The area is rich in dramatic cliffs, golden beaches, rocky and wooded valleys, moorland, rolling farm land, and hidden coves; much of it is designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The intricate arrangement of stone-hedged fields and stone-walled homesteads that can be seen all over the peninsula have been created by continuous farming by the Cornish over the last 5000 years.

West Penwith has more ancient and historic sites than any other area of Britain, ranging from stone age to iron age monuments and settlements. There are stone circles, 90 standing stones, holy wells, numerous hill forts, iron age village settlements, quoits, and burial barrows. Cornwall's earliest history is of special interest, mainly because many of the structures erected by the earliest inhabitants of the area are still in place.

Touring around West Penwith today, you can find stone field enclosures that date back to the time of the pyramids, burial sites dating back 5,000 years, stone circles dating back to the Bronze Age, and even well preserved ancient villages.

There are other relatively modern 'wonders' such as the Minack Open Air Theatre, the brainchild of Rowena Cade, who lived at Minack House overlooking Porthcurno Bay. The Minack Museum is well worth visiting if your are touring, and if you are staying longer, then there's nothing more special than booking a seat, and experiencing a live performance of a Shakespearian play on a balmy summers eve in this wonderful open air theatre.

Porthcurno is also the location of the Telegraph Museum, where in 1870, the place became an important centre of international communications when a chain of telegraph cables linking Britain with India was completed.

Who could visit west Cornwall and not be captivated by Marazion and the mystical St Michaels Mount, the jewel in Cornwall's crown, sitting high on a rocky mount in Mount's Bay. The Mount is accessed by a submerged causeway, revealed at low tide, which was once walked by ancient pilgrims in days of yore.