St. Michael’s Mount & Marazion

On the fourth day of our England road trip we finally got to Cornwall. We stayed there for two nights in a small but very cute town of Marazion. We wanted so much to walk the causeway to St. Michael’s Mount that we scheduled our arrival to Cornwall around the tidal schedule.

During high tide you can take a boat to St. Michael’s Mount, but when the tide is low you can walk from Marazion shore to St. Michael’s Mount on the man-made granite causeway.

The castle itself is not big and feels homey, more like a big house than a stately home or a castle. In fact, we were told that the owners are still live in one of the wings of the house.

In one of the rooms a guide told us that Queen Victoria once visited the island and personally walked the causeway and up all those stairs. The owners were out and she was greeted by housekeeper. She sat on the sofa (picture below) and drank some tea. Afterwords, the queen offered to buy the property. Owners said that they sell the property but for a much larger price than offered, essentially gave a polite no we are not selling reply.

In Marazion we stayed in a very cute Bad and Breakfast — Blue Horizon. It had an amazing garden overlooking the sea and our room had a window with a view of St. Michael’s Mount.

When we came from our trip to Iceland we used to share a story with all our friends about trying to drive up the Sandafell mountain. We genuinely thought that nothing could compare to that experience and of course we didn’t expect anything close to happen in England. We were so wrong! Rural England roads are an adrenaline producing powerhouse. In Marazion, we had a parking space at the back of the B&B; however, to get there we needed to pass through a narrow lane — so narrow we first had to straighten our car across the street (and thus stop all traffic there), then turn in our mirrors and ever so slowly drive through the lane so as not to scratch the car against the walls of the adjoining houses. By then, we were only mildly surprised to find out that not only did this lane have a name, but it was also two-way.