Apartments and Cottages in Dorset
Where an incredible diversity of landscapes and environments will provide an equally breathtaking variety of scenic backdrops to any of the cottage rentals in Dorset, it would be difficult to find a more picturesque rural setting for a truly authentic experience of country life if you rented holiday cottages in England in any other county. With a coastline that stretches almost 100 miles from Christchurch in the east to Lyme Regis in the west, and the kind of climate that makes this one of the most popular summer vacation destinations in southern England, bed and breakfasts and self catering holiday homes in Swanage, Bournemouth, Weymouth, Poole, and many other coastal resorts have offered visitors from all over the world the chance to enjoy some of the finest sun, sea and sand to be found in the entire country for well over a century.
This magnificent 'Jurassic Coast' has had UNESCO World Heritage status since 2001 when its unique geological history was officially recognised, and boasting such an abundance of spectacular land and rock formations, there are those who rent holiday cottages on Dorset's coast just to be within minutes of places like Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove or the Isle of Portland, which, besides being connected to the mainland by the famous strip of sand and shingle better known as Chesil Beach, also provides some of the best facilities and conditions in Europe for sailing and watersports in one of the deepest harbours in the world. The Isle of Purbeck is another location groaning with rugged coastal landscapes and fossil-rich beaches, where the Swanage railway can often take you all the way across to Wareham, and with the ancient remains of Corfe Castle awaiting thorough investigation at the centre of this peninsula on the coast of Dorset, you'll need to get out of bed for an early breakfast if you want to cram as much of Purbeck as you can into one day!
A wealth of natural beauty and deep sense of history isn't just confined to Dorset's coastal locations and seems to be richly apparent wherever you go in the county, so holiday homes in Dorset can be found dotted amongst the fields and woodlands to the west of the region, the extensive heathlands to the east, the flat expanse of the Blackmore Vale in the north or the chalky hills of the Dorset Downs that cut a swathe through the middle of the county. Here, the famous Cerne Abbas Giant carved into a hillside to the north of Dorchester has been a proud symbol of fertility for hundreds of years, and with many other sites of not only archaeological but architectural importance scattered around the countryside of Dorset, cottages and holiday homes in Sherborne, Shaftesbury, Dorchester and many other inland towns and villages will provide history-lovers everywhere with the perfect opportunity to investigate a corner of England simply stuffed full of castles, cathedrals, abbeys, hill forts and Roman relics. And if the charismatic ancient buildings and beautiful rural scenery of Dorset were enough to provide Thomas Hardy with all the inspiration he needed to write some of the most emotive poems and novels of the 19th century you too could benefit from a relaxing week or two 'Far From The Madding Crowd' by escaping to a cottage rental in Dorset.
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