If you and your friends or family want to travel the easy way from Bournemouth to the isle of Purbeck, then it is best to buy yourselves a group explorer pass, available from the information centre at the Bournemouth rail station and it can also be bought on the bus from the driver.
With this ticket (18 pounds), up to five people can take the bus – route 40 from Poole and the open-top route 50 from Bournemouth. These buses stop along a most beautiful route of dazzling white chalk cliffs, heathlands, and a seaside resort.
Swanage on Purbeck
We liked this explorer pass enough to buy it two days in a row.
Strolling through Swanage
Swanage on the Isle of Purbeck
Sailboats near Purbeck
On our first day with the group explorer pass, we stopped in Swanage and did not get any further. This little seaside resort has enough to offer to spend a whole afternoon there.
In the early evening, we left Swanage by bus 50 on this 100-minute ride back to Bournemouth, including the return two-minute ride on the ferry between Sandbanks and Shell Bay.
Beautiful area and well worth visiting!
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