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PLYMOUTH - STAY FOR LESS "££"

PLYMOUTH is the largest City in Devon & near to the Cornish border. It started as a little fishing village called Sutton but when the deep-water anchorage was discovered at the mouth of the River Plym the small community grew into a large important Naval &Trading Port. It also gained a glorious history when the first Pilgrim Fathers setting out in 1620 & settled in America , to the start/end of Sir Francis Chichester's first solo RTW voyage in Gypsy Moth in 1967. It has magnificent panorama views from The Hoe (headland) over the immense Plymouth Sound (bay) to the South

ACCOMMODATION

NO1 – GLOBE BACKPACKERS, at 172 Citadel Road (on Main Road behind The Hoe) tele 01752 225 158 – www. backpackers.co.uk/plymouth - £11 pn incl. sheets in dorm rooms with separate showers, wc's, Good self -catering kitchen & large front dining/meeting table with link lounge/ TV room. Airy rear yard with benches & bbq, ideal for farewell parties.

FOOD is available from mini/ large Supermarkets down in the Town Centre

TRAVELLING AROUND is on “shanks pony” (foot) to explore quaint side streets around the Harbour then wander aloft to savour The (wide) Hoe & its great views. The “Plymouth Bus Tour” is also available for the weary.

FREE SIGHTS TO SEE

1. Plymouth Hoe – broad grassy Esplanade & stirring spot to start tour of Plymouth
2. Frances Drake – English Hero Statue, who played Bowls before defeating Spanish Armada in 1588
3. Smeatons Tower – original Eddystone Rocks Lighthouse replaced & repositioned on The Hoe
4. Royal Citadel – walk around this 1666 Fortress built to intimidate populace in English Civil Wars
5. Sutton Harbour – start of many famous voyages, Captain Cook RTW & Australia , now cruises
6. Mayflower Steps – Pilgrim Fathers set of from near here to colonise America in 1620
7. Barbican District – heart of Old Plymouth with tourist shops, restaurants & nearby Library Internet
8. Elizabeth House – 17 th C Captains dwelling with authentic spiral staircase, on New Street
9 Crown Hill Fort – down by the waterfront with a honeycomb of vaults & tunnels to explore
10. Royal Naval Dockyards – at Devonport, see modern Warships moored & manoeuvring the estuary

CHARGE SIGHTS NOT TO MISS

1. National Marine Aquarium – diverse aquatic populascting lives of Local Heroes with Models

* Simon & Cherie (H) Tyrone (US) Francis, Oz Convicts