Cycle the Lon Teifi Trail

Cycle along quiet country lanes and explore the beauty of the Welsh countryside on this four-day cycling holiday following the Lon Teifi Trail from Fishguard to Aberystwyth. You’ll have a detailed route map but, as this is a self-guided break, you’ll be your own tour guide. Available every day of the year, all you need to do is pick a time to go and pedal away.

Lon Teifi is a stunning cycle route from Fishguard to Aberystwyth that joins the Ystwyth valley and the River Teifi passing many charming towns and ruins along the way. The route offers a nice blend of rewarding climbs and gentle sections in the valleys.

Start the tour with a nip up to Fishguard’s cliff-top paths to see if you can spot any of the seals and porpoises that frequent the waters here. After that, it’s on your bike for a ride along the River Gwaun where you can visit the 5000 year old Pentre Ifan burial chamber and the Iron Age fort at Castell Henllys as you wend your way towards Cardigan. More ancient sites include the 14th-century Cilgerran castle and the remains of a Cistercian Abbey at Pontryhdyfendigaid. For something a little more lively, swap your two wheels for a coracle - a tiny pre-Roman boat originally covered with animal skins - at the National Coracle Centre.

The team who run this tour has graded this trip as moderate. That means, basically, you’ll need to have a decent level of fitness and if you’re planning on bringing the kids they’ll need to be confident cyclists. It’s a self-guided tour so this would make a great family-bonding trip, and as long as everyone’s happy spending most of the day on two wheels, it should go without a hitch (though we can’t vouch that there will be no bickering along the way if you’ve got teenagers in tow). You’ll cover 100 miles over four days, which works out at about 25 miles a day – so while it’s not too taxing, you should just about feel the burn.