We visited in a hot Saturday in late July so knew it would be busy but it was grim busy…read more Shops too busy to move, full of overpriced tat, restaurants the same - place was dirty and full or very loud rude tourists Definitely give this one a miss in the summer months

One of the nicest fishing harbours in Cornwall. Plenty of places to eat and drink (even during the…read morepandemic). Quaint streets with wonderful shops. Loads of places to buy your real Cornish Pastie. We did and it was delicious. TIP; if driving then parking is a real pain. Most car parks are high up and it's a steep walk down and back again. Try taking the Park and Ride train from St Erth. Reasonable price with fab views from the train. Then a short reasonably flat walk to the harbour.

A lovely shop full of typical sea and coast-related souvenirs. There is a lot of kitsch on offer…read morebut in case you have a closer look you can find some tasteful souvenirs as well. The lady running this shop is really friendly and helpful. So why not have a look...

Super Auswahl an Mal & Künstlerbedarf um sich direkt damit ans Meer zu setzten und anzufangen zu…read moremalen. Ausserdem Bilder und andere Produkte & tolle Geschenke. Fancy to go an paint near the sea? Here you find everything you need to start. Furthermore Pictures and other products & lots of great gifts.

This shop is my favourite in Newquay, it's pure the clothes are made from fair-trade, all the…read morethings are handmade locally and unique. Friendly workers make the products themselves with the help of local fishermen. It's super impressive and great things for souvenirs and gifts, if you're in Newquay VISIT THIS SHOP!

Been there a few times and never excited, but this time I really regretted travelling from Newquay…read moreand wasting time! Expensive!! Strange layout and feel. General exhibition rather disjointed. History of the Pirates Exhibition: DISSAPOINTING: superficial, without much educational value. Would have been more interesting looking up the subject on Wikipedia etc. Privateers such as Walter Rayleigh, Francis Drake should have been mentioned! That is a big part of British History! Instead a big section about LGBT+ pirates ("Queer Pirates")... really? To put the icing on the cake (not literally) the the kitchen staff (rude plump older woman) in the food and drink area jumped in my face when I dared to ask a question about missing drink (politely!).

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth is a major attraction, but at UKP 13.50 it is…read morealso relatively expensive, maybe too expensive. Yes, the ticket allows you to re-visit the museum free of charge within the next 12 months., but how many people will actually take advantage of this? Very few, I presume. The museum itself is quite impressive, especially its spectacular, huge main hall (see photos) with a variety of boats, some of them famous, most of which are suspended from the floor. There is both printed and screen-terminal information on the history and type of the boats, so from an educational angle this is truly well done. "15 galleries" the museum promises, but try as I might my count is substantially lower. This might be because at the time of my visit, several rooms were occupied by a major temporary exhibition, "Titanic Stories". That display has attracted significant publicity - and because of its subject - will no doubt also attract a significant number of visitors. Personally, I found it rather to be a collection of book pages presented as display panels, as there is a lot more to read than to see. The only substantial object *from* the Titanic is one of its lifeboats - and it is a replica! The remaining objects are a motley assortment of minor pieces either from the Titanic or the Carpathia, but most of the exhibition is concerned with the "myth" the Titanic story created and how it found its way into books, movies and even board games. Frankly, I found the collection well presented but underwhelming. As for the rest of the galleries, there is e.g. a "Cornwall Gallery" which details the nautical history of the region, and another one specifically on Falmouth history. Illuminating, certainly, but nothing to occupy one for very long. From the top floor you have an impressive view over Falmouth harbour and parts of the town, and there's a large café for visitors which I did not visit (the area offers plenty of solid restaurants right next to the museum). The small fry get an opportunity to play with toy boats in the museum's indoor pool - another family-friendly feature. The presentation itself is certainly convincing. Content-wise, I was hoping for more.

The perfect bar to hangout at! You can bring outside food to enjoy alongside your drink, browse the…read morebookstore (books averaging at around £5), and play some games.

Great selection of beers and books ... what more can you ask for? Apparently there is more you can…read moreask for including ping pong table and pinball machines!

Wetherspoons in Truro (called Try dower in Cornish) is on the Lemon Quay in Truro, with the same…read moreWetherspoons menu and drinks as Fal and others (although a little bit more costly, it is the City after all). The layout is a faux oldy worldy bar, with brass and wood everywhere and loads of old books on shelves at the back of the bar, if you get the chance have a brief glance over them (there's some beauties from the early 1900's). For Truro it's probably the cheapest place to get a pint and the food is very cheap, it does get very busy at lunchtimes though, there is loads of seating inside and it stretches pretty far back. The food service is very fast, longest we've ever waited is 10 minutes but the bar service can be the same as Falmouth, sometimes a good 10 minutes stood waiting. But then if your after a cheap, quickish drink and sandwich then you can't go wrong.

Food is good but takes ages on a busy night staff serve friends before people that have been…read morewaiting ages will not be going back here in a hurry.