Penzance looks out over Mount's Bay with St Michael’s Mount in the distance, well known for its shops, galleries and old pubs, Penzance retains a large amount of character and feels Cornish. It has retained a lot of the local feel, traditional pubs, festivals, a rich heritage around fishing and boat building and has avoided in becoming a tourist dominated town. Today, you still get the feel around the town that this is real Cornwall, from the thick accents to the working nature of the town, it has avoided becoming a tourist enclave and retains the feel of real Cornwall.
Penzance has a vibrant artist background that sits alongside the working feel of the town, blending its maritime past with a quirky, bohemian present. Its historic streets are lined with Georgian and Regency architecture, narrow streets and pubs, once famed as the drinking den of pirates and smugglers. This is real Cornwall, a town that is proud of its heritage and culture. There are a number of traditional stone built Cornish holiday cottages in Penzance, modern holiday homes and thatched holiday cottages in the nearby villages, a great selection here for you to view. If you need more, have a look at some holiday parks around the Penzance area here and more caravan parks and lodges parks around Cornwall as options for holiday accommodation.
