Best Loved's Hardy Country hotels and those nearby are the perfect places to stay when visiting this fascinating area. Our Hardy Country hotels have been carefully selected by our team and are the last word in luxury, character and romantic charm, representing the best of many types of properties for varying tastes, budgets and reasons for travel. Author Thomas Hardy set most of his famous novels in the semi-fictional county of Wessex - particularly in the Dorchester area where he lived as a boy. Dorset is really the heart of Hardy Country and you'll find some exceptional Best Loved hotels near Hardy Country which will add greatly to your stay. These Hardy Country hotels are well placed for visiting Hardy's birthplace, the places where he wrote his novels as well some of the locations he mentions. Hardy Country encompasses the stunning Dorset coastline, designated a Natural World Heritage Site, and a number of our Hardy Country hotels are situated close to the coast. These Hardy Country hotels are ideal places from which to explore this fascinating county.















