Country house hotels in Dorset
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There's are some fine country house hotels that provide a relaxing and rejuvenating ambience at any time of year.
Four posters and Jacuzzis
Like Langtry Manor Hotel in Bournemouth, once home to Lillie Langtry and Edward VII. Here fine food, attentive service and lovely rooms, many with four poster beds and Jacuzzis, combine to create an exceptional country house hotel experience. The wonderful dining room has a Minstrels Gallery.
Cobbled mews
Located in a cobbled mews adjacent to the lively quayside, The Mansion House is an elegantly restored Georgian town house, once the mayor's residence. With a country house hotel ambience, yet within a short walk to restaurants, bars and shops this three star hotel is a great choice for a short break.
Fine sea views
We have selected some four star hotels near Bournemouth which offers excellent coastal vistas.Set in secluded gardens with wonderful views of Poole Bay, the De Vere Royal Bath is a traditional grand Victorian hotel that offers excellent leisure facilities and good restaurants close to Bournmouth.
The luxurious Menzies Carlton Hotel also has great leisure facilities and spectacular sea views. Menzies' other hotel on the East Cliff Court has just been refurbished and has some rooms with private balconies overlooking the sea, as well as attractive terraces with a pool. With views of the lovely golden beaches and beautiful formal gardens the Bournemouth Highcliff Marriott is also a good choice for a weekend or short break.
Where is it?
•Only two and half hours drive west from London.
What's it like?
• Dorset's lovely rolling landscape, World Heritage coastline and the lovely historic market towns and picturesque villages.
• A relaxed pace of life. Tranquil unspoilt countryside - hedgerows, wild flower meadows and butterflies What's it famous for?
• Fossils
• Cerne Abbas Giant, Cerne Abbas, Nr Dorchester
• Thomas Hardy Walks
• Thomas Hardy trail passing through Bridport, Sturminster Newton, Shaftesbury, Wimborne Minster, Beaminster, Salisbury, Sherborne, Stinsford, and Moreton. Country Houses and Gardens Literary connections
• Thomas Hardy was born in a cottage in Higher Bockhampton on 2 June 1840 and spent most of his life in Dorset.
• Dorchester features in his books, renamed Casterbridge in the Mayor of Casterbridge. Bournemouth is Sandbourne in Tess of the D'Urbervilles and in the same novel Bere Regis is Kingsbere.
On the coast
• Award-winning beaches of Sandbanks or Studland
• Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door
• The South West Coast Path
• Clean beaches of the dramatic Jurassic Coast. Rural relaxation
• Browse the antique shops and boutiques
• Charming local pubs and tea rooms. Literary connections
• The Cob at Lyme Regis - setting for the famous scene in The French Lieutenant's Woman
