Mr & Mrs Smith

Treat yourself to an unusual ice-cream from Willy Waller’s Ice Cream Factory (+44 (0)1736 795761), where flavours include blackcurrant and liquorice and lavender and honey. Watch a play at the Minack, the outdoor theatre built into the cliffs at Porthcurno, near Land’s End. Check out the collection of works by local and international potters at St Ives Ceramics on Fish Street (+44 (0)1736 794930). The Tate St Ives on Porthmeor Beach (+44 (0)1736 796226) has a world-class permanent collection and a rather good exhibition guestlist, too. St Ives Ceramics on Fish Street (+44 (0)1736 794930). The Tate St Ives on Porthmeor Beach (+44 (0)1736 796226) has a world-class permanent collection and a rather good exhibition guestlist, too.

Ask for a table upstairs at Alba (01736 797222), a seafood restaurant built into the old lifeboat station on the harbour in St Ives, and enjoy some Fowey mussels and Cornish crab. Settle onto the decking area of the Porthminster Café (+44 (0)1736 795352) and spend the afternoon or evening trying out its excellent seafood (the fish and chips and squid with miso are especially good). Juicy burgers await at eco-friendly Blas Burgers (+44 (0)1736 797272), a relaxed and informal eatery where the furniture’s made from driftwood and all takeaway boxes are biodegradeable. Vegetarians can bring their own wine along to Spinacio’s (+44 (0)1736 798818) for herbivorous feasts overlooking the harbour.

The cocktails come with views at The Hub (01736 799099) on the seafront in St Ives. Try out your Cornish by chatting with the locals at the oldest pub in town – The Sloop (01736 796584) by the harbour is a perfect sun spot in the summer.