Dorset Tourism

Dorset Tourism

Dorset tourism boosts something for everyone with activity holidays including walking, cycling, golf, and horse riding. On the sea sailing, fishing and windsurfing are all popular. Weymouth bay is an international centre for water sports and is host to the sailing events of the 2012 Olympics. The essence of Dorset tourism is the world famous coastline, the chalk downland, and the picturesque villages. It is the perfect romantic getaway. Festivals and events abound making there always something to do. Leisure centres in Dorset are plentiful acting as a focus for the active holidaymaker.

Dorset is famous for its literary connections - its authors, poets, and writers. Thomas Hardy based his many great novels on the people and places of Dorset. These novels include Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, and the Major of Casterbridge. William Barnes is a dialect poet well known locally and throughout England. A famous contemporary author is John Fowles whose brilliant novels have been made into films and include the French Lieutenant's Woman. T E Lawrence was a Dorset writer.

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