Thoroughly updated and significantly expanded in this new fourth edition Bradt’s Cornwall &
The Isles of Scilly (Slow Travel) is the most well-established guide to a perennially popular
British county. Offering in-depth exploration of both frequently visited and less-well-known
destinations it is written in a friendly engaging style and includes up-to-date listings of
the best (and sometimes least obvious) places to eat drink and sleep appealing to all
budgets. Long popular with discerning travelers and foodies and with its fame enhanced by TV
dramas such as Poldark few English counties offer such geographical diversity as does
England’s southwesternmost region. The rugged storm-lashed north coast and wide sandy beaches
favored by surfers lie rarely more than a few miles from the sheltered creeks coves and exotic
gardens of the south. Wild moorland is dotted with Neolithic standing stones and mining
heritage. And just 28 miles from Land’s End the Isles of Scilly offer an exhilarating blend
of tropical exoticism and wild isolation. Cornwall’s connections with the USA are many and
varied ranging from a memorial to Cornish-born Rick Rescorla the World Trade Center’s heroic
security chief who led evacuation efforts on September 11 2001 to artist James Turrell whose
Skyspace stars at Penzance’s Tremenheere garden. The Cornish mining diaspora has a strong
presence in California Pennsylvania and Michigan while Redruth – Cornwall’s mining capital –
is twinned with Mineral Point Wisconsin. Tate St Ives art gallery celebrates abstract
expressionist Mark Rothko’s 1959 visit to the town while 7 500 members of the 29th US Infantry
Division departed the beach below Trebah Gardens en route to 1944’s D-Day landings. Cornwall
rewards people who take a Slow approach to travel. Listen to world-class musicians playing in
tiny rural churches. Explore Bodmin Moor’s Kerdroya a classical labyrinth built of Cornish
stone hedging. Glimpse the future of sustainable technologies at the Eden Project. Discover
where oysters are still harvested traditionally and where the best Cornish ice creams pasties
and cider are made. The ideal companion for a visit Bradt’s Cornwall & The Isles of Scilly
(Slow Travel) is an invitation to imbibe the region’s rich and diverse delights.
