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“After a long drive we were given a very warm welcome. The town is stunning and your hotel is lovely. Beautiful room, lovely touches, coffee very well stocked and waffles delicious. Sky TV!! I hope to return here one day with my family on a leisure break.” Mrs L, Cambridgeshire There's always plenty to see and do... In lively, picturesque Aberaeron, the harbour and yachting marina are the main focus of town life, with pubs and shops, galleries and places to eat out. It’s a great place to enjoy a drink in summer. The Hive on the Quay is a café specialising in delicious ice creams, with a honey theme. There’s even a smallholders’ market held there and one of the best fresh fishmonger’s we've ever found! Aberaeron still boasts the kind of small shops you thought had vanished forever. You can find anything from a postcard, to second-hand books, to a fishing rod. Or take a quiet stroll through the park, along the banks of the river Aeron. The town lies on the route of the Ceredigion coast path, a continuous, 60-mile route for walkers along the beautiful heritage coastline of Cardigan bay. There are bus services on the coast road to nearby Newquay, Cardigan and Aberystwyth and stopping-off points along the route of the coastal path. A few miles inland, lies the historic town of Lampeter, site of the oldest university campus in Wales. Local leisure amenities * Aberaeron swimming pool is open 7 days a week. * Aberaeron Craft Centre houses a variety of shops, including Old Barn Hobbies, a favourite haunt of railway modellers and dolls house collectors. * Local artist Robert Price, whose work can be seen and purchased in the hotel, is resident at Art of Aberaeron, housing three galleries, art materials and a coffee shop (Tabernacle Street, open all year) * Fantasy Farm Park near Llanrhystud is a great place to entertain the kids, with its outdoor skating rink, tractor and trailer rides and mechanical rodeo. Heritage Five miles inland at Ciliau Aeron is the National Trust-owned Llanerchaeron, a restored Georgian gem of a country villa designed by the famous John Nash. Working walled garden, pleasure grounds and demonstration organic farm. For opening days and times, go to: National Trust Aberystwyth Half an hour’s drive northwards up the A487 coast road from Aberaeron, Aberystwyth is the main population centre of Ceredigion and home to one of the four major campuses of the University of Wales. The University Arts Centre is open to the public and puts on a continuous programme of touring concerts and plays, films, art and photographic exhibitions, as well as locally originated shows and community events. This year's summer-season production is the musical, Chicago (22 July to 28 August. Major collections of ceramics and watercolours are held at the Centre, and at the School of Art galleries nearby. The Commodore cinema shows a continuous programme of recent releases, with a licensed bar downstairs. Housed in an astonishing former Edwardian music hall, the Ceredigion museum has a fascinating collection of artefacts, many associated with Aberystwyth’s seafaring past. www.tourism.ceredigion.gov.uk The National Library of Wales is home to a major collection of Welsh literary heritage. Continuous programme of exhibitions of Welsh cultural life and art. Drwm theatre shows films and hosts talks on Welsh history and culture. At 762 feet, the Cliff Railway is the longest funicular in Britain, and takes you to the cafe and 'camera obscura' at the top of Constitution Hill, from where you get an unrivalled view of the town and the bay beyond. Open all year. The Vale of Rheidol railway is a popular restored former mining railway with services running from the mainline station inland to Devil's Bridge through the spectacular scenery of the Rheidol valley. Cardigan Once Britain’s busiest trading port, about 40 minutes’ drive south of Aberaeron on the A487 coast road, Cardigan is a pretty, quiet little town with a population of fewer than 5,000. 2010 is Cardigan's 900th anniversary. Events and activites include a Gala Concert and Firework Display. The Guildhall Gallery has an excellent programme of exhibitions including photographs of Cardigan covering the last 100 years. As well as a 24-hour Tesco (except Sundays), Cardigan boasts an arts complex to rival that of Aberystwyth, with touring shows, gallery, cafeteria and cinemas. The Small World Theatre is an international centre for puppetry and arts events. Cardigan is great for small shops and historic nonconformist chapels. The Heritage Centre focusses on the town's extraordinary seafaring history; while nearby Poppet Sands is one of the most spectacular and safe bathing beaches in West Wales. The annual River and Food Festival is a popular local event in August. Visit Cardigan Beaches Other sandy beaches are found, starting southwards from Aberaeron a few miles down the coast at Cei Bach outside Newquay, a popular holiday resort and yachting harbour. www.newquay-westwales.co.uk Smugglers’ coves and secluded beaches indent the coastline as far down as St David’s Head. Visit Llangrannog, with its double beach (and two pubs, one English, one Welsh!) – or, for perfect seclusion and no pubs, Mwnt. www.llangrannog.org.uk Pleasure boats Dolphin-spotting trips around the bay depart daily during the summer from Newquay (www.newquayboattrips.co.uk OR www.cbmwc.org). Cardigan bay Watersports (www.cardiganbaywatersports.org.uk) offers sailing, windsurfing and kayaking. King Arthur’s Labyrinth Travel by boat, deep inside the vast caverns of the Labyrinth and across a thousand years. Whilst exploring the spectacular underground setting, enjoy tales of King Arthur and other ancient Welsh legends. Complete with dramatic scenes, light shows and sound effects this is an amazing adventure for all ages. Corris Craft Centre Traditional wooden toys, jewellery, pottery, leatherware, hand decorated cards, candles, glassware, rustic furniture and herbal lotions and remedies are all made at the Craft Centre. Come along and see the Craftspeople at work and find some really inspiring products. Also, have a go at making your own crafts; drop in to paint pottery and dip candles or book a workshop to craft a piece of rustic furniture or to make designer cards and gift bags. Corris Mine Explorers Hidden in the hills above Corris are miles of tunnels and vast caverns, the surviving workings of a, once thriving, Welsh Slate Mine. Discover things abandoned by the miners when they left, from winching machines, candles and cigarette packets and feel the mine come alive as stories of life in the mine spill out. Golf For keen golfers, your nearest course is the Penrhos Country Club, near Llanrhystud. It's about twenty minutes north of Aberaeron, off the A487 coast road (follow sign in village for Lampeter). There's a championship 18-hole course, restaurant and other leisure facilities, including a swimming pool, tennis, sauna, solarium and gym. Telephone: 01974 202999 Other nearby golf courses at Aberystwyth (town course - Tel: 01970 615104) and Borth ( Tel: 01970 871202). A little-known club in a spectacular setting, Penlanlas ( Tel: 01970 625319) is a challenging 9-hole course at Rhydyfelin, just this side of Aberystwyth. Open to non-members. Racing Harness racing is the popular pastime in Mid Wales. Meetings are held at various courses, see Guide for details. |
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