Affordable, superior bay view and excellent service are reason enough to take a train from London. Walking distance from train station and car hire.

Penzance Railway Station is just southwest of it.

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Pub just off the seafront. Excellent beer, usually busy but with a landlord that has time for anyone coming in, regardless of whether they are regulars or, like me, twice a year visitors on the way to or from the Scilly Isles.

Also worth a try, especially if arriving off the Scilly Isles ferry, is the Dolphin pub opposite the quay. A twice-a-year ritual for me and my friends that go with me to Scilly is the walk from the B&B in Alexandra Road to the Dolphin for a meal along the seafront and then to return to the Alexandra afterwards before returning to the B&B.

Can be beautiful, but can be bracing and hairy if the wind's blowing from the south and the tide's up. Watch the local kids dodging (not always successfully) the waves breaking over the seawall.

Alexandra Road, Penzance TR18 4LY. 01736365165

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'The Cove' is a set of stunning apartments cut into the hills 200 yards from Lamorna Cove. The apartments are self-catering, although there is a great on-site restaurant (that also serves food in your room.)

Best bits were the friendly staff, the private pool with amazing views to the cove and the hot chocolate croissants delivered to your door each morning. Fairly costly but excellent value and a very desirable setting.

Lamorna Cove
www.thecovecornwall.com/

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This is a wondrous, fun place to stay, filled with paintings floor to ceiling, old and new, fabulous and not quite so, most by local artists.

Each room is different. Ours was huge with a view over the rooftops of the town to the sea.

There's also a lovely walled garden and an excellent restaurant. The town itself is fun to walk around and St Michael's Mount is nearby.

A helicopter will take you to the island of Tresco for a look at the famous Abbey Garden and a good day out.

There are wonderful artists in Penzance too. We bought a painting by American artist, Kathy Todd, who now lives in Penzance. After our time there we drove further along the coast to St. Ives, another magical spot.

Chapel House, Chapel Street, Penzance

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Seven simple, elegant rooms with sea views in an 18th-century house which was once a Portuguese embassy. Lots of arty stuff going on downstairs in the arts club, like jazz nights and life-drawing classes. The Frog Fish cafe in the basement serves good local seafood and organic meat.

Accommodation starting at £35pp with the full English and is a great deal.

01736 363761
www.penzanceartsclub.co.uk.

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