Aberdaron is where the road runs out. The village sits at the very tip of the Llŷn Peninsula, gathered round a curving sandy bay, with a whitewashed medieval church standing almost on the beach. For most of a thousand years it was the last stop for pilgrims heading out to Bardsey Island.
15 places to stay · showing 1–10
Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula
A 4-star inn in the heart of Aberdaron at the tip of the Llŷn, with a bar, locally-landed seafood and comfortable en-suite rooms.
Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula
A sophisticated, sustainably-minded luxury B&B just outside Aberdaron, blending contemporary design with the Llŷn’s natural beauty.
Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula
An 11-room hotel standing on the beach at Aberdaron, with sea views from many rooms and a terrace above the sand.
Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula
A fully equipped static caravan within easy walking distance of Aberdaron on the Llŷn Peninsula, sleeping 5 — a serene, dog-friendly base.
Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula
A luxurious cottage in Aberdaron sleeping 8 in four en-suite bedrooms, with a step-free wet room and woodburner, a short walk from the beach.
Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula
A roomy detached cottage near Aberdaron sleeping 8, with coastal views, a conservatory and woodburner, a short walk from the beach. Dogs welcome.
Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula
A stone cottage in a hamlet near Aberdaron sleeping 5, with an inglenook and countryside views to Garn Fadryn. Superb walking country. Dogs welcome.
Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula
A detached cottage in Aberdaron sleeping 6, with a games room and woodburner, a minute's walk from the beach. Bike and kayak storage. Dog-friendly.
Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula
A stone cottage near Aberdaron sleeping 6, with a woodburner, conservatory and a garden with its own stream, near Whistling Sands. Dog-friendly.
Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula
A single-storey cottage in the heart of Aberdaron sleeping 6, with step-free living and an enclosed courtyard, about 200 yards from the beach.
They ate their last meal on the mainland at Y Gegin Fawr, the big kitchen, and it is a café on the same spot today. Boats still cross when the weather allows, and you get about four hours on the island.
The village is the end of the road, so everything else is a walk from it. Mynydd Mawr and its old coastguard hut look straight across the Sound to Bardsey. Porthor and its squeaking sand are four miles north, and the coast path leaves the beach in both directions.
The boats to Bardsey go from Porth Meudwy, a cove a mile down the lane from the village. It is a working slip with crab and lobster boats pulled up on it. The crossing takes about twenty minutes when the sound is calm, and does not run at all when it is not.
St Hywyn’s Church stands on the shore itself, close enough that the sea has been a problem for it. It was abandoned by the 1840s in favour of a new church inland, and the villagers disliked that enough that it was repaired and back in use by 1868.
Its best-known vicar was R. S. Thomas, one of the finest Welsh poets of the last century. The church, the churchyard and the view out over the bay are much as he would have known them.
Mynydd Mawr stands at the very tip of the peninsula, with an old coastguard hut on the top and a single-track road most of the way up. From there you look straight down the sound at Bardsey, with the whole west end of the Llŷn below you and nothing at all behind.
Round the coast are the whistling sands at Porthor. The grains squeak underfoot in dry weather because they are unusually round and even, which is how the beach got its English name.
Aberdaron is the last village on the Llŷn, at the end of the old pilgrims’ road, with Bardsey Island offshore and the beach right below the houses. There are fifteen places to stay here, the cheapest £40 a night. Abersoch and Pwllheli are the bigger bases if you want more choice.
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