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Villages & Resorts in Wales in general

Member Name: vickiorr83
Product:
Villages & Resorts in Wales in general
Date: 24/10/08
Rating:
Advantages: beautiful scenery and sandy beaches
Disadvantages: none that I found
Tenby is a beautiful seaside resort in the west of Wales.
The first thing to mention about Tenby is the wonderful beaches which have Blue Flag awards for their cleanliness. The most popular of these is Castle beach where a concrete ramp leads from the lower part of the town to the beach. On the ramp is a lovely cafe (try the soup!), a shop selling beach goods and most importantly the toilets!
The beach is lovely and sandy and the water clear and clean. You can board the boat excursions from this beach that visit the Monk inhabited Caldey Island. There are plenty of other trips to see puffins, seals and fishing trips which can all be booked from a couple of booking huts at the top of the ramp. From Castle beach you can walk to neighbouring South Beach which runs for well over a mile and is partly walled by sand dunes. The popular Kiln Park caravan site can also be accessed from this beach.
The other beaches are worth a mention too. North beach is an long alcove that has a nice cafe at one end and the harbour at the other end. There are clifface steps that lead from the streets above to North Beach but they can be really hard work climbing back up!
The town Centre has a great charm to it and has a good selection of shops, restaurants and pubs. Being a walled town the whole area is quite enclosed and small. The main square has the larger stores such as Woolworths and it is from here that you can get a Horse drawn cart tour of the town. Further along the town towards North Beach is the indoor market that has a handful of stores including a good pet shop. If go through the market front entrance and leave via the rear there is a street with lots of restaurants, Chip shops and pound bargain stores.
Also worth a visit is the museum which is located on Castle Hill and has brilliant views over the coastline. It''s quite a small museum but has some great articles of the past and isn''t too expensive to get in.
There is a multistorey carpark in the town centre or alternatively you can park in a large pay and display car park which is not far from North Beach and has a courtesy bus that runs to the town and Castle Beach.
There''s plenty of other things to do in the area such as visit the reptile museum, Carew market on a Sunday, Oakwood Park, Heatherton Park, Folly Farm and lots of other great Castles and beaches nearby.
Summary: fantastic place to stay
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