In the heart of the city explore the historic delights of the Elizabethan House and Merchants House, or the 15th Century Prysten House. See the beautiful John Piper stained glass windows of St Andrews Church - the mother church of Plymouth.

At Crownhill Fort, you can take a step into the past at one of their gun firing weekends. See, hear and smell the great cannons, and explore the secret underground chambers and tunnels, ramparts, barracks and the massive dry moat.

For a gentler trip into the past, take the Cremyll foot ferry to the formal gardens and parkland of Mount Edgcumbe. Or enjoy the stately homes and fabulous gardens of Saltram, Buckland Abbey or Cotehele. Or for history in the making, visit the amazing Eden Project, the living theatre of plants.