Why Newquay in Cornwall continues to be so popular for holidays is apparent when you look at the map. Newquay has a myriad of beaches and miles of sand for holidaymakers: Newquay Bay, Fistral Beach, Crantock Beach and more. It is a busy location, ideal for people who like lively places, shopping, going out for meals, pubs and clubs.
Traditionally Newquay was known for its palms in the days when palm trees were a novelty in England and had a little bit of an older people's resort reputation. Nowadays there are more pubs and clubs than any one person can visit during the course of a holiday.
People who like their food will enjoy the 'taste of Cornwall', all those delicious seafood meals including oysters. If you're a foodie, there are fish, oyster and Cornish food and drink festivals to enjoy at the right time of year. The Newquay Fish Festival is on during the second week of September.
As you would expect for a tourist town, there is a year round programme of events (more during the summer months) including all kinds of activities, even surf boat racing and a surf relief festival in mid July.
For the energetic there is a selection of cycle paths that form part of the Cornish Way, also cycle hire outlets in Newquay itself if you haven't brought your bicycle. See the Cornish countryside from the back of a back.
A peaceful self catering holiday can still be yours if you rent a self catering cottage near Newquay so that you have the advantage of peace and quiet combined with proximity of all the excitement of a popular Cornish tourist town.
Self catering holiday cottages near Newquay are shown below or use the Cottage Search Assistant to identify seaside cottages in Cornwall or dogs welcome cottages in Cornwall, depending on what it is you are looking for in a cottage holiday.
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