Merlin House, Llandovery - Carmarthenshire, sleeps 9 and has 3 bedrooms

The cottage has an idyllic rural location next to a working livestock farm. As well as being close to The Brecon Beacons National Park in Carmarthenshire, the holiday cottage also has on its doorstep The Crychan Forest with many miles of walking and cycling trails. Fully equipped cycle hire delivered to the cottage is available by arrangement. The Crychan Forest has a rich diversity of mammals, insects and birds, including red kites, goshawks, sparrowhawks, buzzards, peregrine falcon, nightjar, goldcrest, siskin, willow warblers, wood warblers, song thrush and jay (for more details see this informative BBC article). For anglers, there is over seven miles of fishing on the rivers Towy, Bran and Gydderig. There is also riding and pony trekking available in the area.

The holiday cottage is only four miles from Llandovery, an ancient market town on the River Towy with post office, railway station, taxi, supermarket, internet, launderette, take-aways, shops, restaurants, pubs and indoor swimming pool. In 2006, Prince Charles established his home in Wales just two miles outside Llandovery at Myddfai. Other interesting market towns are Llandeilo (approximately 20 minutes), Brecon (30 minutes) and Lampeter (40 minutes).

From the cottage it is easy to reach both the South and West Wales Coasts with many beautiful beaches around an hour away. Nearby are the National Botanic Gardens, Llyn Brianne with a stunning lake and walks, Aberglasney Gardens with its beautifully restored gardens, Dinefwr Park and Carreg Cennen Castle. Drive times are Bristol (2hrs), Birmingham (3hrs), Manchester (4hrs), London (4hrs) (source multimap.co.uk).

This property has been advertised on My Favourite Holiday Cottages since 12-02-2012