Things to Do

Most people who come to Llansteffan take it easy:  some gentle walks on the beach or round the headland to a hidden cove, pick up some flotsam and jetsam, watch the buzzards idly wheeling above the Castle and just let your soul settle back into the rhythm of life.

If you're looking for something more energetic, get a licence to fish on one of the best salmon rivers in Wales or go cockling and musselling down by the sea. There are boats to hire in the village if you've got sea legs. If not, there's miles of rolling countryside to romp right outside the door and golf courses galore within an easy drive.

Laugharne, home of Dylan Thomas' Boat House is the next estuary westward while 8 miles up the Towy is Carmarthen Town, home of Merlin's oak. The whole region is scattered with delightful market towns, craft centres and farm outlets. Just 15 miles away is the National Botanic Gardens of Wales with the biggest single-span glasshouse in the world.

And at every turn, centuries of heritage:  stone age burial chambers, mediaeval castles, ancient churches, bishops palaces, Roman ruins and Celtic crosses.

Leaflet on Llansteffan Coastal Walks (pdf)