Weymouth offers unabashed, old-fashioned seaside pleasures: deckchairs, donkey rides, fairground noise, frying-doughnut aromas, fish and chips, and sticks of rock. The town has modernised since the early 19th century and used the 2012 Olympic sailing events to attract a slightly more affluent holiday-making demographic and raise the quality of its offerings. The main beach is a wide crescent of powdery, butter-coloured sand sheltered by the Jurassic coastline. Quieter swimming and pebbly scenery are available on Portland's west side at Chesil Beach. Bowleaze Cove hosts the Revive Wild Sauna, where small groups can enjoy Scandi-style relaxation.
But if, like me, you love seaside towns where the smell of frying doughnuts drifts through the air and the sound of fairground rides compete with the excited squeals of children, you'll adore it. It's a resort that trades in good, old-fashioned seaside fun - deckchairs on the beach, donkey rides, fish and chips by the harbour, sticks of rock with your name running through them -
The waters off Weymouth and Portland were the venue for the sailing events in the 2012 London Olympics, and the town used those heady weeks to attract a new, more affluent holiday-making demographic, which has seen a rise in the quality of its offerings. Weymouth may not yet be cool, but it's hanging around the fringes of the fashionable crowd these days, and starting to get some admiring glances.
The main reason holidaymakers have flocked to Weymouth for the past 200 years is the beach. And what a beach it is - a wide crescent of powdery, butter-coloured sand leading down to sea sheltered on both sides by the Jurassic coastline. It does get busy in the summer months, though, so if you're after a more tranquil experience, head to Portland and choose your spot on the west side of the stunning but pebbly Chesil Beach, where you can swim in glass-clear waters.
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