Penzance is one of Cornwall's most attractive towns, with its position in the beautiful Mounts Bay, with St Michael's Mount rising out of the sea like a fairy tale island and its special Celtic spirit. Penzance is famous for its connections with the sea immortalised by the musical 'The Pirates of Penzance'. The nearby fishing villages of Mousehole and Newlyn (home to one of the largest fishing fleets in the UK) both offer unique educational experiences. Penzance is surrounded by beautiful beaches, cliffs and countless evidence of the combination of early Christian and Celtic cultures. It is also an ideal place from which to explore the Lands End peninsular and West Cornwall where visitors find a rich variety of places to explore like St Ives.

• The Penzance and District Museum and Art Gallery in Penlee Park
• The Maratime Museum - includes the history of many famous shipwrecks
• The port with the Scillonian link to the Scilly Isles
• St. Michael's Mount, the sacred isle of myth and history
• The Geevor Mining Museum near St Just. Visit also the Geevor Tin Mine, both on the surface and underground, deep inside the granite heart of Cornwall
• The Levant Tin Mine - the oldest working beam engine in Cornwall
• St. Ives and the Tate Gallery
• The Porthcurno Museum of Submarine Telegraphy offers a unique insight into the world's first direct telegraphic link (from the UK to Australia and the Far East. Modern digital communicatins and computer techniques eveolved directly from equipment developed at Porthcurno in the 1920's
• Chysauster - this Iron Age village unearthed is an archaeological jewel
• The Minack Theatre - a unique setting in cliffs overlooking the sea
• Flambards Theme Park - 'Britain in the Blitz' recreated here
• The Seal Sanctuary in Gweek - where sick seals are rescued and restored to health
• Falmouth's medieval castle of Pendennis and national Maratime museum
• The Eden Project - the world class futuristic environmental centre with tropical and Mediterranean biospheres, an education centre and amphitheatre with stage