Stay by the Sea

Visit in Comfort

Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts in Swanage and the Isle of Purbeck

If you'd rather someone else made the bed and cooked the breakfast, Swanage is spoilt for choice. Stay at one of the hotels, B&Bs or guesthouses with bay views, just a short stroll from the sand, with somewhere to suit every taste and budget.

Expect en-suite rooms, generous breakfasts to set you up for the day, and everything on your doorstep: Swanage Pier, Durlston Country Park, and the spectacular Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Travelling as a family? Plenty offer family rooms, and a good number welcome dogs, so no one gets left at home.

Top tip: the best rooms fill up fast for summer, school holidays and festival weekends, book early to land your first choice.

Your Home from Home

Self-Catering Cottages and Apartments

For holidays at your own pace, you can't beat self-catering. Set your own timetable, eat when you like, spread out and relax, in a pretty seaside cottage, a smart modern apartment, or a peaceful country house, each with a fully equipped kitchen and all the comforts of home.

It's a natural fit for families, groups of friends and couples alike. Many properties make the most of their setting, with views over Swanage Bay or the Purbeck Hills, and some are just minutes on foot from the beach, the shops and a good dinner.

Quiet retreat, romantic seaside break, or a big family base with room for everyone, whatever you're picturing, there's a place to match it.

Say under Canvas

Camping and Caravan Parks in the Isle of Purbeck

There's nothing quite like falling asleep to the sound of the sea and waking to fresh coastal air. Camping and Caravanning put you right in the heart of Purbeck's scenery, pitch up in one of the many camping and caravan parks in the area.

It's the great outdoors made easy, whether you're a family after a classic camping summer, a couple chasing a starry-sky weekend, or walkers and cyclists wanting a base on the trails. Choose a laid-back rural site or a livelier park with family facilities, and let everyone, four-legged friends included, get stuck into holiday life.

Bring your four legged friends

Dog-Friendly Accommodation

Swanage is one of the most dog-friendly spots on the south coast, and that starts the moment you arrive. Settle into a dog-friendly cottage, hotel or B&B and your four-legged companion gets a holiday too.

With secure gardens, easy access to miles of walks, and hosts who genuinely welcome pets rather than merely tolerate them. With dog-friendly beaches (seasonal restrictions aside), coast paths and country trails right here, it's the perfect place for a break the whole family, every last member of it, will love.