From the Easter holidays until Christmas, west Cornwall is jolly hols writ large. West Cornwall seemed wilder, more elemental. What inspired them about west Cornwall was plein air landscape painting. Not only will you eat well — this is peak season for sardines, wild sea bass and monkfish — there’s little need for advance reservations. It’s also everything you come to west Cornwall for.

Source: The Times February 17, 2026 17:18 UTC