Cornwall or Paris?
 

Friends of mine have been to Paris twice and would return in a moment but have always wanted to see Land's End and that area. They are ready to plan but can't decide between the two.

Any pros/cons for their next trip? I've copied the most recent Cornwall discussion to her.

What would make you choose one over the other, please?

They are completely different trips. Cornwall is nothing like Paris, any more than Acadia National Park is like New York. I love both, but if I wanted an urban trip I would go to Paris, and if I wanted an outdoor trip with great coastal scenery and some cute small towns I would go to Cornwall.

No-one can make that kind of decision for someone else. Tell them to flip a coin. If they don't like the result they will know they should do the opposite.

not even apples and oranges.

No way to compare the two -- sort of like asking Yosemite or New York City . . . who would turn down either one.

Opps -- I didn't see thursdaysd's post. Same-o/same-o :)

Oops - that should be >>Oops<< :)

oh -- and there is no reason they couldn't do both -- one can fly from Paris to the SW UK like Bristol or Exeter, or a bit farther - Southampton)

Cornwall is lovely, but Lands End is to be avoided. The National Trust tired to buy it but sadly they failed. It is now a tatty ripoffery. I seem to remember paying a fiver to park and it went downhill from ten on

Agree about Lands End, but you should be able to park one cove north and walk along the cliffs. Or just enjoy the view from nearby.

Oh -- yes -- there is no reason to go to Land's End (unless simply to tick off a bucket list of some sort).

But the rest of Cornwall (and Devon) are glorious.

This may seem silly but, the older we get , the less comfortable we are driving on the left , esp manual transmission. Our reflexes just are not what they were even 10 years ago.

They may want to consider driving trips, esp UK, while they still can do so. Paris will always be an option, Cornwall may not.

The cove just to the north of Lands End is called Cornwall Cove ( I think :) ) It was once considered the most western point. A much more pleasant spot than the overly touristy Lands End. Devon and Cornwall are beautiful but the complete opposite of Paris.

What about Penzance?

What about it? It's a pleasant place, and fine for a couple of nights, but it's no Paris and it's way down the end of the county.

See: http://wikitravel.org/en/Penzance

http://www.visitcornwall.com/places/penzance

What do your friends want from their trip???

In my original post I queried: What would make you choose one over the other, please?

Perhaps I should have asked what's in the Cornwall area that interest them enough to go there instead of a return trip to Paris?

Sorry if I didn't make myself clear.

We are not communicating. These are two completely different trips. What is it about Paris that they think they can find in Cornwall?

People go to Cornwall to spend a week or two at the beach with their kids.

People go to Cornwall to hike across the moors or along the coast to admire the scenery and/or commune with nature.

People go to Cornwall to drive between little villages and small towns and beautiful coves.

Do your friends go to Paris for any of that?

True, there is a cathedral at Exeter, art galleries at St. Ives, St. Michael's Mount, assorted country houses, an outdoor theater at Minack and the Eden Project, but those aren't the reasons people go to Cornwall, they're nice additions to the basic menu.

Look, the person who should be answering this is annhig, who lives in Cornwall, but she probably thought the title was so bizarre she didn't read the thread, I suggest you repost, asking what there is in Cornwall of interest (and specify your friends' interests), and leave Paris out of it.

Below is what I will report to my friends from your post, thursday:

People go to Cornwall to spend a week or two at the beach with their kids;

To hike across the moors or along the coast to admire the scenery and/or commune with nature;

To drive between little villages and small towns and beautiful coves.

Also, there is a cathedral at Exeter, art galleries at St. Ives, St. Michael's Mount, assorted country houses, an outdoor theater at Minack and the Eden Project.

It's tough being misunderstood and bizarre...

>>It's tough being misunderstood and bizarre…<<

Ditto. You obviously didn't understand a thing any of us posted. They are BOTH wonderful, they are BOTH worth visiting . . . and they are TOTALLY different.

There is no way one can tell someone >>Do Paris, it is better than Cornwall<< OR >>Do Cornwall, it is better than Paris<<

People travel from all over the world to visit each place.

You are asking us to compare Orangutangs and Strawberry shortcake.

That is WHY I posted >>like asking Yosemite or New York City<<

Or . . . Yellowstone or London . . . The Great Wall of China or San Francisco . . . None of these are "Better' than the other.

But not as bad as being redundant and snarky.

If you ask a silly question you shouldn't complain about the responses.

Sorry to be redundant -- just trying to find <i>some</i> analogy that would work - since none of anything else we tried seemed to work.

I wasn't being snarky - honest. The caps were just to stress why your question is ultimately unanswerable.

or unkind.