Gwell
Enys
Typical Cornish cottages in Mousehole with spectacular
views.
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There are plenty of things to do and see in this part of Cornwall
and Mousehole, despite it's size is home to many events and
festivals. Whether you want sandy beaches or historic sites,
you and your family will never be short of entertainment.
Arts & Crafts
Artists come to Cornwall for nourishment drawn by its rugged
beauty, the quality of light and a pace of life in which passions
can run free, they find inspiration that reaches deep into
their souls.
About a century ago, the painters Stanhope Forbes and Norman
Garstin made the Newlyn School internationally famous. Ben
Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Bernard Leach did the same
for St Ives. Today that tradition lives on in Cornwall's many
studios and galleries.
Climb the steps to Tintagel castle and you'll understand why
Dickens, Tennyson and Hardy made that same pilgrimage. Wander
on Bodmin Moor and you'll know why Sir John Betjeman had a
life-long love affair with Cornwall. Read the works of Rosamunde
Pilcher, Winston Graham or the county's own poet, John Harris,
all you'll feel Cornwall's heart.
Inspiration here spills out in music, dance and theatre. Sometimes
wild and dark, often amusing, always engaging, you'll find
it on harbour sides, in pubs and in parks, in the grounds
of great houses, on the open-air cliff-top stage of the Minack
Theatre, and in the many festivals.
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Minack Theatre
The Minack Theatre is a 'must see'. Just a few miles along
the coast an amphitheatre and stage has been formed out of
the cliff overlooking Porthcorno beech. The stunning view alone
is worth seeing even without the joy of the excellent, professionally
produced plays and musicals that form the year round programme.
Make sure you hire out the cushion and back rest!
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Events and festivals
Chysauster
Ancient Village
Open: Daily, April To September, 10 am - 6 pm October 10 am
- 5 pm.
Closed 1 November To 31 March.
The West of Cornwall is rich in prehistory. Man and nature
have combined to produce many mysterious sites, including
this ancient 'village'. Chysauster was occupied in the Romano-British
period and comprises of 8 stone walled homesteads known as
'courtyard houses'. Each house had an open central courtyard
surrounded by rooms, roofed with turf or thatch.
English Heritage
Newmill
Penzance
Cornwall
TR20 8XA
Tel: + 44 (0)1566 774911
Fax: + 44 (0)1566 772396
Men
an Tol
(Holed stone, early Bronze Age).
A holed stone with two uprights at either end. Perhaps originally
part of a stone circle. Enigmatic monument.
Madron
Penzance
Cornwall
Golowan
Festival
17th - 25th June 2006
An Annual Festival held in Penzance. Street Markets, Performers,
Giant Carnival Imagery and Parades.
The Barbican
Battery road
Penzance
Cornwall
TR18 4EF
Tel: 01736 332211
Fax: 01736 333332
Tom Bawcock's Eve
Celebrated every year on the 23rd December
Mousehole
Earth, Health and Mystic Fayre
5th & 6th August 2006
St John's Hall, Penzance
St Ives Beer Festival
2-4 June 2006
St Ives Summer Festival
09-23 September 2006
Music - Visual Arts - Poetry - Literature - Theatre - Cinema
For more information
http://www.cornwalltouristboard.co.uk/default.asp
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Gwell Enys & Vesta, 1 Parc An Gate, Mousehole, Penzance, Cornwall,
TR19 6TT Tel: 01736 731556 - Email:
info@gwellenys.co.uk |
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