You can hire a jet ski from St Ives Boat Rides too, for an adventure tour. These tours either take you North East, up past Godrevy towards Portreath, or down the coast towards Zennor. Their scones are baked daily, and they even offer vegan scones too, so no one has to miss out on cream tea!

The little chapel at the start of the pier is called St Leonard’s Chapel. It has been there since medieval times and is where the fishermen used to pray before setting out to sea. St Ives Farmers’ Market is held every Thursday morning in The Guildhall on Street-An-Pol in St Ives. It is a wonderful market full of local producers and growers. Well worth a visit! You can’t come to St Ives without going to at least one beach. There are seven of them in St Ives, yes seven! Each one has a different feel, different sand, different sea conditions and often really different weather. They all face different ways, so if the wind is blowing a hoolie on Porthmeor, go round to Harbour Beach and it will (usually) be nice and calm. Most of us at some point or other have dreamt about moving to live in St Ives. For most of us it is an idle dream, for some of us it does happen.There are lots of places offering some quite wonderful spa treatments in St Ives. The big grand hotels have quite elaborate (and expensive) spas with pools. They offer some super spa treatments and you can also pay to use the facilities for the day. There are also a few smaller salons and shops that offer lovely treatments too. Allison was in St Ives to see an exhibition at the Tate and was wandering through town in the vain hope of seeing something up for rent, when she saw that a café had closed. Their cream teas are legendary – think big, mishapen fluffy scones straight from the oven served with local jam, clotted cream and a pot of local tea! Fish & Chips down here in St Ives taste completely different to eating them anywhere up country. The fish tastes fresher, the batter is crispier and the chips are the most chippiest! Honest! Another great place to watch the waves is from a place of warmth any comfort in the big windows of the Pedn Olva Hotel. Sitting there with a glass of something delicious watching the weather come crashing into St Ives is really amazing.

A visit to St Ives is made even better by playing our fun filled game, The Great St Ives Pasty Dash. You will get to know St Ives like never before, and it is the perfect thing to do on a rainy afternoon. I'm not sure I've driven past Iced On The Quay and not seen a queue for it! They do amazing waffles, milkshakes and desserts plus of course amazing ice creams made by Moomaids. Biscoff Iced Coffee, Eton Mess Sundae, v egan chocolate and salted caramel cheesecake, no wonder there is always a queue! They are open daily 10am to 8pm and are right next door to Philps incase you want a Cornish pasty too. For such a small town there is a wonderful array of things to see and do. We don’t have fairground rides, water parks or multiplex cinemas, but we do have lots of fun, quirky and delightful things on offer. The RNLI is a huge part of St Ives. The station sits at the bottom of the aptly named Lifeboat Hill. You can take tours around the station and there is a lovely shop next door where you can buy souveniers.

5. Valenti's Ice Cream Workshop

The one on the left (if you are looking into the car park) is by the freehand aerosol artist Sketch86. It is of a man, a woman and a little dog in the fishing boat SS226. If you look closer there are lots of details such as the Cornish flag and an engine house. Try another classic Cornish delicacy; fish and chips! Read 10 Fish and Chips in St Ives: The Complete Local Food Guide! The main boat trips go to either Seal Island (about 3.5 miles down the coast) or to Godrevy. There are also boats for private charter and fishing trips.