Today you will find local shops and restaurants in the the old houses and cellars rather than the contraband tobacco and brandy that they once held, for despite it’s picture box appearance, the village was once a centre for smuggling on the South Cornish coast. Evidence of this can be seen in the smuggling museum that is located on the harbour side. Information about the museum can be found Here. The village has a wide range of shops ranging from normal food stores and paper shop through bakeries and Post Office to cloths shops, a chocolatier and even a shop selling cuckoo clocks.

There are 7 public houses in the village (click Here or Here for more information), many of which serve food. In addition there are many restaurants in the village serving a wide variety of good food (click Here or Here for information) at most times of the day or night.

There are many other interesting sights to see around the village, including some beautiful cliff top walks (Looe is 5 miles one way and Fowey is 9 miles the other), fishing and boat trips from the harbour, the Polperro Arts Foundation on the harbour, the Polperro Fisherman's Choir who perform at the harbour in the summer months and many other events that take place in the village throughout the year - details can be found here.

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