Scotland

Bournemouth is a lively, vibrant and extremely exciting city, despite its nickname ‘God’s waiting Room’. The reason for the nickname is that a great many old people choose the town as their retirement place. However, the city of Bournemouth has an incredible youth culture, with a a high proportion of university students. Obviously a place such as this could be a excellent place to spend a few days but, there is a great deal  more to keep you entertained. In fact Bournemouth is surprisingly popular with groups of all ages, probably the reason why there are so many guest houses and hotels offering bed and breakfast in Bournemouth to choose from.

Bournemouth is situated on the coast in the South of England, a little over one hundred miles from of the city of London. The largest town located on the south coast, Bournemouth, is renowned for its 7 miles of perfect golden sandy beaches and glistening rich blue sea. It is the town’s mind blowing location that led to it being an amazingly popular UK tourist destination since the beginning of the 19C. It is rather hard to understand that in and around Bournemouth was,  at the start of the nineteenth century, nothing less than a barren and remote moorland being mainly common common grazings excluding the estate of Sir George Ivison Tapps. In 1809 a public house appeared on the heath, the Tapps Arms, only a few of years after this, in 1812, the first people moved in.

Lewis Tregonwell and his wife bought a little land, from Sir George Ivison Tapps, upon which they built a few villas looking out across the sea with the idea of letting them to visitors for the summer for vacations. The couple also constructed themselves a summerhouse on the land. and also began planting hundreds of pine trees, making a gorgeous sheltered walkway to the beach, which later became known as the Invalid’s walk.

Ever since those early days the popularity of Bournemouth, as a vacation destination, has ceaselessly increased, and today, it has become known as a tourist haven for culture, fun, recreation, leisure and entertainment. Places which tourists love to visit include; the graveyard of St. Peters Church, the Russel-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth Pier and the award winning Central Gardens.

If you and your family are currently thinking about spending a few weeks in Bournemouth it is crucial that you book your  lodgings at the earliest opportunity as, sadly Bournemouth hotel accommodation tend to be amazingly busy and are often fully booked well in advance. If you have a large family you might find that apartment accommodation in Bournemouth are a reasonable option to bed & breakfast in Bournemouth.