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Artists
There is something special about the quality of the light in St Ives which appeals to landscape (or seascape) artists and which is felt to be unique to West Cornwall. As a result of the artistic heritage of St Ives, the new St Ives Tate Gallery - a branch of the London Tate Gallery - was built and opened in 1993. Go out and about or sit in one of the bay windows in the Quayside (see above panorama). Walkers Cornish coastal path Starting from your front door. You walk over jutting headlands and long curves of beach. The most spectacular stretch ensues, with jagged granite ridges running down into a turquoise sea, like primaeval monsters going for a drink. In between lie hidden sandy coves and tiny hamlets such as Zennor and Morvah, which seem to grow organically out of the rocky landscape. Golfers Tregenna
Castle Golf Course Set in the magnificent grounds of Tregenna Castle Hotel the parkland
course is a challenge to even the low handicapped golfer. With narrow
fairways, small greens, fabulous views of St Ives and the Bay and a new
19th hole it is a course not to be missed! Romantic Cornwall is one of the most scenically beautiful counties with many varied attractions, and St Ives is well placed for visiting most. Within easy driving distance is the amazing Eden Project, St.Michael's Mount, Minack Theatre, Land's End, Museums, Galleries, National trust Properties, wonderful Sub Tropical Gardens and the Heliport for trips to the magical Isles of Scilly. The local romantic restaurants and bars stay open all year and the pretty Dickensian streets are a delight to wander through in the midst of the St Ives mild winters.
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