If you are looking for a holiday cottage in an historic market town settled in steep hills and cobbled streets, Frome is the place for you. Frome is ideal for people who prefer to stay in a town with amenities or a self catering holiday. Visit Catherine Hill on a Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday and drink in the atmosphere, soak up the colours and salivate at the many different aromas which fill the air. Interact with friendly stall holders, each one brimming with charm and wit, convinced that he has something you will want to buy and he probably will! Everyone likes a little shopping on holiday. Weave through the bustling crowd and notice how your once empty bags start to become fuller by the minute and you only popped in for a browse! All those goodies standing proudly before you, the eyes are spoilt for choice…and in the distance, you can hear a busker singing and playing guitar! Frome is the perfect base for discovering everything that the Fromites have to offer.
What Frome offers for Self-Catering Breaks
Frome is good destination for a cottage break in Somerset. From March to December the town is filled with festival fun…on the first Sunday of each month ‘The Frome Independent’ visits town and fills the air with unrestrained joy. Music lifts the spirits and you cannot help but hum along. The town comes to life and that feeling of being at one with the community is so warming, it makes you glad to be alive! Smell those sausages sizzling, sample something tasty and buy something delicious to share with family or friends. Here, the best of artisan food and drink come together. Meet with local designers and craftsmen who sell everything you can think of from vintage goods through to home wares, flowers, clothing, chocolate…all enveloped in traditional market fayre and laced with street entertainment. Think of all the lovely goods that you could buy to take back to your cottage.
A touch of the unexpected during your cottage break in Frome
And if you fancy a holiday with a bit of suspense and mystery thrown in, how about a touch of UFO spotting? Take the short fifteen- minute drive to Cley Hill. This Iron Age Hillfort has received a lot of unexplained activity over the years. People report sightings of bright lights and unusual sounds. This is the meeting place for all budding UFO enthusiasts. Here you can share your fascination with unidentified flying objects and unexplainable oddities. Grab a flask, put some batteries in the torch, wrap up warm and take the 240 metre ascent. Now you will have a fascinating 360 degree view and if you do spot anything odd, you won’t be locked up for telling the guys at the National Reporting Centre!
A self-catering break in Frome can be as exciting as you want it to be. Browse holiday accommodation in and around Frome.
Whether you choose to book a holiday cottage in Frome, an apartment, a lodge or another type of self-catering holiday accommodation, we hope you have your best holiday yet in Somerset.