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Aberdyfi

 
Description: Aberdyfi (sometimes Aberdovey in English) is a village on the estuary of the River Dyfi on the west coast of Wales. The ... more
Aberdyfi ... village was founded around the shipbuilding industry, but is known best known as a seaside resort with a high quality beach which was awarded the Blue flag beach award in 2005. There is a very active yacht club in the village. While the town centre is the seafront, yacht club, pier and beach, the town itself stretches back from the coast and up the steep hillside. The town lies in the midst of typical Welsh coast scenery (steep green hills and sheep farms). On the north bank of the Dyfi estuary, it is accessed by the A493 with Tywyn four miles to the north and Machynlleth 11 miles to the east.

Newest Review: ... lifeboat place and the building of the homemade ice cream shop is pink! The sand at Aberdyfi is sandy which is great because in that area many of the beaches are not! I have been told (although we didn't do this ourselves) that if you park near the large hotel on the way out of Aberdyfi towards Tywyn, you can walk across the golf pitch to the beach there and it's lovely although I would ... more

 ... imagine it's a small trek! We tried the fish and chip shop at Aberdyfi, it was nice - i wouldn't say it was anything special but we enjoyed our fish and chips on the beach all the same. If you have the time to go across to the other side of the estuary -...more

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Premium Review Aberdyfi: Quaint seaside town (565 words)
by - written on 20/08/09 (Very useful, 15 readings)
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Aberdyfi is picturesque. We stayed just a mile or so outside of Aberdyfi so inevetably we went in a few times. We found the easiest place to park was the main car park, it's very close to the beach and shops, the car park's around Wales all seem to have a standard price which is really useful. 2hrs was £1.50 which I thought very reasonable. There is a jetty where there were many children (and adults!) hanging over the edge crab fishing! there were many in the pots as well!! It was fun to watch while we were eating our icecream from the well known homemade ice cream shop and wow what an ice cream! there were plenty of flavours to choose from and the ...  Read the complete review

 

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