West Cornwall is the perfect base to visit the Isles of Scilly

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The Isles of Scilly: Cornwall or Caribbean.

To think, perhaps to dream, of a quiet place, a place of great beauty, washed by azure seas, golden beaches, dramatic cliff;  to wander perhaps across lonely moors and breath-taking coastal vistas. A possibility to find peace and come back to an inner serenity. Of course that place is within us, but sometimes we have to leave our lives for a while and find a place to for this soul of ours to take refuge, to lose the grip of the frantic activity of a mind confused with worries, anxieties and a lack of ease. The demands of life today have the ability to overwhelm our mind and our senses and we get lost for a time. We all need the space to clear all this bombardment to be able to see clearly once again.

Abbey Gardens Tresco

Tresco’s Abbey Gardens

Of course, so far from everywhere, West Cornwall is just the place to come back to an inner peace. A tranquillity where thought can once again come from a place of clarity.

We are spoilt here for choice to just find a place to sit and gaze at the waves or wander through the glories of our natural beauty. Many people have also found that the Isles of Scilly also offer a place of peace of tranquillity and harks back to an earlier and more innocent time.

 St Martins Beach Isles of Scilly

Lower Town Beach on St Martin’s

Bathed by the waters of the Atlantic, with beaches reminiscent more of Caribbean islands than anything else found in Northern Europe, the Isles of Scilly and West Cornwall attract world-weary souls from the world over.

The Mount Haven Hotel near Penzance is popular as a stop over to and from the Isles of Scilly convenient both for the Scillonion ferry and Land’s End Airport.

Our guide to a holiday on the Isles of Scilly>>

St Michael’s Mount is the jewel in Cornwall’s crown.

The Mount Haven Hotel in Marazion

Sitting in one of the world’s ’10 Most Beautiful Bays’ is the jewel in Cornwall’s crown, St Michael’s Mount. Luckily for the Mount Haven, the hotel enjoys the most beautiful sea views towards this iconic natural beauty. Most of bedrooms of Mount Haven have amazing sea views and balconies enjoying this beautiful site or enjoy alfresco dining on our amazing terrace.

St Michael’s Mount in West Cornwall has an astonishing history which might explain why visitors often speak of an incredible sense of peace they experience when they visit us. Into pre-history the Mount has been regarded as a sacred site. Penwith, or West Cornwall was known as Belarion in the ancient world. Bel was the Druid Sun God and the Mount was his sacred site. Pilgrims came from all over to visit the Mount. In the 5th century AD the Mount was Christianised and dedicated to the Archangel Michael when a group of local fishermen were struck by an incredible vision of light over the Mount which appeared as the great St Michael. Linked with Skellig Michael island in Ireland and Mont St Michel in France, religious orders went into beehive huts to meditate and pray for the world and humanity.To this day Mont St Michel is still continuing a practice with monks living on site. The area around the Mount has attracted many healers and people of all spiritual practice to come and live in its proximity today. The vibrations of all the prayers of the contemplatives has certainly created an area of very special energy.

St Michael's Mount

Our Famous Neighbour

It has been discovered that the large rock in front of the current castle, to the west of the Mount is the node point (or meeting point) of four very powerful ley (or energy) lines.   These are the St Michael, St Mary, Apollo and Athene lines.  Where four major ley lines meet it known as a ‘portal’ where the dimensions of reality become vaguer and crossover into different realities are enabled. This would explain the many visions of great saints and even Jesus that have been reported over the years and still happy to this day. But whatever one’s beliefs are most people feel the Mount is definitely ‘special’, even if they can’t quite work out why!

Read our unique of history of over 2000 years on St Michael’s Mount>>

The last bus to the Mount!

The last bus to the Mount!

Images courtesy of West Cornwall Photos a unique photo blog of West Cornwall.

 

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