The Bay Holiday Park

Any stay at Bay Holiday Park should start with a trip into New Quay. Must-visits are the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre and the New Quay Honey Farm (buzz on over for to see the bees at work and to nab some of the sweet wildflower honey to take home), while sailing down to the harbour for a dolphin-spotting boat tour is highly recommended. Sticking to the coastline, head around half an hour’s drive south for the town of Cardigan – Cilgerran Castle and the Welsh Wildlife Centre should top your list here – and 40 minutes north for Aberystwyth, where you can explore an Edwardian fortress, clamber aboard the Cliff Railway funicular for a jaunt to the top of Constitution Hill, and catch the Vale of Rheidol steam train to the stunning Devil’s Bridge. There’s loads to do inland too: have a stately day out poking around at Llanerchaeron, get a taste of history at the National Wool Museum, West Wales Museum of Childhood or Internal Fire Museum, traipse through the Cae Hir Gardens, or have an active day out at the Urdd Centre with its dry ski slope, go-karting, tobogganing and quad biking. Want a day out with the kids? Pile into the car and make your way to Folly Farm Adventure Park or Oakwood Theme Park, both an hour and a quarter away.