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Bournemouth, Dorset

With seven miles of golden sands and sparkling sea, the vibrant cosmopolitan seaside town of Bournemouth has it all - a vast variety of shops and restaurants, beautiful award-winning gardens, water sports galore, and endless countryside right on the doorstep.

Visit the Print Room, one of Bournemouth's premier restaurants to enjoy the quintessentially English tradition of high tea. Bask in elegant surroundings as you enjoy finger sandwiches, scones, clotted cream and preserves or a selection of cakes with your afternoon tea. Later enjoy the wide selection of shops in Bournemouth's buzzing town centre.

Russell Cotes Art Gallery and Museum gives you the chance to look at some of the wonderful treasures from the travels of the Russell Cotes family.

If you have any energy left you can visit Bournemouth's Oceanarium, with the world first interactive dive cage so you can now experience diving with sharks without getting wet or take a boat trip to see Dorset's Jurassic Coast from the sea.

As well as shopping, there's so much to see and do in Bournemouth's town centre and the beauty of it is that you are never very far from the award winning beaches and gardens. Everything is within walking distance.