Allow us to take you on a weekend journey to Mumbles. In our 3-day itinerary, you’ll have the prospect to discover a few of Swansea Bay’s most gorgeous pure landscapes and expertise the coastal village of Mumbles. From coastal walks to castles, pub lunches to nighttime time gin bars, there’s no scarcity of issues to see and do on a weekend in Mumbles.
Nestled on the southern coast of Wales, is the quaint coastal village of Mumbles. The world is residence to picturesque seashores, breathtaking coastal walks, and its very personal citadel. Mumbles and the Gower Peninsula gives gorgeous surroundings, pleasant locals, and lots to do, whether or not you’re a nature lover or a metropolis dweller.
Pack your luggage, seize your strolling boots, and be a part of us for a weekend journey in Swansea Bay!
Day 1: Arrive in Swansea Bay and Head to Mumbles
Journey to Swansea Bay: Swansea Bay is accessible by public transport and by automobile. With direct trains operating from London Paddington to Swansea, you may attain the town in roughly 3 hours. Swansea Bay and the lovable village of Mumbles are accessible in a brief, 20-minute bus trip from Swansea metropolis centre.
Lunch at The Inexperienced Room: In your first day, after arriving at Swansea prepare station, head over to The Green Room Bar and Kitchen in Swansea’s new COPR Bay space for lunch. They supply their produce regionally and purpose to cut back their carbon footprint as a lot as doable. There are good vegetarian and vegan choices. Their tomato and basil soup of the day was scrumptious and Luke chowed down on a cracking pesto tofu on sourdough.
Arrive in Mumbles: After lunch, hop on the quantity 2 or 2C bus alongside Swansea Bay to achieve Mumbles. This cosy village has bucket a great deal of character and attraction, and is sort of a distinction to Swansea metropolis’s industrial, city panorama.
Verify-in at The Oyster Home: In your lodging, we extremely suggest The Oyster House in Mumbles. This boutique resort, restaurant and bar is positioned on the seafront and the rooms have gorgeous views throughout Swansea Bay and Mumbles. The tastefully adorned rooms embody plush, snug beds, rainmaker showers and sliding doorways opening out to sea views. Even higher, there’s no street between you and the ocean! We beloved our keep right here and the pleasant workers took nice care of us.
Stroll Alongside the Promenade and Feast on Pub Grub at The Oyster Home: Work up an urge for food with a stroll within the contemporary air alongside the attractive promenade which results in Mumbles’ Victorian pier and lighthouse. It’s about an hour stroll to the top and again, so excellent for a pre-dinner jaunt. Come again and snuggle right into a nook at The Oyster Home for a night meal there.
Day 2: Discover Rhossili Seaside and the Gower Peninsula
In your second day, take a bus from Swansea Bus Station to Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula, which is the UK’s first Space of Excellent Pure Magnificence. This was our favorite exercise of our weekend in Swansea Bay. It’s truthfully unmissable for those who’re on this lovely nook of South Wales!
Hike Worms Head: Spend the morning climbing throughout the causeway to Worms Head, a protracted stretch of headland accessible solely throughout low tide. It’s a few 2-hour hike/scramble throughout a rocky causeway which is uncovered when the tide is out. As you strategy, there’s an indication signalling the occasions between which it’s secure to move out.
As soon as we reached the headland, we had been excited to see seals lounging and swimming off the coast. We joined just a few different hikers to quietly watch them from the clifftop. Then it was on to the superior Satan’s Bridge. Its angular opening within the rock is basically distinctive and we’ve not seen a rock formation prefer it anyplace else.
Lunch at The Lookout Cafe: After the hike, head to the nice and cozy and welcoming The Lookout for a sizzling Gower espresso or Welsh Brew Tea and a chunky roast veggie sandwich. The rosy-cheeked girls serving espresso and meals are amongst a few of the nicest you’ll meet. We snuck just a few freshly made Welsh muffins for a snack on the seashore later too.
Discover Rhossili Bay: Spend the afternoon exploring Rhossili Bay, which has been voted one among Britain’s Finest Seashores for 4 years operating and we will see why. The views from the cliff tops above are gorgeous and its breadth is majestic. Should you’re fortunate, you’ll additionally see wild Welsh ponies up on the cliffs too.
Take the trail down onto the seashore for a meandering stroll throughout the sand. You’ll additionally see the historic Helvetia shipwreck from 1887 lodged within the sand. The Gower Peninsula was a smuggling hotspot throughout the 18th and nineteenth centuries, and the realm has many shipwrecks from unfortunate vessels caught on stormy seas.
Fill Your Boots with Pasta and Ice Cream: Within the night, head over Verdi’s Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlour in Mumbles, for large plates of pasta and ice cream sundaes. This can be a actual household joint with loads of holidaying and native households filling up on carbs and candy treats.
Day 3: Uncover Oystermouth Fort and the Gower Coast Path
Browse Native Outlets in Mumbles: In your remaining day, take a while to discover Mumbles itself. We had a gradual breakfast and loved some native espresso, earlier than we had a browse of the stunning Gower Gallery which is stocked with native arts and crafts impressed by the seascape. The Lovespoon Gallery on the excessive avenue has an enormous assortment of affection spoon designs from Wales’ finest carvers. Have you ever heard of affection spoons earlier than? Their Welsh items given as tokens of affection and affection – how candy is that!
Go to Oystermouth Fort: Constructed atop a limestone crag, Oystermouth citadel sits majestically on a hill overlooking Mumbles and – you guessed it – has the very best views over the village and the bay. Take the chance to affix a guided tour of the citadel and find out about its historical past. Initially constructed within the twelfth century, there’s rather a lot to inform. Our citadel information, Haydn, had some incredible ghost tales and theories in regards to the citadel’s origins and residents through the years. The citadel is open from April by way of to October with particular occasions all year long.
Pub Lunch: Mumbles is residence to a handful of pubs making it an ideal spot for a pub lunch. The Dark Horse in Mumbles is an impartial bar and kitchen. They use regionally sourced elements and supply an excellent brunch and lunch menu, together with vegetarian and vegan choices.
Stroll the Gower Coast Path: Within the afternoon, take a stroll alongside the Gower Coast Path, a part of the Wales Coast Path community. From Mumbles, comply with the promenade path to the top. Curve around the hill the place the lighthouse is into Bracelet Bay. From right here, proceed on to Limeslade Bay for ice cream (run and raisin all the best way) after which to Langland Bay. For the energetic hiker, carry additional on to Caswell Bay.
We headed spherical to Langland Bay the place the heavens opened. We took shelter beneath a inexperienced and white seashore hut and watched the surfers within the bay bobbing on the swell. Come summer time, the bay makes for a fantastic picnic spot (there are usually not many cafes within the space). The route from Mumbles to Langland Bay and again took us round 2 hours together with a 20-minute cease in Langland.
Hit the Rooftop Gin Bar: To not be missed in Mumbles is the extremely enjoyable rooftop Gin and Juice. By day, it’s a brunch spot with incredible views over the bay from an enclosed glass-windowed terrace. By evening, it actually comes alive as a loud, vigorous, low-lit bar the place you’ll discover the entire cool cats. We feasted on a dinner of freshly baked bread and garlic butter, olives, roasted cauliflower and a veggie burger with chips. It was the very best meal of our journey!
For drinks, the actual spotlight is an in depth gin menu that any aficionado could be impressed by. There’s a piece devoted to Welsh gin and we sampled the native Gower gin, which was scrumptious. I extremely suggest the GŴYR Rhosili gin which comes filled with lemon wedges. Beware: a tentative warning in regards to the GWYR Rhosili ‘Dragon Energy’ gin which packs a punch at 60%. This bar is the right end to a weekend in Swansea Bay.
Get pleasure from your weekend in Mumbles and Swansea Bay!
That is our 3-day itinerary for an ideal weekend in Mumbles and Swansea Bay. Thanks to Visit Swansea Bay who invited us on this press journey to Swansea Bay. While this was a press journey, all opinions expressed are our personal.
