Boscastle's nearest neighbour, Tintagel, is famed as the home of the legendary King Arthur. You can explore the castle, the ruins of the 13th Century fortress of the Earls of Cornwall. In the village you'll also find the Old Post Office, dating from the 14th Century and now one of the National Trust's smallest and most unusual attractions. On a grander scale you can visit other nearby National Trust properties, Lanhydrock, Trerice and Cotehele.

 No visit to Cornwall is complete without a trip to the Eden Project. At Orchard Lodge you're less than an hour's journey away from the “living theatre of plants”, set among the moonscape of old china clay workings near St. Austell.

 Boscastle is far from being North Cornwall's only picturesque harbour: There are plenty to choose from including Port Isaac - TV's
Port Wenn in the Doc Martin series starring Martin Clunes and home of the Fisherman's Friends. A little further down the coast call in at Padstow, home of Rick Stein's famous Seafood Restaurant and Great British Menu winner, Paul Ainsworth. Both are just a short distance from the much-filmed Elizabethan manor, Prideaux Place.

 If surfing's your thing, there are beaches aplenty including Polzeath, Widemouth Bay and Newquay, where celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has his restaurant Fifteen at Watergate Bay.

 For those who prefer to keep their feet dry there's excellent walking and cycling around Boscastle. Apart from the South West Coastpath and many other delightful rights of way, you can trek over Bodmin Moor with its lowering peaks, Roughtor and Brown Willy. Join the Camel Trail at Wadebridge for seventeen miles of easy, car-free cycling. For more information about how we can help with your cycling and walking plans, click here The area is also blessed with good golfing and stables for pony trekking.