Cornwall holidays
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Country diary: Sharp Tor, Bodmin Moor Turf hummocks mask mine workings beside the old railway, which weaves between flowering gorse
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The popular Cornwall visitor attraction plans a 109-room hotel designed to blend into the landscape and make use of local materials
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Sorry to mention it just as the long, hot summer draws to a close, but unless you hurry it will be too late to bag a festive cottage. Here are our choices for romance, partying, winter walks and great pubs
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Local businesses welcome attention from visitors soaking up setting of much-loved BBC drama as it returns for second series
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Come for the extraordinary locations, stay for the Michelin-starred chefs and historic pubs
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Unplugging is always a good way to relax, but a new Cornish retreat makes a virtue of it, putting guests in touch with their arty side and the natural world instead
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Ahhhhhh!!!! Zipwire over a lake at 40mph or plunge from a giant pendulum 50 metres above it. They’ll love it
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The holder of the South West Coast Path fastest known time talks custard, crying and falling asleep on his feet
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Bathers enjoyed a bracing swim in one of Europe’s few remaining saltwater lidos when Cornwall’s Jubilee Pool reopened at the weekend following a £3m restoration
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Country Diary: St Dominic, Tamar Valley They dance the length of the expanding bank, like a strange flock of black-feathered waders in the distance
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Three-mile stretch of sand is top in list based on TripAdvisor reviews and ratings
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The world’s largest indoor rainforest certainly delivers the wow factor, but the focus on fun and educational activities, sustainability and healthy food also helps to create a great family-friendly excursion
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What with electric bicycles, giant underground zipwires and inland surfing there’s a whole lot of new outdoor adventures to be had in the UK’s holiday hotspots, even if it’s pouring
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Country Diary St Breward, Bodmin Moor: Skylarks sing above this expanse where drifts of flowering grasses mix with stony outcrops
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Azure seas, sub-tropical gardens and white sand beaches and just 15 minutes from Cornwall … Gavin McOwan on the Isles of Scilly’s top places to eat, sleep and enjoy
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Letters: The National Trust’s silence on this issue is also deeply disturbing, in contrast to its admirable recent effort to protect the north Wales coast
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Figures show decline in inappropriate behaviour and criminal activity since 2009 after public protests, helping Cornish town to shed ‘wild west’ image
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Hits at Visit Cornwall’s website have spiked since the first episode aired, and the swashbuckling drama is good news for Poldark mine and other local businesses
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Jorge Pereira, a miner, wins open savoury category for his empanada Chilena at the Eden Project in Cornwall, while an 88-year-old takes the amateur title
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Country Diary Tintagel, Cornwall: Maybe this fortification was linked to earlier veneration of the Great Bear or Arth Fawr
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A string of beautiful bays, mesmerising sea, brilliant sand and – naturally – a Cornish cream tea
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Country Diary: Danescoombe, Tamar Valley Before the viaduct was completed in 1908, granite, ores, bricks and arsenic were brought along the East Cornwall mineral line to this place
Take the kids to … Take the kids to … Tintagel, Cornwall