Southern coast

The South coast of the country is scattered with beautiful towns as Brighton, a famous and important tourist centre. About the middle of the 18th century the English aristocracy found the sea baths fashionable, being Brighton one of the places chosen to enjoy the beach and the Atlantic waters. Among the interesting places to visit, we find the Royal Pavilion, the Art Museum, the Natural History Museum and the outlandish Pier Palace.

Following the coast towards the west there are two other important cities: Portsmouth and Southampton. The first it’s the seat of the greatest naval base in England and the main place of the noisy Portsea peninsula (opposite to the Island of Wight), while the second it’s the place from where great transatlantic like the Titanic and the Queen Mary departed, as its also the port from where the Mayflower began his journey with the first English settlers of North America.

In the South-eastern coast lays the city of Dover, whose greater attraction is its castle, an impressive defensive complex that was begun to construct in 1168. It is a suitable stop before following towards the north and arriving at Canterbury, one of the most interesting cities of all England. There, the visitor can enjoy the Royal Museum, the St. Augustine Abbey, the cathedral, the St. George Tower and the Canterbury Heritage Museum, among other places of enormous historical value.