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The air holidays and flights on this site are ATOL protected
by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number is ATOL 9075.
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| Llanwrtyd Wells |
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 Guided mountain biking.
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Full board accommodation
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The Neuadd Arms Hotel lies at the heart of Llanwrtyd Wells, the smallest town in Britain (population 604 at the last census) and is in an area of mid-Wales where the pace of life has changed little since the drovers used to drive their flocks of sheep across the mountains. This area of the southern Cambrian Mountains is often called the 'Welsh Lake District' because of its similarity to the English lakes.
The town boomed as a spa town in the 19th century thanks to the arrival of the railway and the discovery of spring waters rich in sulphur - as this extract from a brochure from 1900 demonstrates. 'In summer the hottest days are tempered by exhilerating mountain breezes. Few health resorts of the continent compare with it, and Madeira and Teneriffe, that might be weighed against it, are reached only after a long and at many times an unpleasant sea journey'.
Llanwrtyd is also know for some of its special events. These include the Man V Horse race, held every year in June where up to 40 horses take on runners across a 22 mile course and the annual World Bog Snorkelling Championships! |
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Mountain biking