Falmouth harbour goes on for miles, and presents the visitor with a wealth of places to explore and enjoy, either by land or by water.

It is inter-connected by a network of ferries that take you from Falmouth across to Flushing and St Mawes, up the river to Penryn, or up to the upper harbour, Trelissick Gardens and the King Harry Ferry.  At high tides you can take the boat all the way up to Truro.

The harbour has numerous arms, meaning that even in the summer there are many places right off the beaten track.  The best views of the harbour are possibly either from Pendennis Castle in Falmouth, or having crossed by ferry or boat to the eastern Roseland side, on the viewing point high above the St Anthony Point lighthouse.    If you don't have a boat of your own you can really enjoy the water on one of the many ferries or tourist boats plying their trade across the water.

The Falmouth Tall Ships is a spectacular event that last happened in September 2008.

Since the inaugural event in 1998 it has developed into part of the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta, one of the premier events on the Tall Ships summer calendar, with the world's greatest sailing Barques racing from Falmouth across the bay of Biscay to Ilhavo (Port of Aveiro) in Spain, and then out into the Atlantic to finish at Funchal in Madeira.

Falmouth is a popular destination for Cruise Liners, being not only a large port, but also one of the few with deepwater along-side facilities, allowing liners to land their passenger without the need for boats.

Falmouth is famed as one of the largest natural deepwater ports in the World. Together with her position as England's most westerly major port this makes her an attractive shipping destination.