Things to do
Visit the local pub
The nearest pub is in Talybont only 3 miles away:
The White Lion - A traditional friendly style pub providing pub meals and a cosy atmosphere. Booking advisable for Sunday Lunch. Open all evenings except Sunday evening for meals.
Enjoy a great meal
There are many lovely restaurants and places to eat in Aberystwyth and the surrounding area. Here are a just a few:
Ynyshir Restaurant - a Michelin star restaurant! Voted best restaurant in Wales and 5th in the UK by The Good Food Guide 2019. This restaurant is a real treat with evening and mid-day meals of up to 19 courses and is only an 8-mile drive away. This is a unique dining experience and is often full, so we recommend making a booking well in advance of your stay.
Cletwr Café - A community run café and shop providing great local food and friendly atmosphere. Particularly great for a mug of coffee and cake after a trip to Ynyslas Beach and nature reserve.
See Machynlleth and Corris
Machynlleth - A Jostling market town, with a great relaxed vibe, café’s serving good food, a supermarket and a great spectacle on Wednesday, which is Market day.
Just North of Machynlleth is C.A.T. The centre for Alternative Technology and Corris visitors centre where you can visit craft shops and even a local Gin Distillery and take a tour to Arthur’s Labyrinths through Mine shafts below!
Experience the Welsh countryside
Enjoy walking the many footpaths and trails from the treehouse or explore further afield. Here are just a few examples:
Bwlch Nant y Arian is an outstanding forest recreation centre in the heart of Mid Wales.
An award-winning attraction, Nant-yr-Arian is famous for the daily Red Kite feeding, which can be seen from the Visitor Centre or from many places around the lake.
For the adventurous climb Cadair Idris, or explore the waterfalls at Devils bridge.
Take a trip to the seaside
When the tide is low Borth and Ynyslas have excellent golden sandy beaches.
Borth's award-winning beach is particularly popular with canoeing, fishing, sailing, surfing, motor boating, water skiing and sailboard enthusiasts - RNLI Lifeguards are in attendance during the summer holiday season - look out for the flags.
Ynyslas, with its excellent golden sandy beach, is about two miles north of Borth along the coast road and is particularly popular with shell collectors and kite flyers.
Call into the Ynyshir RSPB nature reserve on your way home and perhaps catch a glimpse of the elusive osprey.
Visit Mid Wales’s largest town
Aberystwyth's graceful sweeping seafront is a favourite with visitors and locals alike. Whenever you visit, you'll be likely to find the Promenade alive with walkers, joggers, bikers - and those who just want to relax by the seaside.
This vibrant university town has a wide range of lovely shops, fabulous restaurants and beach and promenade walks.
Constitution Hill marks the quieter northern end of the promenade and features an impressive cliff railway up to the viewpoints and camera obscura.
Aberystwyth Art Centre stages exhibitions all year round and the building is also home to a theatre and cinema.
Go hiking
The rugged peaks and velvet slopes that adorn the central Mid Wales uplands make the Cambrian Mountains one of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain. Running from north to south, these mountains straddle the counties of Powys and Ceredigion and are often described as the backbone of Wales.
A paradise for walkers and wildlife watchers alike, they are remarkably free of human intervention and afford their visitor some of the most enchanting environments this country has to offer.
Perfect for biking
The Rheidol Cycle Trail is a 28 km trail takes you from Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge alongside the famous steam train route.
Nant yr Arian has a selection of trails available from the Visitor Centre with the Syfydryn trail passing right through the middle of Moelgolomen farm. This is a stunning route through the heart of the wild welsh mountains.
