From home we also booked an excursion along the Dorset coastline, The Jurassic Coast Adventure, from Dorset tours. Here is the link to their website https://dorsettours.com/portland-cruise-ship-passengers/. The excursion is not cheap, £109 per person, but highly recommended. Spencer was a wonderful guide.

We arrived at 10 o'clock, not at 9, as was scheduled. They contacted the travel agency by email, and other passengers from cruisecritic also wrote to them about it. They replied that they were monitoring the arrival of ships, and everything would be fine.

First stop Durdle Door

This is the most accessible and best preserved limestone arch in the world and is truly a place to behold.

Lulworth Cove is nearby.

It is a perfectly formed horseshoe-shaped bay formed over 10,000 years ago; try not to be distracted by the wonderful coffee shops and tea shops along the way! Don't forget to check out the Stair Hole and Lulworth Crumple, formed over 180 million years ago!

Corfe Castle and the village of the same name

The ruins of Corfe Castle, one of the most picturesque historical monuments in the south of England, are located along a quiet country road through the Purbeck Hills in Dorset.

The castle is located on a hill, the climb to it is quite difficult.

Further the road took us to the resort town of Weymouth.

Weymouth

The town is 13 kilometers south of Dorchester. The population is about 52,000 people. In 2009, British archaeologists near Weymouth discovered headless Viking skeletons in a mass grave. Scientists believe that this is the result of a massacre that local residents carried out against overseas invaders.

In 2012, the city hosted the Summer Olympics sailing regatta.

Weymouth is located in a very fortunate location: the town is on the English Channel, where the River Wey flows into a sheltered harbour. Therefore, it is quite logical that a settlement arose here a very long time ago: already from the 13th century. it is mentioned as a city that probably appeared a hundred years earlier.

Weymouth gained popularity as a resort after the Duke of Gloucester, the king's younger brother, built the residence Gloucester Lodge in the late 1770s, and in 1780 he spent the entire winter here. Immediately after this, it became fashionable among aristocrats to have residences here. Moreover, George III visited his brother quite often and even introduced the fashion for swimming. By the way, it was he who called the city “the first resort.”

Today Weymouth is a popular holiday destination for both English and foreigners. It is famous for its sandy beach and high quality service for city guests. It is also not surprising that, despite its proximity to the county capital (Weymouth is only 13 km from Dorchester), it is difficult to call it a suburb: it is a full-fledged city, albeit small in area (about 19 sq. km), but densely populated.

The last point on the route is West Bay.

West Bay is a town in Dorset, England, Great Britain. Located on the Jurassic Coast. Known for being the location where the TV series “Broadchurch” was filmed.

In 1744, the harbor of Bridport was built on this site. In 1819, the harbor was connected to the city by a new road. In the first half of the 19th century, a settlement was built around the harbor, called Bridport Harbour. In 1884 the railway to Bridport was built. To promote tourism, the settlement was renamed West Bay. In 1930, passenger traffic on the railway was stopped, and in 1962 the railway was closed completely.