Charlestown harbour seen from the clifftop, with its harbour walls, turquoise water and the headland under a blue sky

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Start at Penlee House Gallery, then lunch on Chapel Street. If the weather lifts, the boats to St Michael's Mount run from Marazion. Want places to stay nearby?

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