Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Caldey Island
Boat trips run from Tenby Harbour to
Caldey Island
( 01834-844453;
www.caldey-island.co.uk
; adult/
child £11/6; Mon-Sat Apr-Oct)
, home to lots of grey seals and sea birds, and a red-topped,
whitewashed monastery that houses a community of around 15 Cistercian monks. The
monks live an austere life but make various luxurious products for sale, including perfume
(based on the island's wildflowers), shortbread and chocolate, and do so well that they
now employ people from the mainland.
There are guided tours of the monastery and great walks around the island, with good
views from the lighthouse. Make sure you visit the
old priory
and
St Illtyd's Church
, with its
oddly shaped steeple. Inside is a stone with inscriptions in ogham (an ancient Celtic
script).
Little
St Margaret's Island
at the western tip of Caldey is a nature reserve (landings are pro-
hibited); it's home to grey seals and Wales' biggest colony of cormorants.
From Tenby, boats to Caldey Island depart half-hourly from about 10.30am, from the
harbour at high tide and from Castle Beach at low tide. Tickets are sold from a kiosk at
the harbour slipway.
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Manorbier
Manorbier (man-er-
beer
) is a little village of leafy, twisting lanes with an impressive
castle nestled above a lovely sandy beach. If the beach at Manorbier gets busy, it's worth
walking west along the coast path to remote and tranquil
Swanlake Bay
where there is a fine
stretch of sand at low tide.
Sights
Manorbier Castle
(
www.manorbiercastle.co.uk
;
adult/child £5/3; 10am-6pm Easter-Sep)
Craggy, lichen-spotted Manorbier
Castle was the birthplace of Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, 1146-1223), one of
the country's greatest scholars and patriots. 'In all the broad lands of Wales, Manorbier is
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