Spa, seals and salty hair
Get great lungfuls of salty sea air walking the coast path or on beaches at Aberdaron and Morfa Nefyn. Enjoy coastal golf at Abersoch and pampering at The Warren Spa. Ride the world’s fastest zip line, explore mines, take home a slate clock. Meet furry cuties at Rabbit Farm or seals and porpoises on Bardsey Island.
Country kids
Go-kart, paddleboard or just play some crazy golf at Glasfryn Parc. Ride the water slides at Splashaway Bay and stick around for the aerial adventure course, karts, Segways, adventure golf, pedalos, pottery painting and archery. Or hack the lovely hills with Pen-Llyn Lusitano stables and see Ireland on a clear day.
Bring your digging and swimming gear for lovely beaches at Whistling Sands (yes, they do), Aberdaron, Porth Iago, Porth Ysgo, Abersoch, Porth Ceriad and Morfa Nefyn. Refresh in Ty Coch at Morfa, one of the world’s finest beach bars. Or take a boat to Bardsey Island for seabirds, seals and porpoises.
Discover magical fairies and charming animals at Gypsy Wood Farm. Meet rabbits, guinea pigs, alpacas, donkeys, pigs and lambs at Rabbit Farm: come in springtime and see lambs being born. Ride the world’s fastest zip line at Zip World or ride the quarry karts. Or visit Bounce Below for giant trampolining in an old slate mine.
Brush up on your culture at the Neuadd Dwyfor Arts Centre, with its theatre and cinema. Take a self-guided trip deep into the mountains at Llanfair Slate Caverns. Climb Mount Snowdon or cheat your way up on the little train. Ride the Ffestiniog line from the mountains down to Porthmadog Harbour.
For the grown ups
Get great lungfuls of fresh, salty sea air on the peninsula. Enjoy links golf that hugs the Welsh Riviera coastline at Abersoch. Walk the Welsh Coastal Path. Shoot clay at Glasfryn, canoe and surf with Abersoch Watersports, get out on world-renowned waters with Abersoch Sailing Club or master powerboats and jet skis with Abersoch Hydro.
Keep your fitness going with a gym and swim at Byw’n Lach Dwyfor Leisure Centre in Pwllheli. Boost your inner calm with massages, facials, manicures and bespoke packages at The Warren Spa in Abersoch. Or ramp up the pace on the world’s fastest zip line or ride the terrifying Aero Explorer at Zip World.
Life here’s all about the outdoors, so keep up the pace at Glasfryn Parc on go-karting, archery, wakeboarding, paddleboards and even crazy golf. Learn the history of Welsh slate at Llechwedd Slate Mines. Or explore the old workings through tunnels and chambers at Sygun Copper Mine.
Take home some lovely Welsh slate in the form of mirrors, clocks, coasters and cheeseboards from Jones Slate Crafts. Discover Portmeirion’s pottery, gardens, spa, beach and links to a hit TV show. Or take a tour of famous Welsh castles such as Conway, Caernarfon, Beaumaris and Castell Dinas.
