Criccieth holiday apartment is a bolthole for two in a converted church.
All on the Ground Floor:
Open plan living space.
Living area: Smart TV, Books, Games
Dining area.
Kitchen area: Electric Oven, Fridge/Freezer, Washing Machine
Bedroom: Double (4ft 6in) Bed
Bathroom: Bath With Shower Over, Heated Towel Rail, Toilet
Electric central heating, electricity, bed linen, towels and Wi-Fi included. Private parking for 1 car. No smoking.
An immaculate, cosy apartment with original pink arches in the living room and bedroom, this stylish apartment for two is set in the heart of Criccieth, just a 2-minute walk to the beach, shops and restaurants. Well-appointed throughout it provides a perfect base all year round for couples wanting to escape to the North Wales Coast. Green and yellow touches are fresh against white walls and pink arches. The pale 4-seater green Danish design sofa is really comfortable. Lovely tableware, interesting pictures and paintings add to the apartment’s personality and charm. The kitchen/living/dining area is a lovely place to rest and relax whatever the season, immerse yourself with a good book or simply take time out with a coffee and morning paper. Whether you choose to walk the nearby coastal path or spend a lazy day on the beach, this holiday home provides the perfect base from which to explore.
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.
