West Country

England’s West Country is a lovely and timeless region, chiefly composed of rolling and wooded countryside where tiny stone villages are tucked into folds in the land. However, in central Devon, the high moorland of Dartmoor can change from benign to forbidding in seconds, while the dramatic cliffs of Cornwall’s Penwith coastline take the full force of the North Atlantic swell. Bath is the area’s most remarkable city, with its legacy of Imperial Rome as well as ravishing 18th-century crescents and squares constructed from honey-colored limestone. Both Exeter and Wells are justly famous for their medieval cathedrals, while farther south, you will find romantic fishing ports such as Fowey, Portloe and St. Mawes.