Making the right choiceA few things to consider before you book.

All the cottages listed on this web site clearly state whether they are on a working farm or smallholding, or if they are purely a farm building converted into a holiday cottage. In the later case, you are opting to stay in a charactful building without the advantages - or the disadvantages - of life on a working farm!

All the farms listed are small, for that is the characteristic of our hill farms. They can also be quite remote and access can be by a track more suited to a 4 X 4! In compensation, the air is clean and the views can be quite staggering. Read the details carefully, for they tell you exactly what type of farm it is and more importantly, what animals they have on it.

A quiet life?

If you opt for a working farm, it is exactly that - a workplace. Tractors go back and forth, cows are herded in for early morning milking. Quiet it is not! On the other hand, you can normally join in the life of the farm and for many of our guests, this is the whole point of the exercise - a totally different lifestyle.

A word of caution though. Young children love life on a farm - so many new places to explore. However, where there is machinery, there is danger. You wouldn't abandon your children to play near a busy road. Similarly, you should be ever watchful with younger children and go through basic safety guidelines with older ones.

Where?

Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a very small County. So if you stay on an inland farm, you can be in Tenby or St Davids within half an hour's drive. You will also have the advantage of quieter roads, even in the high season, so you can travel freely around the county without the congestion that occurs around the popular resorts. There are lots of things to see and do in Pembrokeshire and most are listed here

Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire is rightly called the "Garden of Wales" because it hosts the National Botanic Gardens and Aberglasney. However, what is not so well known is its spectular coastline with places like Laugharne and Llansteffan and one of the largest beaches in Wales - Cwmsidan There are lots of things to see and do in Carmarthenshire and most are listed here

Ceredigion/Cardiganshire

Ceredigian has some of the prettiest and least crowded beaches - places like Mwnt, Penbryn, Llangrannog & Tresaith. The new coastal path gives you the opportunity to see the Dolphins and seals from close hand. The Teify valley has many little beautiful towns and villages - you can see coracle racing in the Summer at Cenarth. The North and East is quite mountainous and provides a very different type of vista - Strata Florida Abbey is set amongst these hills There are lots of things to see and do in Ceredigion and most are listed here