Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
WORTH A TRIP
COED Y BRENIN FOREST PARK
Covering 14 sq miles, this woodland park (8 miles north of Dolgellau off the A470) is the premier location for
mountain biking in Wales. It's laced with 70 miles of purpose-built cycle trails, divided into eight graded routes to
suit beginners or guns, and impressively presented by way of old-fashioned waterproof trail cards or download-
able geocaches and MP3 audio files. Wildlife includes fallow deer; they're hard to spot but you're most likely to
see them early in the morning.
The park's impressive environmentally friendly
visitor centre
( 01341-440747;
www.naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
;
car park per hr/day £1/4; 9.30am-4.30pm) has a cafe, toilets, showers
and a children's play area, while downstairs you can hire bikes from
Beics Brenin
(
01341-440728;
www.beicsbrenin.co.uk
;
per day £25-45) .
If you prefer to monkey about in the treetops, the park also contains the
Go Ape
(
0845 094 2634;
www.goape.co.uk
;
adult/child from £30/24;
weekends & school holidays Easter-Oct) high-wires course;
book ahead.
Accommodation is available 3.5 miles north of the park at the
Transfynydd Holiday Village
(
01766-540219;
www.logcabinswales.co.uk
; A470, Bronaber; cabin from £108;
) , a massive complex
of around 350 log cabins, with its own pub, shop and laundrette.
Sleeping
HYB Bunkhouse
( 01341-421755;
www.medi-gifts.com
; 2 Bridge St; dm/r £20/80, bedding £5 extra; )
Located above a
gift shop, this bunkhouse has a series of oak-beamed rooms with handy kitchenettes, each
sleeping four people (in bunkbeds). Only one has an en suite; the rest share bathrooms.
During busy periods it's charged by the room rather than by the bed.
HOSTEL
£
Bryn Mair House
OFFLINE MAP
B&B
££
GOOGLE MAP
( 01341-422640;
www.brynmairbedandbreakfast.co.uk
; Love Lane; s £75-85, d £95-105; )
This im-
pressive stone house - a former Georgian rectory no less - sits among gardens on wist-
fully monikered Love Lane. Its three luxurious B&B rooms are kitted out with Egyptian
cotton sheets, DVD players and iPod docks; Room 1 has sublime mountain views.
Pandy Isaf
( 01341-423949;
www.pandyisaf-accommodation.co.uk
; s/d £50/80; )
You wouldn't think to look at
it, but this country house, set alongside a gurgling stream where otters frolic, started life as
B&B
££
