Cornwall (Penzance) Hotels

Cornwall, or Penwith to use its Cornish name, is a place apart from the rest of England, sometimes called an Island Kingdom since it is almost entirely separated by sea and river from the remainder of the country, surrounded by the sea from the English Channel on the south to St Ives Bay and the Atlantic Ocean on the north.The Cornish are proud of their heritage and everywhere in West Cornwall are reminders of its past industrial greatness - the mine stacks and engine houses of the old tin and copper mines, some perched in impossible locations on the very edge of steep granite cliffs. A rich history over thousands of years is captured in the Bronze and Iron Age relics and ancient stone crosses. From moorland and the rugged cliffs of the north and west coasts to the soft tranquillity of the sub-tropical climate of the south,