The South-West in eight days
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Adventure / Sports & Leisure.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Dartmoor National Park ?
The map of your stay "The South-West in eight days"
Detail of the stay : The South-West in eight days
How to get there - Dartmoor National Park
Jurassic Coast
Start your journey on the Dorset coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on a par with the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef. You'll find some splendid sites here, including Old Harry Rocks, Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door... Spend the night at the entrance to Devon and get ready to set off again.
Dartmoor National Park
Steps: Dartmoor National Park
Dartmoor National Park has inspired many authors and film-makers. With its heather, mist, megalithic sites, wild ponies and beautiful tor hills, Dartmoor National Park is a great place to hike or drive. Stay overnight in this beautiful national park to soak up its charms.
Cornwall
Steps: Truro
Spend the morning at theEden Project, an innovative site that has transformed former kaolin mines into fascinating gardens. Visit Truro or Falmouth in the afternoon and stay overnight.
Places of interest : EDEN PROJECT
Cornwall
Steps: Saint-Ives
Head to the tip of England to explore the wild Lizard Point and Land's End during the day. Spend the night in the charming artistic town of St. Ives, our favorite in the region.
Places of interest : LIZARD POINT LAND'S END
Cornwall
Steps: Perranporth
Take time out to contemplate Cornwall's north coast and its magical landscapes, including St. Agnes, Perranporth, Bedruthan Steps, Hells Mouth and more. Finish the day in Tintagel to visit the famous castle where King Arthur is said to have been born.
Exmoor National Park
Steps: Bath
Head to Somerset to enjoy the views ofExmoor National Park, with its rugged coastline and heather hills. Spend the night here or head closer to Dorset to be ready to head to Bristol or Bath the next day.
Bristol or Bath
Steps: Bath
From Exmoor, take a city break and choose between Bristol and Bath. Along the way, you can make photo stops at Cheddar Gorge and Caves, Glastonbury and Wells. In Bristol, the largest city in the South West, you'll discover a dynamic urban life, an interesting heritage, a creative population and good bars and restaurants. In Bath, more provincial but oh-so-elegant, you'll enjoy a grandiose heritage, where Roman heritage blends successfully with superb Georgian architecture.
Places of interest : CHEDDAR GORGE & CAVES
