St Ives Harbour

£0–£15outdoorSt Ives, Cornwall

St Ives' working fishing harbour with turquoise water, cobbled lanes, and the best light in England.

£0–£15 per person

The harbour has been drawing artists since Turner, and the light here is genuinely different, something to do with the peninsula position and reflections off the Atlantic on three sides. Cobbled streets, net lofts, whitewashed cottages, and boats that actually still go out fishing.

Walk the wharf at low tide, swim from Harbour Beach, eat a crab sandwich from one of the seafront shacks. Simple, perfect, unavoidably beautiful.

Address

St Ives Harbour, St Ives TR26 1LP

Weather

Best on dry days

Vibes