Bournemouth is a vibrant, thriving and amazingly exciting city, despite the unfortunate fact that it has the nickname ‘God’s waiting Room’. The reason it is called this is that many elderly people choose the place for their retirement. However, the city of Bournemouth has an incredible youth culture, with a high number of university and language students. Obviously such a place will be a superb place to visit but, there is a great deal more to entertain you. In actual fact Bournemouth is extremely popular with people of various ages, one of the reasons why there are so many guest houses offering Bournemouth bed and breakfast to choose from.
Bournemouth is found right on the coast in the South of England, roughly a hundred miles away from of the city of London. The largest town to be found on the south coast, Bournemouth, is widely known for having seven miles of splendid golden beaches of sand and glistening blue sea. It is Bournemouth’s superb situation that has made it a popular tourist destination since the beginning of the 1800’s. It is near impossible to envisage that Bournemouth was, in the very early 1800’s, nothing less than a remote and barren heathland being mainly common grazing excluding the estate belonging to Sir George Ivison Tapps. In 1809 a public house appeared on the heath, the Tapps Arms, a few of years after this, in 1812, the first residents moved in.
Lewis Tregonwell and his wife acquired a little land upon which they built a few villas looking out across the sea with the idea of letting them in the summer for vacations. Tregonwell also built a summerhouse for themselves. and also set about planting countless pine trees, making a fantastic sheltered walkway down to the beach, , which later gained the name of the Invalid’s walk.
Since those days Bournemouth’s popularity, as a resort by the sea, has continuously increased, and today, the city of Bournemouth has gained a reputation for being a tourist haven for entertainment, leisure, fun, culture and recreation. Places which prove very popular to visit include; Bournemouth Pier, the graveyard of St. Peters Church, the award winning Central Gardens and the Russel-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum.
If you and your family are currently thinking about spending a few days in Bournemouth it is crucial that you book your room at your first opportunity because, unfortunately Bournemouth guest houses and hotels tend to be alarmingly busy and are frequently fully booked for weeks or even months in advance. If you are travelling in a group you might find that serviced apartments in Bournemouth are a cheaper alternative to Bournemouth bed and breakfast accommodation.