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Active, outdoorsy types will be well-pleased to find that golf courses, horse riding, river and sea fishing are all on hand within around 25 minutes’ drive, and you can try out coracles at the National Coracle Centre at Cenarth Falls. For more relaxed pursuits, have an amble along Ceredigion Coast Path (both half an hour), taking in scenic coves and beaches and keeping an eye open for rare birds. History fans can learn all about the Welsh wool industry at the National Wool Museum (20 minutes), which also has a colourful textile gallery, and budding naturalists can follow way-marked walks over Teifi Marshes at the Welsh Wildlife Centre (50 minutes). The market town of Cardigan (40 minutes’ drive) has a fine castle and St Dogmaels Abbey to inspect, and plenty of pubs and cafés as well as a cinema and theatre (all good to ward off any rainy-day blues). You might get lucky and spot Atlantic grey seals or bottle-nosed dolphins in Cardigan Bay too.