Sunny Penzance stands on the sun trap shores of Mount’s Bay at the far western end of Cornwall. At the mid point of the town’s shoreline is the open-air Jubilee Pool, a fine example of the art deco style of the 1930’s. A short distance beyond is Penzance Harbour whose inner dock shelters fishing boats and commercial vessels and where visiting yachts and the occasional tall-masted sailing ship lie against the granite quays.
Penzance has a wealth of good shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants. Its main thoroughfare is Market Jew Street, a busy shopping street that connects with the harbour area through the Wharfside Shopping Centre. Take time to explore pedestrianised Causewayhead and the delightful Chapel Street, an ancient thoroughfare that winds down to the seafront between handsome buildings and specialist shops.
Subtropical Morrab Gardens flourish in Penzance’s sunny aspect and mild climate. Each June the Golowan Festival celebrates the Celtic traditions of West Cornwall in spectacular style. On the outskirts of town are Treriefe and Trengwainton (NT) gardens from where gentle slopes rise steadily to the heather moorland homes of Neolithic Bronze Age man.
Penzance is the stepping off point for flights or ferries to the Isles of Scilly.