Showing posts with label Cornwall travel information. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cornwall travel information. Show all posts

Monday, July 16, 2012

Architecture: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK


Worlds largest 'Green House' and one of the brilliant piece of Architecture that I have seen personally is an absolute pleasant experience, especially to appreciate Architect Nicholas Grimshaw.

Inside two artificial biomes there are plants collected from all over the world are consist of hundreds of hexagonal inflated plastic cells (ETFE: Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene) with a superb structural system. The whole project is built inside a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, kaolinite is basically a clay mineral.

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Monday, February 28, 2011

Minack Theater, Cornwall

'The Theater Under the Stars'
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This is an amazing piece of ART in a beautiful place lying FAR South-Western corner of London to blow anyone off who just likes nature, sea, mountains, rocks, white sands, blue water and of-course ART. This is a theater standing on the edge of a rocky cliff with a beautiful backdrop of sea... Rowena Cade created this internationally famous cliff-side theater with her own hands and personal fund in the year 1929 looking down the infamous beach of Porthcurno.

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Minack Theater Cafe...
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Porthcurmo Beach...
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Travel Information:
Location - Porthcurmo, 320 miles far South-West of London (Approx. 6-7 hours of drive)
Website - www.minack.com
E-mail - info@minack.com
Phone - +44 1736 810 181
Post Code - TR19 6JU (Sat Nav)
Opening Times - 10am to 3.30pm
Closing Time - 4.00pm
Closed on - 25th & 26th December
Entry Fee - Adult: 3.50 GBP
                    Over 60: 2.50 GBP
                    Student: 2.50 GBP
                    Under 16: 1.40 GBP
                    Under 12: Free
Parking - Free
Staying Options - There is one or two B&B near the place but if you are driving by yourself then anywhere in the cornwall can be your option as places are not that far.
Time Consumption - Minimum 1 hour but half of a day will be fantastic.
What NOT to miss: A cup of hot coffee or hot chocolate with Cornish pasties sitting near the large bay windows of the Cafe, A proper stroll along Porthcurmo beach, There even some trails along the cliff which I personally din't explore due to time constraints but the glimpse that I got was good enough to attract.