Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
er sights include 6th-century
carved stones
, the remains of a 13th-century
abbey tower
and a
candy-striped
lighthouse
.
range holiday lets in cottages on the island. In summer
Bardsey Boat Trips
( 07971-769895;
www.bardseyboattrips.com
; adult/child £30/20)
sails to Bardsey from Porth Meudwy, a little cove
near Aberdaron. Enlli Charters (
Click here
)
sails from the marina in Pwllheli.
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Morfa Nefyn
The diminutive village of Morfa Nefyn sits above a pretty crescent of sand at
Porth Dinllaen
. It's hard to believe that this was once a busy cargo, shipbuilding and herring port, the
only safe haven on the peninsula's north coast. Indeed, it was eyed up by slate magnate
William Madocks as a possible home for ferries to Ireland, but in 1839 the House of Com-
mons gave that job to Holyhead. Today it's owned in its entirety by the National Trust,
which maintains a small information kiosk in its car park (parking summer/winter £5/
1.50).
At the western end of the beach is an isolated cluster of buildings, which includes the
legendary
Tŷ Coch Inn
(
01758-720498;
www.tycoch.co.uk
; mains £6-10;
noon-4pm Sat & Sun Dec-Feb,
11am-3pm Mon-Thu, 11am-3pm & 6-11pm Fri & Sat, 11am-5pm Sun Mar-May & Sep-Nov, 11am-11pm Mon-Sat, to
5pm Sun Jun-Aug )
, famous for its views and for pints that you can drink while dabbling your
toes in the sea.
Buses head here from Pistyll (route 14; eight minutes) and Pwllhelli (8/14; 20 minutes).
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Pistyll
One of the main pit-stops on the Bardsey pilgrimage, the ancient hospice church
St Beuno's
sits peacefully in the middle of its oval churchyard below the village of Pistyll. St Beuno
(died 640) was to North Wales what St David was to the south of the country (another St
Beuno's Church is further up the coast at Clynnog Fawr, where his religious community
was based). This tiny stone church's slate roof would once have been thatched, but origin-
al features include a Celtic carved font and a window beside the altar that allowed lepers
