ST IVES
Aug 12, 2022
3 minutes
WORDS NATASHA FOGES
St Ives is as pretty as a picture. Its tangle of ancient alleys opens out to reveal a harbour whose clear, lagoon-like waters mix shades of blue that you’ll find in no artist’s palette – though countless artists have tried to recreate it over the years.
Many painters set up their easels on ‘The Island’ – actually a headland, dividing the Porthmeor area to the north-west from Porthminster to the east and south – which has spectacular views of the town and harbour. The little Chapel of St Nicholas here was once
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