Eden Project Information and Places to Stay

sevlow

Can anyone provide any usefull information to help with a vist to the Eden Project. I would be interested in your experiences of the project, any reviews or ideas about where to stay, good places to eat and other things to do and see to complete a long weekend.

Thanks

basill

Avoid peak season, you can get stuck in the traffic just getting in to Eden. Once there tho its a quality place.
Look out for the evening concerts staged there and if you like green stuff The lost gardens of Heligan should be on your list.

Basill

Angela

basill wrote:

Avoid peak season, you can get stuck in the traffic just getting in to Eden. Once there tho its a quality place.
Look out for the evening concerts staged there and if you like green stuff The lost gardens of Heligan should be on your list.

Basill

Heligan must be your trip out for the other day of the weekend without a doubt.
http://www.heligan.com/home/home.html
We went a couple of years ago to both,personally preferred Heligan but it depends what you are into.
It not far away from Eden either.

Note to self must visit Heligan again this year to see how far they have got with the restorations of it.

paulherts

Fowey, about six miles from St Austell and Eden, is a beautiful place to visit and or stay in.

The Fowey Hotel is nice overlooking the estuary and sea. Am not sure of costs though.

Cheers Paul

BLACKHURSTM

Might be of interest,WWW.Travelodge.co.uk are doing £10 rooms again not too close to the eden site but is in the regoin.
Plymouth and saltash hotels have £10 rooms untill 26th May.
Plymouth is always worth a visit lots to see in the region.
Dartmoor ETC.

sevlow

Thank you all for your suggestions. I wil certainly visit heligan. Any hotel or guest hose information would still be appreciated.

naturegirl_2

Im on a conservation course in Merseyside and our group (around 10 students) want to visit Eden and Heligan we would need accommodation (cheap) and best way to get there ie hire a van, train etc. We only want to stay in the area for maybe 2 nights three days. Any ideas?

Pollen

sevlow, book tickets for Eden in advance to avoid the queues, these are for open bookings. I'm from further west & don't go that far east much however Crantock Bay Hotel Here is an excellent place to stay, good food and beautiful views and do free tickets to Eden. Cornwall Tourist Site Here good for other places of interest although you can't beat a walk along the coastal path.

nature girl, YHA fairly cheap here list of hostels/backpackers here and here another alternative could be camping.

kmhtkmhtkmht

I don't even know what this Eden place is - sounds kinda Sci Fi ish.

fairenoughclough

kmhtkmhtkmht wrote:

I don't even know what this Eden place is - sounds kinda Sci Fi ish.

It looks kinda Sci Fi ish as well, it was featured in one of the James Bond films, it's basically a series of geodesic domes filled with plants from around the world.

Well worth a visit.

shrek101

We went then last Summer, in the height of Summer it wasnt to bad await to get in. Just drive into the car park and the buses very frequent take your there. Beware though the greenhouses get very hot inside, whilst drinking water fountains are available best take some bottle water.

I wouldnt say its a ful days experince my kids 12, 13 got bored after a few hours.