Rhydmeirionydd Farm

Head out onto the Ceredigion Coast Path by the farm and you can walk north to Borth in about 45 minutes or south to Aberystwyth in a couple of hours. Both are well worth visiting – Borth (five minutes’ drive) has a long sandy beach with a petrified forest that’s visible at low tide and Aberystwyth (10 minutes) has a castle, Britain’s longest electric funicular railway and the oldest pier in Wales. From Aberystwyth you can also board the Vale of Rheidol Railway for a steam-powered trip to the Devil’s Bridge waterfalls. You can also drive there in about half an hour, perhaps combining it with a visit to the Magic of Life Butterfly House (20 minutes) and Bwlch Nant yr Arian Forest Visitor Centre (25 minutes), where you can see red kites being fed. More outings? Head along the coast to places like Llanrhystud beach (half an hour), Aberdyfi (45 minutes) or New Quay (50 minutes), a hotspot for dolphin-watching boat tours.