11 Listings
Comfortable bed and breakfast in a fantastic seafront location, offering a warm welcome and hearty Cornish breakfast. A popular choice for visitors to Penzance.
Beautiful Queen Anne manor house set in parkland just outside Penzance, offering bed and breakfast and self-catering apartments in a tranquil, historic setting.
Quietly located near the Penzance seafront, a short walk from St Michaels Mount and the beach. Comfortable en-suite rooms with a relaxed atmosphere.
Friendly and relaxed guesthouse in central Penzance, ideally located for exploring the town and venturing further afield along the stunning Cornish coast.
Sea-view bed and breakfast on Penzance promenade with en-suite rooms, free WiFi and parking. All rooms have flatscreen Freeview TVs and tea/coffee facilities.
Friendly bed and breakfast in Penzance with five en-suite rooms, proper Cornish hospitality and a handy base for the promenade, harbour and wider Penwith coast. A good fit if you want a quieter stay just outside the town centre.
Boutique B&B on Chapel Street with harbour views, thoughtfully designed rooms and a polished but welcoming feel in the heart of Penzance. Well placed for the seafront, galleries and old town streets.
Family-run Victorian guest house just off Penzance Promenade, around a ten-minute walk from the centre. It suits West Cornwall stays where you want easy seafront access, free nearby parking and a straightforward base for exploring the bay.
Regency guest house on Regent Terrace overlooking Mount’s Bay, handy for the promenade, harbour and Isles of Scilly ferry. A good Penzance base if you want sea views and an easy walk into Chapel Street and the town centre.
Adult-only bed and breakfast on Regent Terrace with sea views over Mount's Bay and a short walk from Chapel Street, the promenade and Scilly travel links. A handy Penzance base if you want somewhere central with on-site parking.
Family-run guest house on Alexandra Road in Penzance, around five minutes from both the town centre and the coast. A handy base for Mount's Bay stays, with a friendly feel and easy access to the promenade, harbour and wider west Cornwall.
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Penzance is a strong bed-and-breakfast town because staying small-scale tends to fit the place better than choosing a bland chain base. The town is compact enough for B&Bs to put you within easy reach of the promenade, harbour, Chapel Street and station, but varied enough that where you stay still changes the feel of the trip. A seafront room gives you Mount’s Bay views and an easy morning walk; a Chapel Street address leans more towards old-town character, galleries and independent food spots; a house just outside the centre can buy you more quiet without cutting you off from town.
The listings here show that range well. Bay Lodge and Rosalie Guest House suit visitors who want the promenade close by, Chapel House adds a more design-led boutique option on one of Penzance’s most characterful streets, and Trereife Manor House offers a very different stay in historic grounds just outside town. That spread is useful because Penzance is not one-note accommodation. Some travellers want a polished short break with harbour views and breakfast before heading out to St Michael’s Mount or the Minack; others want a warm, practical guesthouse that makes it easy to explore west Cornwall without paying for a larger hotel experience.
The best way to choose a Penzance B&B is to match it to how you will use the town. If you are travelling by rail or planning to spend evenings walking to dinner and back, central or seafront guesthouses make life easiest. If you are driving and using Penzance as a base for wider Penwith days out, parking and quieter surroundings may matter more than being right on the front. Either way, B&Bs are one of the formats that let Penzance feel most like itself: personal, characterful and close to the town’s everyday life rather than sealed off from it.