Boots, buckets and beaches
See the largest indoor rainforest in the world at The Eden Project and ride England’s longest zip line. Bring your buckets for beaches at Polstreath and Portmellon and wild-swim at Talland Bay. Get a history hit at Trewithen and Lanhydrock, tame the clifftop course at St Austell Golf, and strap up your boots for the South West Coast Path.
Kids Ahoy!
Want to see the largest indoor rainforest in the world? The Eden Project also comes with extensive outdoor gardens, contemporary artworks, performance and storytelling. Love your trains? The World of Model Railways is one of Cornwall’s top attractions. Or see the mysteries of the deep in an old lifeboat centre at Mevagissey Aquarium.
Buckets at the ready for sandy beaches at Polstreath, Portmellon, Caerhays and Gorren Haven. Wild-swim at Talland Bay or explore the cove at Polkerris. Learn to ride the waves with The Cornwall Surf Academy. Or head 60 metres underground into the three caves at Carnglaze Caverns, with their crystal-clear lake.
Take a 13-mile round trip through glorious scenery on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway. Trek the moors and farmland on four legs with Polmartin Riding Stables. Ride the go-karts and brave the zip wires at Adrenalin Quarry. Meet monkeys and meerkats at Porfell Wildlife Park. Or catch some outdoor culture at the Minack Theatre.
Unearth the underbelly of Cornish life at the Bodmin Jail Museum, with its ‘Dark Walk’ into the unknown. Be giants for the day at Polperro Model Village, a faithful recreation of the town in miniature. Or enjoy thrilling rides and animal encounters at Camel Creek Adventure Park.
For the grown ups
Visit country estate Trewithen and enjoy 30 acres of woodland gardens and over 200 acres of parkland. Head to Bodmin for Lanhydrock House, a magnificent late Victorian country house with garden and wooded estate, or to the Lost Gardens of Heligan, rescued from the brambles of time.
Fill an afternoon at the Mevagissey Museum, full of donated local artefacts, hire a bike from Pentewan Valley Cycle Hire and explore the coast, the country lanes and the colour-coded routes at Lanhydrock, or bring your clubs for the James Braid-designed St Austell Golf Course. Or charter the Bessie Vee for angling and sharking trips.
Stay on site to enjoy spa treatments at Polpier from our network of professional mobile massage and beauty therapists. Or head out for treatments at Carlyon Bay Spa, surrounded by 250 acres of clifftop countryside, or Fowey Hall Hotel Spa. Row the river with Fowey River Hire. Or strap up your boots for the South West Coast Path.
Discover the process of beer-making from grain to glass at St Austell Brewery. Enjoy a tipple in one of Tarquin’s tasting rooms and take some gin home with you. Take the ferry to Fowey and watch out for dolphins and seals. Or ride England’s fastest zip wire, the 660 metre-long Hangloose at the Eden Project.
