Eliza’s guidebook
Beach and food
Family friendly and quaint fishing town with seasonal watersports sessions available via National Trust at Porth y Swnt
Fantastic quaint town 10 minutes drive from the cottage where you can pick up any essentials and enjoy the family friendly beach and pubs serving food and drink. 'Sblash' offers fantastic fish and ships - check reduced opening hours in low season.
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Aberdaron
Fantastic quaint town 10 minutes drive from the cottage where you can pick up any essentials and enjoy the family friendly beach and pubs serving food and drink. 'Sblash' offers fantastic fish and ships - check reduced opening hours in low season.
Only 15 minutes drive from the cottage is this friendly pub and restaurant serving decent home made food including kids menus and Sunday roasts. Popular quiz on some Thursdays too
https://www.theshipinn.org.uk/
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The Ship Inn
2 Williams PlOnly 15 minutes drive from the cottage is this friendly pub and restaurant serving decent home made food including kids menus and Sunday roasts. Popular quiz on some Thursdays too
https://www.theshipinn.org.uk/
This is a firm favourite of ours as it is never overrun, has crystal clear waters, you can see seals bobbing around sometimes and it the perfect place for a picnic and a little dip when the tide is out.
https://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/north-wales/gwynedd/porth-ysgo.htm
Porth Ysgo
This is a firm favourite of ours as it is never overrun, has crystal clear waters, you can see seals bobbing around sometimes and it the perfect place for a picnic and a little dip when the tide is out.
https://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/north-wales/gwynedd/porth-ysgo.htm
Sightseeing
National Trust country mansion and beautifully maintained gardens and woodlands
Seasonal events and visits to mansions, gardens and woods from March - October. Some Christmas and Easter events for families https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/plas-yn-rhiw
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/plas-yn-rhiw
Plas yn Rhiw
Pwllheli has lots of cafes, shops, the marina to stroll along. Also a leisure centre for indoor swims and a cinema / theatre for rainy day entertainment https://www.pwllheli.cymru/cinema-theatre/
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Pwllheli
Pwllheli has lots of cafes, shops, the marina to stroll along. Also a leisure centre for indoor swims and a cinema / theatre for rainy day entertainment https://www.pwllheli.cymru/cinema-theatre/
How to explore the village of Rhiw, the historic cromlechs and footpaths on Mynydd Rhiw? Great article below explaining different ways to walk around and see the sights.
"For reasons that a better qualified meteorologist than I could no doubt answer (I am after all, simply a mesmerised man sitting on a bench), the sun setting over Rhiw frequently coincides with the formation of light, slim, horizontally striated clouds shooting across the headland. Before the sun disappears these clouds are nothing remarkable – you barely even notice them – but now, illuminated as they are from behind and below, they form the canvas on which Rhiw paints its eventide picture. The blend of subtle pinks, striking blues and the warmest of golds lighting up the night sky will cast their way westward over and beyond Bardsey, and north and east over Abersoch, finding their way right across the peninsula to Snowdonia on the truly special nights.
This is not a sight easily witnessed from Abersoch village – the raised topography of the bluff that separates the village from Llanengan and Llangian blocks the view for many. As do artificial lights. Better to head up to Cilan headland or Mynytho or make your way over to Hells Mouth, find a secret spot in the dunes and redeem your free ticket to ‘The Rhiw Mountain Light Show’ – one of the worlds finest.
So how best to immerse yourself in Rhiw’s rich history and natural beauty? Access is perfectly possible by heading down onto the beach from the surfers car park behind Hells Mouth, walking along the sands and making your way up that path at the ‘corner’ of the beach where clay meets hard, igneous rock (that recipe for Hornfelsed shale in fact). I’ve done this route but its hard work! Walking on sand always is. If you are taking on the Coastal Path then its part of the deal but if you want a less testing and arguably more immediately rewarding means of experiencing Rhiw then I suggest you take a look at the excellent Llyn Coastal Bus service that now plies its trade between Abersoch and Aberdaron. Or take the car from Abersoch down through Llangian and turn right, then left at the T junction in a couple of miles then follow your nose along the road that first heads for then hugs the coast, albeit some-way behind it initially. Continue straight over the stone bridge over what is by now the already-tiny River Soch at the right turn to Botwynog and you will soon start to feel the beach coming closer as you head towards the brooding mass of Rhiw Mountain."
As you start to climb up towards the National Trust’s Plas Yn Rhiw you will find yourself on the ‘new road’ (completed in 2006 after a six year road closure following a succession of landslips). The old road is still there – leading to the campsite at Treheli Farm which must offer one of the most stunning aspects in these isles: looking out over Hells Mouth and deep into the Irish Sea – facing east as it does this is a place for miraculous sunrises rather than sunsets. The new road has been rather beautifully executed and sets you up for the climb to Rhiw village itself. As you climb take time to look left out over the bay – sunshine or storms it is heart-stopping in its drama.
You now have a host of options. Turn right in the village and head up to Mynydd Rhiw itself for the finest panoramic view over peninsula. Look north, south, east or west and you are rewarded by drama and colour: purple heathers in the uplands, green fields, woodlands and shimmering seas below, islands standing proud against the Atlantic and the true mountains of Snowdonia standing tall on the horizon. On a clear day Ireland’s Wicklow Hills are within your line of sight – a hazy mountainous horizon laid out before you. My preference, weather and gales permitting, is to take my lunch up to the ‘Trig point’ at the summit, eating a sandwich leaning against each elevation in turn – taking in a compass wheel of wildly different views with each bite of lunch.
A few hundred yards north of the true summit stands the Radio Relay station – the huge steel mast that can be seen from all across the peninsula. With its high iron fence and hulking, mysterious buildings it looks like something from an East European spy-thriller. The sign claims it’s part owned by Vodafone which makes the absence of a phone signal from my Vodafone handset directly under the mast itself more mysterious still! Footpaths spiral out from the summit in all directions, including over the rocky outcrop of Clip y Gylfinir (Curlew’s Crag) hulking high above the village at the southern end of Mynydd Rhiw. Take an Ordnance Survey map and you have a host of options for walks short and long, always with those incredible views dominating your eyeline.
For a route that takes you closer to the sea and the cliffs above Hells Mouth turn left just before Nebo Chapel in the centre of the village, between the two white houses and follow the path down towards the sea. You are now in a land of hut circles, burial chambers and standing stones – literally hard evidence of the ancient roots and civilisations of this land. Pick a blue-skied day and to your right the black-stone ‘hog-back’ ridge of Mynydd Y Graig silhouettes against the summer sky like a ragged toothed saw – harsh yet beautiful – its shapes and silhouettes ever-changing as you head further down the path and take in the ridge from a new aspect with every few steps. Possibly tiring now, the old farmhouse of Pant seems aptly named, before some man-made surprises catch your eye. First a fresco of a child’s face set around seashells in the rock, then the stone sculpture I call ‘The Dude’, kneeling wisely on his own rock, looking for all time out over the bay – why would you ever want to leave a view like that? The path now turns right, tracking the Rhiw headland cliffs as it winds down to the equally striking ridge of Mynydd Penarfynydd extending away to the sea at Trwyn Talfarach, with its views over Ynysoedd Gwylanod (Seagull Islands) at the mouth of Aberdaron Bay. As you approach the tip of Penarfynydd you again have options – free to continue on the Coastal Path or take one of a number of circular walk options by path, lane or road back to Rhiw Village.
Feel free to make a route of your own – the headland is criss-crossed by endless footpaths, always with astonishing views on hand, always with history underfoot and always ready to surprise you at every turn. It’s a place that truly does feel timeless – a rocky yet softer contrast to the busy village of Abersoch. Heading for Rhiw feels like heading back in time and if you can’t visit then there are worse ways to witness its beauty that catching one of those amazing sunsets over the headland.
After all that walking it’s surely time for some refreshments so why not head for Aberdaron – the lovely little village that sits four-square, holding back the seas at the very western tip of the Llyn Peninsula? Make your way down there and enjoy drinks at one of the two pubs or treats at the cafes or ice-cream shops. Then maybe smooth down the sand, take a seat and enjoy a little time-out on the beach, licking your ’99’ and looking back over your left shoulder at the never-changing profile, yet ever changing moods of the wonderful, windswept Rhiw Mountain. Best of all, like everywhere in our ‘Somewhere only we Know’ series, fifteen minutes in the car and you are back in Abersoch, ready for the evening and full of stories of the finest views in these isles!"
Words by Abersoch Sensation Magazine editor Kevin Bell
https://www.abersochlife.com/rhiw-somewhere-know/
Rhiw
How to explore the village of Rhiw, the historic cromlechs and footpaths on Mynydd Rhiw? Great article below explaining different ways to walk around and see the sights.
"For reasons that a better qualified meteorologist than I could no doubt answer (I am after all, simply a mesmerised man sitting on a bench), the sun setting over Rhiw frequently coincides with the formation of light, slim, horizontally striated clouds shooting across the headland. Before the sun disappears these clouds are nothing remarkable – you barely even notice them – but now, illuminated as they are from behind and below, they form the canvas on which Rhiw paints its eventide picture. The blend of subtle pinks, striking blues and the warmest of golds lighting up the night sky will cast their way westward over and beyond Bardsey, and north and east over Abersoch, finding their way right across the peninsula to Snowdonia on the truly special nights.
This is not a sight easily witnessed from Abersoch village – the raised topography of the bluff that separates the village from Llanengan and Llangian blocks the view for many. As do artificial lights. Better to head up to Cilan headland or Mynytho or make your way over to Hells Mouth, find a secret spot in the dunes and redeem your free ticket to ‘The Rhiw Mountain Light Show’ – one of the worlds finest.
So how best to immerse yourself in Rhiw’s rich history and natural beauty? Access is perfectly possible by heading down onto the beach from the surfers car park behind Hells Mouth, walking along the sands and making your way up that path at the ‘corner’ of the beach where clay meets hard, igneous rock (that recipe for Hornfelsed shale in fact). I’ve done this route but its hard work! Walking on sand always is. If you are taking on the Coastal Path then its part of the deal but if you want a less testing and arguably more immediately rewarding means of experiencing Rhiw then I suggest you take a look at the excellent Llyn Coastal Bus service that now plies its trade between Abersoch and Aberdaron. Or take the car from Abersoch down through Llangian and turn right, then left at the T junction in a couple of miles then follow your nose along the road that first heads for then hugs the coast, albeit some-way behind it initially. Continue straight over the stone bridge over what is by now the already-tiny River Soch at the right turn to Botwynog and you will soon start to feel the beach coming closer as you head towards the brooding mass of Rhiw Mountain."
As you start to climb up towards the National Trust’s Plas Yn Rhiw you will find yourself on the ‘new road’ (completed in 2006 after a six year road closure following a succession of landslips). The old road is still there – leading to the campsite at Treheli Farm which must offer one of the most stunning aspects in these isles: looking out over Hells Mouth and deep into the Irish Sea – facing east as it does this is a place for miraculous sunrises rather than sunsets. The new road has been rather beautifully executed and sets you up for the climb to Rhiw village itself. As you climb take time to look left out over the bay – sunshine or storms it is heart-stopping in its drama.
You now have a host of options. Turn right in the village and head up to Mynydd Rhiw itself for the finest panoramic view over peninsula. Look north, south, east or west and you are rewarded by drama and colour: purple heathers in the uplands, green fields, woodlands and shimmering seas below, islands standing proud against the Atlantic and the true mountains of Snowdonia standing tall on the horizon. On a clear day Ireland’s Wicklow Hills are within your line of sight – a hazy mountainous horizon laid out before you. My preference, weather and gales permitting, is to take my lunch up to the ‘Trig point’ at the summit, eating a sandwich leaning against each elevation in turn – taking in a compass wheel of wildly different views with each bite of lunch.
A few hundred yards north of the true summit stands the Radio Relay station – the huge steel mast that can be seen from all across the peninsula. With its high iron fence and hulking, mysterious buildings it looks like something from an East European spy-thriller. The sign claims it’s part owned by Vodafone which makes the absence of a phone signal from my Vodafone handset directly under the mast itself more mysterious still! Footpaths spiral out from the summit in all directions, including over the rocky outcrop of Clip y Gylfinir (Curlew’s Crag) hulking high above the village at the southern end of Mynydd Rhiw. Take an Ordnance Survey map and you have a host of options for walks short and long, always with those incredible views dominating your eyeline.
For a route that takes you closer to the sea and the cliffs above Hells Mouth turn left just before Nebo Chapel in the centre of the village, between the two white houses and follow the path down towards the sea. You are now in a land of hut circles, burial chambers and standing stones – literally hard evidence of the ancient roots and civilisations of this land. Pick a blue-skied day and to your right the black-stone ‘hog-back’ ridge of Mynydd Y Graig silhouettes against the summer sky like a ragged toothed saw – harsh yet beautiful – its shapes and silhouettes ever-changing as you head further down the path and take in the ridge from a new aspect with every few steps. Possibly tiring now, the old farmhouse of Pant seems aptly named, before some man-made surprises catch your eye. First a fresco of a child’s face set around seashells in the rock, then the stone sculpture I call ‘The Dude’, kneeling wisely on his own rock, looking for all time out over the bay – why would you ever want to leave a view like that? The path now turns right, tracking the Rhiw headland cliffs as it winds down to the equally striking ridge of Mynydd Penarfynydd extending away to the sea at Trwyn Talfarach, with its views over Ynysoedd Gwylanod (Seagull Islands) at the mouth of Aberdaron Bay. As you approach the tip of Penarfynydd you again have options – free to continue on the Coastal Path or take one of a number of circular walk options by path, lane or road back to Rhiw Village.
Feel free to make a route of your own – the headland is criss-crossed by endless footpaths, always with astonishing views on hand, always with history underfoot and always ready to surprise you at every turn. It’s a place that truly does feel timeless – a rocky yet softer contrast to the busy village of Abersoch. Heading for Rhiw feels like heading back in time and if you can’t visit then there are worse ways to witness its beauty that catching one of those amazing sunsets over the headland.
After all that walking it’s surely time for some refreshments so why not head for Aberdaron – the lovely little village that sits four-square, holding back the seas at the very western tip of the Llyn Peninsula? Make your way down there and enjoy drinks at one of the two pubs or treats at the cafes or ice-cream shops. Then maybe smooth down the sand, take a seat and enjoy a little time-out on the beach, licking your ’99’ and looking back over your left shoulder at the never-changing profile, yet ever changing moods of the wonderful, windswept Rhiw Mountain. Best of all, like everywhere in our ‘Somewhere only we Know’ series, fifteen minutes in the car and you are back in Abersoch, ready for the evening and full of stories of the finest views in these isles!"
Words by Abersoch Sensation Magazine editor Kevin Bell
https://www.abersochlife.com/rhiw-somewhere-know/
Sailing & Watersports
Places to surf, sail, kayak and paddleboard
This is the hub for sailing and watersports, 20 minute drive away from the property.
https://www.abersochsailingschool.com/
Rental and kids club, seasonal
Abersoch Dinghy Week is one of the biggest annual events, you can bring your own or rent boats at the sailing club https://www.abersochlife.com/event/gjw-direct-abersoch-dinghy-week/
It is one of the busiest towns on the peninsula with many people returning year after year, with regulars from the North West. Loads of great cafes, pubs and watersports shops, and beachside cafes. It gets busy and has extra parking in high season at Abersoch Village Hall Car Park, Lon Gwydryn, Abersoch, Pwllheli LL53 7EA.
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Abersoch
This is the hub for sailing and watersports, 20 minute drive away from the property.
https://www.abersochsailingschool.com/
Rental and kids club, seasonal
Abersoch Dinghy Week is one of the biggest annual events, you can bring your own or rent boats at the sailing club https://www.abersochlife.com/event/gjw-direct-abersoch-dinghy-week/
It is one of the busiest towns on the peninsula with many people returning year after year, with regulars from the North West. Loads of great cafes, pubs and watersports shops, and beachside cafes. It gets busy and has extra parking in high season at Abersoch Village Hall Car Park, Lon Gwydryn, Abersoch, Pwllheli LL53 7EA.
Aberdaron beach is protected by the National Trust and is perfect for families and watersports fans, where you can also get kayak instruction or just take your own paddle board or kayak down.
"See the coast from a different perspective by giving a new adventure activity a go. Book an exciting kayaking session, on offer between Whitsun and September at Aberdaron.
The introductory kayaking sessions will run from Aberdaron beach using single seat and tandem sit on top kayaks which are easy to paddle and are very stable.
Sessions vary depending on the sea conditions. When the sea is calm we offer a scenic journey and the chance to learn about this fascinating coastline, its rich local history and incredible wildlife, including sea birds like puffins and Manx shearwaters, as well as seals and porpoises. If the sea is rough and the weather is still favourable you can have a go at surfing in the waves.
During the session you will be looked after by a qualified kayaking coach who will provide you with all the necessary equipment and look after you throughout your adventure. You will need to bring swim wear, old trainers and a towel.
Where and when?
Sessions run on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays during Whitsun and summer school holidays and on Saturdays between the two holiday periods and in September. A session lasts 2 hours and start times are 10am, 12.30pm and 2.45pm."
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/porth-y-swnt
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Porth y Swnt
Aberdaron beach is protected by the National Trust and is perfect for families and watersports fans, where you can also get kayak instruction or just take your own paddle board or kayak down.
"See the coast from a different perspective by giving a new adventure activity a go. Book an exciting kayaking session, on offer between Whitsun and September at Aberdaron.
The introductory kayaking sessions will run from Aberdaron beach using single seat and tandem sit on top kayaks which are easy to paddle and are very stable.
Sessions vary depending on the sea conditions. When the sea is calm we offer a scenic journey and the chance to learn about this fascinating coastline, its rich local history and incredible wildlife, including sea birds like puffins and Manx shearwaters, as well as seals and porpoises. If the sea is rough and the weather is still favourable you can have a go at surfing in the waves.
During the session you will be looked after by a qualified kayaking coach who will provide you with all the necessary equipment and look after you throughout your adventure. You will need to bring swim wear, old trainers and a towel.
Where and when?
Sessions run on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays during Whitsun and summer school holidays and on Saturdays between the two holiday periods and in September. A session lasts 2 hours and start times are 10am, 12.30pm and 2.45pm."
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/porth-y-swnt
At four kilometres long this unspoilt sandy beach is a haven for surfers, swimmers and walkers alike
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Porth Neigwl
At four kilometres long this unspoilt sandy beach is a haven for surfers, swimmers and walkers alike
Plas Heli
Yr HafanPwllheli Sports Club
Food scene & walk in and around Edern
You can combine a 4 mile walk to Edern with a lovely meal at Y Llong (the Ship) in Edern.
Walk shown here :
https://welovellyn.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/our-pick-of-the-best-4-walks-on-pen-llyn/
We highly recommend booking to eat at Y Llong / The Ship in Edern. This is restaurant food not pub food and is one of thebest we've found on Llyn. It gets very busy in summer. It's a bit of a drive but good for a special occasion. They have an excellent range of gins too.
Yes there are 3 different food places called The Ship which are in Edern, another great pub in Llanbedrog and Ship Hotel in Aberdaron.
Y LLong facebook page here
https://www.facebook.com/shipinnedern
Edern