Read on to discover some of the attractions you can explore and enjoy while staying in one of our Somerset cottages.
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By selecting one of our holiday cottages Somerset and its many attractions can be discovered. This is a rural county of rolling hills, the Mendips and Quantocks, separated by the Somerset Levels wetland. At its southern extremity, around Bath, the Cotswold influence can be felt while to the west lies the hilly, open moorland of the Exmoor National Park. To the north, where Exmoor's plateau plunges into the sea, the coastline is high and dramatic with cliffs and lush wooded valleys cutting down to the coast. Here, the village of Porlock has retained its charm with steep, winding streets and some thatched cottages Somerset can be proud of. Just along the coast is the resort of Minehead; beyond here the coastline becomes less dramatic as the Levels meet the Bristol Channel.
The county has some important heritage sites worth featuring on the itinerary of anyone holidaying in Somerset cottages. Mystical Glastonbury sits above the Levels, shrouded in Arthurian myth. Nearby, on the edge of the Mendips, is the small city of Wells with its magnificent cathedral dating back to the 10th century. For visitors to Somerset holiday cottages also make an ideal base from which to visit Cheddar Gorge, a spectacular three-mile ravine cutting through the Mendips. The Romans created England's first spa resort at Bath, now a much-visited World Heritage Site. Among its attractions are the magnificent Georgian buildings, including the famous Royal Crescent.
Transport enthusiasts are well-served by museums in this part of the world. The Fleet Air Arm Museum just north of Yeovil, boasts the largest collection of Naval aircraft anywhere in Europe. Situated alongside an operational Naval Air Station, visitors are invited to board Concorde and be transported by simulated helicopter flight to the 'flight deck' of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. The prestigious Haynes International Motor Museum, near Castle Cary, offers an excellent day out for everyone. Containing more than 400 cars and bikes, dating from 1886 to the present day, it is the largest international motor museum in Britain.
Taunton sits at the heart of a rich fertile area famed for its cider apples. Somerset is one of the few English counties where true farmhouse cider, or 'scrumpy', is made using traditional methods. What stay in this county would be complete without sampling, back at one of our holiday cottages Somerset cider, after the perfect day out?Holiday cottages close to Somerset
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