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of accommodation, from a restored airstream and a countryside cabin to supremely posh
B&B-cum-holiday apartment in the turreted Halzephron House.
Halzephron Inn
( 01326-240406;
www.halzephron-inn.co.uk
; mains £10.95-18.50)
You couldn't ask for a better place
for a pint than this 500-year-old pub, balanced on the cliffs above Gunwalloe. It's white-
washed, slate-roofed, and full of nooks and niches - and the food is always reliably good
(especially the Sunday roast).
PUB
££
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Mullion
Tucked away on the Lizard's west side is Mullion, handily placed for three of the penin-
sula's prettiest beaches:
Mullion Cove
, with a characteristically Cornish cluster of harbour,
boats and cottages;
Polurrian
, the most remote and dramatic of the three, only accessible via
the coast path; and
Poldhu
, favoured by families thanks to its facilities (and ice cream
shop).
Poldhu's other claim to fame is as the site of the world's first radio transmission, sent
from Poldhu Point across 2000 miles of the Atlantic to St John's in Newfoundland by the
Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi in 1901. The little
Marconi Centre
( 01326-574441;
http://marconi-centre-poldhu.org.uk
;
times vary, check website)
was opened in 2001 to mark the cen-
tenary. Volunteer radio enthusiasts fill you in on the Marconi story, and there are short-
wave radio sets to mess about with. A plaque in a nearby field marks the site of the origin-
al transmission station.
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Lizard Point & Around
Five miles south from Mullion, Britain reaches its southernmost tip at Lizard Point, histor-
ically one of Britain's deadliest patches of coast. Hundreds of ships have come to grief
around the point over the centuries, from Spanish treasure galleons to naval frigates. It's a
mecca for scuba divers, as well as coastal walkers who flock to the clifftops to bask in the
scenery.
