No trip to Cornwall is complete without a stroll around the quintessentially Cornish harbour of Mevagissey. Watch fishermen bring their catches ashore, listen to waves gently lapping against bobbing boats and admire the stunning coastal views from your Mevagissey holiday cottage. The village’s white and paint-washed buildings – many of which were once the haunts of Cornish smugglers – perch on the slopes of the hills encircling the pretty harbour, where boats jostle for space, sea trips take visitors around the local bays and a ferry shuttles passengers to the bigger port of Fowey and back.
Once the centre of the pilchard fishing industry, Mevagissey is now more famous for fish and seafood: order Fowey river mussels, St Austell scallops or local crab. This is the place for fresh fish and chips, eaten from a wrap while you explore the narrow streets and their collection of gift shops, craft workshops and galleries, before returning to put your feet up in your Mevagissey holiday home.