Y-Fron Caravan Park

Outdoorsy types are particularly well served hereabouts: as well as being within easy reach of the Ceredigion Coast Path, the site’s less than half an hour’s drive from the edge of Snowdonia National Park, which puts hiking, biking, riding and climbing on the menu. The trails and mountain biking tracks of Cadair Idris are about 40 minutes away, too, for anyone who wants to start big. If active tastes hew more towards the sea, a 45-minute journey around the Dovey Estuary (as far as Aberdovey) is essential: the beaches here are well-known for a host of watersports, from sailing and yachting to kitesurfing, windsurfing and paddleboarding. Any twitchers reading? Now, don’t get in a flap, but there are some attractions nearby that might lead to joyful chirping… Within 20 minutes of base are the Ynys-Hir RSPB reserve (one-time home of the Beeb’s Springwatch) and the Dyfi Osprey Project, so be sure to pack those binoculars. For anyone more into plants than animals (or perhaps both?), a trip 10 minutes down the road to Ynyslas National Nature Reserve is a must. There are plenty of rare and exotic plants to spot, as well as the sunken ancient forest that only shows itself at low tide and some top-notch sand dunes.