St Ives (Cornwall )in 3 days

This is week 17 of our year out. This week we spent 3 days staying with friends in the beautiful Cornish town of St Ives on the far south west coast of Cornwall. Here is how we spent our 3 days. At the end of the video we talk through the bits we really loved about St Ives and some of things we found a little frustrating.
Best bits :
1) The town is beautiful and typically Cornish. It has a great vibe . You could spend all week there and not have to get back in the car .
2) There are 4 beaches all with a different vibe - Surfing beach- Porthmeor beach , Children friendly beach - Porthgwidden beach . Bamaluz beach - great for open water swimming and we saw a seal. Porthminster beach a great long beach with beautiful white sands

3) Walks and there are plenty.. We liked the Carbis bay Walk - A fab 45 min easy stroll to Carbis bay and the Godivry beach at the end of the St Ives bay - A car ride away but great for surfing, dog walks and pebble stacking.

5) Minack theatre - A must visit. 45 mins from St Ives . A theatre perched on the cliffs overlooking the spectacular panorama of Porthcurno bay. The story of the Minack is a tale of vision, dedication and hard graft of an extraordinary woman, Rowena Cade. There are performances most evenings.

6) Porthcurno beach - One of the most beautiful beaches in the world . Blu/ green seas, white sands , well protected.

7) Night life - We loved to walk post dinner around the streets to the beaches with the dogs. Lots of Restaurant and pubs - We liked the Talay restaurant (Thai food ) overlooking the harbour front - Superb good value food with a cocktail bar down below . Again lots of great pubs but the Sloop Inn was a favourite , a traditional pub on the wharf with good outdoor seating. We also found a Jazz bar on Fore street which had fab cocktails and live music.

Negatives

1) Parking especially in peak season is difficult - You may need to park and ride

2) Dog walking - Many beaches are closed off to dogs from May to September

Thanks to Claire and Roger for a brilliant few days

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