A stylish beachfront apartment in Barmouth with spectacular sea views and Snowdonia on the doorstep.
All on the Second Floor:
Living/dining room: Freeview TV, Nintendo Wii, DVDs
Kitchen: Electric Hob, Electric Oven, Microwave, Fridge/Freezer
Bedroom 1: Kingsize (5ft) Bed
Bedroom 2: 2 x Single (3ft) Beds
Shower Room: Double Shower, Heated Towel Rail, Toilet
Gas central heating, electricity, bed linen, towels and Wi-Fi included. Travel cot and highchair available. Parking permit for 1 car included. No smoking. Please note: This property has a security deposit of £150.
Set right on the beachfront in the popular seaside town of Barmouth, Abermawr Sea View Apartment offers a truly spectacular coastal escape. This contemporary second-floor apartment combines modern comfort with original Victorian charm, boasting high ceilings, decorative cornices and cast-iron fireplaces.
Its west-facing aspect means guests can enjoy uninterrupted views of Cardigan Bay, from the golden sands by day to breathtaking sunsets in the evening. With the beach right across the road and the Snowdonia National Park at your doorstep, this is the perfect base whether you’re seeking a relaxing seaside break or an active holiday exploring the great outdoors. Just a short stroll takes you into Barmouth town centre, with its harbour, independent shops, cafés, restaurants and traditional pubs. Families will love the award-winning sandy beach, while walkers and cyclists can explore the Mawddach Trail, the Wales Coastal Path and scenic mountain routes close by. Historic Harlech Castle, narrow-gauge steam railways and the Cambrian Coast train line – one of Britain’s most beautiful railway journeys – all add to the wealth of things to see and do in the area.
The apartment itself is bright and spacious, with an open plan living, dining and kitchen area framing those stunning sea views. Sleeping four guests in two well-presented bedrooms (a king-size and a twin), it also offers a fully tiled shower room. With free parking available nearby and the town on your doorstep, Abermawr Sea View Apartment is an ideal retreat for couples, friends or families looking for a stylish seaside getaway.
Gwynedd is a mountainous county with much of the east covered by Snowdonia National Park. To the west is the Llyn Peninsula which is flatter and has some of North Wales’s most beautiful coastlines.
The lagoons, wetlands, grasslands and reedbeds of Spinnies Aberogwen nature reserve near Bangor attract a wonderful variety of birds all year round but in particular during spring and autumn migrations. In the summer look out for kingfishers, little egrets, and grey herons in the reeds as they hunt for small fish, while in winter, water rails, great-crested grebes, and snipe, are joined by dunlins, lapwings, and redshanks looking for shelter. The reserve has a hide as well as bird feeders giving you the opportunity to see the wildlife up close.
Just south of Porthmadog is Traeth Glaslyn nature reserve made up of salt marsh, willow woodland, and grassland and a haven for wildlife and birds including teals, wigeons, curlews, black-tailed godwits. There is a hide here too, but please note at high tide the reserve can become submerged so check tide times before you go.
Another wetland reserve is the RSPB’s Arthog Bog in the Mawddach Valley. It may be small but it’s crammed with wildlife. Visit in spring for the opportunity to see summer migrants such as sedge warblers, whitethroats, and cuckoos. In autumn, flocks of redwings and fieldfares arrive for the winter. There’s a good chance to see goldfinches, linnets, and siskins feeding on seeds all year round.
For woodland birds head to Nantporth nature reserve, overlooking the Menai Strait and home to blackcaps, treecreepers, nuthatches, and jays. It’s also a good place to spot carrion crows, ravens, and jackdaws which often flock to the foreshore.
Also in the Menai Straits, is Traeth Lafan or Lavan Sands, an intertidal sandbank that is important for waterfowl in particular oystercatchers, as well as ringed plovers, knots, greenshanks, and turnstones.
Although ospreys can be spotted all over Gwynedd, for fans of these magnificent birds of prey a trip to Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife is a must. A pair of ospreys has been breeding at the site since 2004 and in spring, visitors can watch on camera as the parents deliver fish to feed their chicks at the nest. There are also viewing platforms, hides, and scopes, and volunteers on hand to answer any questions you might have.
