Office)
www.minack.com
Minack in Cornish means a rocky place and The Minack Theatre is a truly remarkable place, clinging precariously to the cliff side. It’s the result of the determined vision of one woman – Rowena Cade – who from 1931 until she died planned, built and financed the theatre.  
Perched high on the cliffs, with the stunning blue sea of the Atlantic Ocean as a backdrop, this open air theatre offers a season from May to September presenting drama, musicals and opera in this most dramatic of settings.
Pendennis Castle
FalmouthTR11 4LP
www.english-heritage.org.uk 		Along with St Mawes Castle, Pendennis Castle has defended the anchorage of the Carrick Roads for over 450 years.  The castle has seen action in many conflicts and was one of the last royalist strongholds to fall during the English Civil War.

You can witness a Tudor gun deck in action here and see how the Guardhouse was equipped and re-fortified during both world wars. The castle has an exciting interactive exhibition where you can experience the sights and sounds of battle and relive an enemy attack on a Second World War observation post, as well as explore former secret military installations.

St Mawes Castle
St MawesTR2 5DE
www.english-heritage.org.uk
St Mawes Castle is among the best-preserved of Henry VIII’s coastal artillery fortresses, and the most elaborately decorated of them all. One of the chain of forts built between 1539 and 1545 to counter an invasion threat from Catholic France and Spain, it guarded the important anchorage of Carrick Roads, sharing the task with Pendennis Castle on the other side of the Fal estuary. 
A charming clover-leaf shape originally surrounded by octagonal outer defences, St Mawes was designed to mount heavy ‘ship-sinking’ guns. But particular care was also taken with its embellishment, and it is still bedecked with carved Latin inscriptions in praise of King’s Henry VIII and his son Edward VI. It owes its fine preservation to the fact that unlike Pendennis Castle, it was little developed after its completion. 
Easily falling to a landward attack by Civil War Parliamentarian forces in 1646, it remained neglected until partial re-arming during the 19th and early 20th centuries. 
From the castle at St Mawes there are fine views across the estuary towards Falmouth and Pendennis Castle, and of the pretty fishing village of St Mawes.