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. You certainly will be able to see our resident bats (two roosts, Pipestral & Natterer’s.) We have our own dog walk on site for those of you wanting to bring your well-behaved dogs on holiday with you.

What you can find near the cottage

From the front of the cottage turn right and head down the Gwendraeth Fach Valley (see a picture) towards Kidwelly, Llanelli and on towards The Gower. The nearest beach at Llanstephan is only 10 miles away. Take a look here

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. Here's a picture which might give you a tiny idae of its size. Helpfully for families, the 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.

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,
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 catered for too, 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 too.

And after all that, you can even take a day trip to Ireland easily!

And of course, there's also St. David’s Cathedral...PHEW! And if all this isn’t enough, when you get to the cottage, our library will provide you with hundreds of other local attractions which our web server just won’t let us list here.
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More of that local information about Carmarthenshire can be found here

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