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DRIVE 13: Wonders of West Wales

PLAN YOUR DRIVE

Start/Finish: Llandovery to Newport.

Number of days: 4, allowing half a

day at St Davids.

Distances: Around 270 km (168 miles).

Road conditions: Well-paved and

signposted. In remote areas the

country roads can be very narrow.

When to go: Spring is very pretty, with

wild flowers, and summer is best for

outdoor activities. Many attractions

and venues close during the winter.

Opening times: Museums and

attractions are generally open

10am–5pm, but close earlier (or are

closed altogether) Nov–Easter. Shops

are often open longer. Churches are

usually open until dusk.

Main market days: Llandeilo: Country

Market, Civic Hall, Fri am; Tenby:

Country Market, St John’s Hall, Fri am; St

Davids: Country Market, Memorial Hall,

Thu am; Fishguard: Country Market,

Market Hall, Tue am; Farmers’ Market,

alternate Sat (every week in summer).

Shopping: Buy natural soaps from the

Soap Shed at St Davids produce market,

and jams and chutneys from Miranda’s

Preserves at village stores in Llandovery

and many local delis.

Major festivals: St Davids: Cathedral

Festival, classical music, 1st week in

Jun; Fishguard: Folk Festival, 4 days at

end of May; International Classical

Music Festival, one week late Jul–early

Aug; Pembrokeshire’s Jazz ’n’ Blues

Festival, 5 days at end of Aug.

Below Pendine Sands with the tide out, once a favourite location for land-

speed record attempts, see p142

KEY

Drive route

DAY TRIP OPTIONS

Castle and garden lovers can stay at

Llandovery to visit the castle and the

gardens at Aberglasney, and climb up to

Carreg Cennen castle before admiring

the Great Glasshouse at the National

Botanic Garden. Families will enjoy the

beach at Tenby, Carmarthen Bay, a visit to

the museum at Pendine, and the castle

and Dylan Thomas’ house at Laugharne;

finish off with the castles at Kidwelly and

Carew. For more coastal fun, stay at

Newport, see Fishguard harbour, then

on to St Davids for the cathedral, walk,

and time at the beach. Enjoy a fish

supper in Solva. For full details, see p145.

Above The mazy clifftop path of the Pembrokeshire Coast National

Trail, close to St Davids, see pp144–5

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