Cornwall is a county located at the most southwestern coast of England, which forms the tip of the peninsula British Isles. Cornwall is known for its beautiful coastal areas and towns (north and south coasts) and impressive cliffs formed at the coastline. The farthest point of Cornwall juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. More info about Cornwall here.

(Image source: Google maps)

(Image source: Google maps)

Note: Photos from all the places I went in Cornwall (in no particular order) will follow after the whole (but short) story. :p

I went to Cornwall last summer (in May) when my brother and sister visited us from Malaysia. We rented a car and drove down to the southwestern coast of England, along with my cousin, who is studying in Greenwich. The journey took us 6 loooong hours driving through the boring highway (although I wasn't driving, it was still tiring from sitting in the car for too long :p). My husband drove the whole way and I read the map (I meant GPS - who reads map nowadays. haha).

Our first destination upon our arrival was to go to The Minack Theater, located at Porthcurno, Penzance, which is at the very far end of Cornwall (refer to map above). It was pretty late in the evening so we didn't go into the amphitheater because they were preparing for that night's performance. So we ended up walking around the surrounding landscape instead. The walk on the cliff overlooking the North Atlantic Ocean, and it was really lively and peaceful (that's how I would describe it) - you get decent sea breeze while walking through the wildflowers while having perfect views along the way.

After that, we went to the Land's End landmark to catch the sunset there. Since it was still late spring, the weather was pretty chilly and very windy. We took some photos and left after a short while as we still needed to find the hostel we booked prior to the trip.

We stayed the night at YMCA Penzance Backpackers Hostel, which was a very nice hostel; comfortable and very clean. The hostel was located not far from Land's End landmark either. After resting from our long journey and freshened up, we went out to get dinner later that night.

The next morning, we decided to go back to Porthcurno again for The Minack Theater. Entrance into the theater area was £4.50 for adults (see here for more info). My first impression was that the whole theater and the view surrounding it was so graceful and ravishing. I was amazed by the beautiful and detailed design within the landscape - I feel like it has some Greek feel to it for some reason. The color scheme of the green plants/grass against the contrasting grey rocks made it look so perfect! To be perfectly honest, if it weren't for the little time that we had, I could just stay there all day enjoying the view. To top it all, while we were there, some of the performers were rehearsing for that night's performance. The ambience was so lively; with the nice warm weather and we were by the sea and there were music playing in the air. It was just unforgettable. :)

After spending some time at The Minack Theater, we hit the road again to our next destination; The St. Michael's Mount. We took some photos but didn't stay long at St. Michael's Mount because we needed to head back to London that very same day and we didn't want to arrive too late at night.











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THE MINACK THEATER

The Minack Theater is one of the world's famous open-air amphitheater constructed on granite cliffs jutting out into the ocean. It was created by Rowena Cade in the early 1930s for outdoor performances and until today, the theater puts on musical and drama performances during summer - but the theater is open for visit all year round.











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ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT

St. Michael's Mount is a small island mount located near Marazion town. The path to reach to mount is a man-made granite walkway and you can walk through to the mount when tide is low (which happens to be the case while we were there :p). You can enter the doorway to the castle and explore deeper into the mount's history and discover the ancient past of the castle. More info on price and opening times here.








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LAND'S END

The Land's End is a landmark symbolizing the promontory land of England. The next land across the Atlantic Ocean at this end is the United States. There is a tourist center provided in this area along with cafés and restaurants for you to enjoy your visit. More info on activities see here.