The Area
The area's attractions
Carmarthenshire
provides endless sporting, cultural and relaxation facilities, all of which can
be reached from the cottage with ease.
A fully descriptive brochure highlighting the additional facilities available at the cottage will be mailed on request.
Many of our visitors enjoy watching the wildlife around the farm. You may be lucky enough to catch sight of Red Kites nesting nearby or the Buzzards circling above our fields.
We have our own dog walk on site for those of you wanting to bring your well-behaved dogs on holiday with you.
Here are some suggestions
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From the front of the cottage turn right and head down the Gwendraeth Fach Valley towards Kidwelly, Llanelli and on towards The Gower. The nearest beach at Llanstephan is only 10 miles away.
You might want to make for Pembrey Country Park, the Forestry Commission Pine Trail and its mountain walk. Turn left and passing through Porthyrhyd, join the A48 and within 7 miles you will reach the County Town of Carmarthen
Carmarthen is a Roman town spanning the River Towy, complete with its own Amphitheatre, here you will find Museums, Theatre, ample shopping facilities and daily and weekly markets.Or, head due north from Porthyrhyd and visit the National Botanic Garden of Wales with it's centerpiece, 'the great greenhouse': the world's largest single span glasshouse. The picture in our gallery may give you some idea of it's size.
Helpfully for families, the Botanic Garden runs a children's club, which you may find about here.
Travel on through the Towy Valley along the A40 to Aberglasney to see its own small but perfectly formed gardens and the results of its major restoration scheme. Don't miss the fantastic Yew Tunnel.
Watch a video of the Carmarthen area
This following YouTube video is worth a few minutes of your time. You will need the 'Flash' player to view it however:
The Area picture gallery
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Llanstephan has a beautiful sandy beach
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The Great Greenhouse at the National Botanic Garden of
Wales
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Visitors have also used the cottage as a base for visiting:
- Bethlehem,
- The Black Mountains,
- Caldey Island,
- Carreg Cennen Castle,
- Dan-Yr-Ogof Show Caves,
- Dolaucothi Gold Mine,
- Pumpsaint,
- Folly Farm - to meet Wales' most friendly animals,
- Ffoslas Racecourse,
- Gwilli Steam Railway,
- Laugharne (The Boat House, home and inspiration to Dylan Thomas,)
- Oakwood Leisure Park,
- Pendine Sands,
- Preseli Hills,
- RSPB Reserve, Ramsey Island,
- Show Ground, Carmarthen,
- Skomer Island (Puffins)
- Cheese Making Farms & Museums, Craft Centres & Potteries.
And it's easy to find plenty of activities to do too; Fancy a game of golf? A few hours of quiet fishing - the Cothi, Towy & Taff Valleys are all nearby,
A bracing spot of Mountain Biking? We can offer the Brechfa Forest, or a quick canter? Horse Riding, is available locally.
Watchers of mainstream sport are also catered for, with the famous rugby Scarlets of Llanelli not too far away and Swansea FC can offer the facilities of the brand new Liberty stadium and football of sometimes, variable quality :-)
Of course there is also the option of Sky at the cottage. After all that, you can easily take a day trip to Ireland! Additionally, there's the amazing St. David’s Cathedral...PHEW!
If all this isn’t enough, when you get to the cottage, our library will provide you with hundreds of other local attractions, too numerous to mention here.
