Aberystwyth is the biggest town on the Cardigan Bay coast, a Victorian seaside and university town where a long curving promenade sweeps between the ruined castle and Constitution Hill. Students give it a buzz through term time. At the far end of the promenade there is an iron bar set into the railings. The local custom is to walk the whole length and kick it before you turn round.
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Aberystwyth, Ceredigion West Wales
A historic Grade II listed country estate near Aberystwyth, offering B&B and self-catering, set in peaceful gardens and grounds.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion West Wales
A classic pub with rooms on Aberystwyth’s seafront, with stunning uninterrupted views of Cardigan Bay and a friendly atmosphere.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion West Wales
A modern, welcoming 4-star guesthouse with its own restaurant in Bow Street, just north of Aberystwyth. Dog-friendly.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion West Wales
A 5-star holiday farmhouse for six on a 250-acre working farm near Aberystwyth, with stunning panoramic views. Dog-friendly.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion West Wales
The George Borrow is a mountain inn on the A44 at Ponterwyd, in the Cambrian Mountains east of Aberystwyth, with cooked breakfasts and fine views. From…
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion West Wales
A charming country holiday cottage on a 250-acre working farm near Aberystwyth, sleeping 6, with breathtaking views. Dog-friendly.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion West Wales
Two-bedroom caravan sleeping four above Aberystwyth, with two bathrooms, a balcony over the town and the castle twenty minutes walk away.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion West Wales
The Queensbridge is a family-run hotel at the quiet north end of Aberystwyth promenade, with Cardigan Bay views, a lift to all floors and dogs welcome.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion West Wales
Gwesty Cymru is a boutique hotel on Aberystwyth's seafront at Marine Terrace, with sea-view rooms, air conditioning and a sun terrace. From £155 a night.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion West Wales
A large eight-bedroom group holiday house near Aberystwyth, sleeping 18 over three floors, with a heated pool. Dog-friendly.
Ride the Cliff Railway up Constitution Hill to the camera obscura at the top. It has been running since 1896. Take the Vale of Rheidol steam railway up to the Devil’s Bridge falls, and visit the National Library of Wales. Dolphins are often seen offshore in Cardigan Bay, and the Cambrian Mountains rise just inland.
A car opens up the rest of it. Borth and the Ynyslas dunes are six miles north. Devil’s Bridge is twelve miles up the Rheidol valley, and Aberaeron and New Quay lie along the coast road south.
Aberystwyth grew around the castle Edward I put up here in 1277, and around a small harbour. The Victorians then turned it into a fashionable resort, and from 1872 the home of the first university college in Wales. The Cliff Railway followed in 1896 and the National Library was begun in 1911, all of it in the same confident stretch of years.
The Royal Pier opened in 1865 and was the first thing here built for visitors rather than for the harbour. Storms have taken pieces off it more than once, and what is left runs out over the beach from Marine Terrace, partway along the front.
Today the promenade is where the town happens. People walk the length of it in the evening, and the habit of kicking the bar at the far end is still going strong. From there the Cliff Railway climbs Constitution Hill, and the camera obscura at the top throws a live picture of the whole bay onto a white dish.
Eating out is easy for a town this size. Ultracomida on Pier Street serves Spanish plates and Welsh cheese, and Pysgoty on the South Promenade cooks fish landed by local boats. Musicfest fills a week each July with classical concerts at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Inland, the Rheidol valley climbs to Devil's Bridge.
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