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Plymouth Accommodation
Boat trips from Plymouth Harbour, near the Mayflower Steps, Plymouth
Smeaton's Tower, Plymouth. Tickets at the Plymouth Dome
Plymouth Gin Museum & Shop. Love Gin, love Plymouth Gin!
Tinside Lido on the Plymouth Coast, now beautifully renovatedPlymouth Devon Tourist Information Mayflower Pilgrims Plymouth Barbican
Plymouth, the capital and historic hub of maritime Devon is a superb city indeed. There's a choice of museums focusing on Plymouth's historic maritime history from the Pilgrim Fathers to famous names such as Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh. Discover superb art galleries, arts and crafts shops, and a fantastic quay lined with chic bars and cafes.
Plymouth is home to a huge university, so it has a vibrant student side to it. Great shopping, fantastic museums, the historic Barbican quayside, a revived beautiful seafront lido, a famous lighthouse, ample boat-trips around the Sound, and lots for the kids such as Plymouth's great aquarium. A south west cultural hotspot indeed, Plymouth is a joy and marked by its Elizabethan celebrities and rich merchants.
Plymouth Tourist Information
Plymouth Devon, is an absolute joy for a Devon city break, or day trip taking in the many attractions the city has to offer. Hop on the Plymouth the trail of those Plymouth Pilgrims who boarded the Mayflower in September 1620 and anchored at Cape Cod 66 days later, and now ingrained in American consciousness. The Plymouth Pilgrims and their preparations for sail in Plymouth are given due credit of course at the superby Plymouth Mayflower Exhibition on the Quay opposite their own monument, the Mayflower steps. Think again on Plymouth as contemporary Plymouth, as you'd expect from a contemporary university city, it's alive and kicking. Plymouth Quay and the attractions around historic Plymouth Hoe and Plymouth Sound are wonderfully accessible.
The Quay is simply a joy, crammed with chic bars and fish restaurants, with a backdrop of narrow side streets full of 'off the wall' specialist shops on the clothing and quirky gift side. Plymouth's Central Museum and Art Gallery is a diverse mix of exhibitions on Plymouth past and present, with a real focus on social history and the list is endless for things to do, including an aquarium, boat trips out from the sound, walks along the historic Plymouth Hoe promenade, lots of de-luxe cafes, historic Elizabethan Merchant homes, Sir Francis Drake titbits, a revamped deco lido on Plymouth's front and the Plymouth Gin exhibition. Plymouth is more than a pleasant surprise!
For a comprehensive guide to Plymouth checkout the city's tourist webguide link right, and for historic Plymouth city tours see Plymouth Discovery Tours, tel. 07743794234. (weblink right for tour times and details).
Plymouth Tourist Information Centre, 3-5 The Barbican, Plymouth. Tel: 01752 306330, open May to October, every day 10am-4pm. November to April, Mondays to Saturdays 10am-4pm.
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