No flights, no passports, and rockpools that entertain small children for entire tides. Cornwall earns its place with surf schools for teens at Polzeath and Fistral, the Eden Project for rainy days and crabbing off every harbour wall. Base near St Ives or Padstow for the best mix of beach and food. Take the body boards; buy the pasties; accept the occasional sideways shower.
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