Located in one of the world's most beautiful bays, Penzance enjoys its reputation for excellent restaurants and cafés (it is reputed to have more restaurants and eating houses per capita then New York) and as one of the friendliest towns in Cornwall.
As the business centre of West Cornwall and the focus of commercial activity for the whole Lands End Peninsula, you would be right to expect a bustling, thriving town. Yet Penzance still manages to be true to its heritage and always maintains its olde worlde atmosphere, the town successfully retaining its charm while simultaneously keeping pace with the specific demands of the 21st century.
One can find delightful oases of calm amongst the bustle, such as the impressive Penzance Museum and Art Gallery, which houses a substantial collection of paintings, notably from the Newlyn School of artists; and the Morrab Gardens, a delightful haven with a profusion of flowers and palm trees.