Guidebook for Darowen

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Guidebook for Darowen

Eating out

Darowen is a tiny place and so you'll need to leave the village in order to get a meal out! These are some of our favourite places.
Great local food in an intimate setting.
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Number Twenty One
21 Heol Maengwyn
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Great local food in an intimate setting.
A tiny local pub serving honest pub grub
Tafarn Dwynant
A tiny local pub serving honest pub grub
Can't be bothered making your own breakfast? This place has the answer! Newly opened in 2018. Great veggie options too.
Camlan Garden Centre, Farm Shop & Cafe
Can't be bothered making your own breakfast? This place has the answer! Newly opened in 2018. Great veggie options too.
We hear good things about this large local inn! We must eat there one day!
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The Brigands Inn
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We hear good things about this large local inn! We must eat there one day!
One of only two Michelin featured restaurants in the area. Gastro pub in an historic old inn. Great food and great service.
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Riverside Hotel Pennal
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One of only two Michelin featured restaurants in the area. Gastro pub in an historic old inn. Great food and great service.
This tiny former railway hotel is our closest pub, and has been fabulously rejuvenated by Mo and Michael through local community events and now providing superb food. Michael's Sunday lunch has to be experienced. Often features local music events.
Dovey Valley Hotel
This tiny former railway hotel is our closest pub, and has been fabulously rejuvenated by Mo and Michael through local community events and now providing superb food. Michael's Sunday lunch has to be experienced. Often features local music events.
A large pub restaurant at the gateway to Snowdonia. Great food at good prices. A favourite of ours, we often meet visiting friends here.
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Cross Foxes Inn
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A large pub restaurant at the gateway to Snowdonia. Great food at good prices. A favourite of ours, we often meet visiting friends here.

Sightseeing

Iconic local mountain
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Cadair Idris - Penygadair
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Iconic local mountain
Get buzzed by the fast jets of the RAF and USAF training at high speed and ultra low level. Climb Cad East or Cad West and look down on the pilots. Some will even wave back!
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Mach Loop
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Get buzzed by the fast jets of the RAF and USAF training at high speed and ultra low level. Climb Cad East or Cad West and look down on the pilots. Some will even wave back!
Machynlleth is known as "the town with the clock tower". One can not visit the area without seeing it!
Machynlleth Clock Tower
Penrallt Street
Machynlleth is known as "the town with the clock tower". One can not visit the area without seeing it!
Bwlch y Groes (Pass of the Cross) is the highest public road mountain pass in "North" Wales, with a summit altitude of 545m (1,788 ft). Once known as "Hellfire Pass" as it was used by car manufacturers to test their vehicles!
Bwlch y Groes
Bwlch y Groes (Pass of the Cross) is the highest public road mountain pass in "North" Wales, with a summit altitude of 545m (1,788 ft). Once known as "Hellfire Pass" as it was used by car manufacturers to test their vehicles!
A long since abandoned mining community only a few remnants survive but the most interesting feature is 10,000 years older; Dylife Gorge is a fabulous "stolen river" gorge formed during the last ice age.
Dylife
A long since abandoned mining community only a few remnants survive but the most interesting feature is 10,000 years older; Dylife Gorge is a fabulous "stolen river" gorge formed during the last ice age.
The Wynford Vaughan Thomas memorial and viewpoint is near the road just below the summit of Foel Fadian and provides fabulous views. It is claimed that on a clear day that Snowdon can be seen from here, whether or not it can, it is certainly a view worth stopping for.
Foel Fadian
The Wynford Vaughan Thomas memorial and viewpoint is near the road just below the summit of Foel Fadian and provides fabulous views. It is claimed that on a clear day that Snowdon can be seen from here, whether or not it can, it is certainly a view worth stopping for.
The Llyfnant valley is a delightful narrow gorge which remains somewhat of a secret even to locals. The narrow single track road is not for the feint hearted driver, with only a handful of passing places, should you meet an oncoming vehicle one of you must reverse, sometimes alongside a precipitous edge into the babbling river several meters below! Park up by the (now closed) tiny chapel just outside of Glaspwll and walk the road for a chance to see some scarce native wildlife.
Glaspwll
The Llyfnant valley is a delightful narrow gorge which remains somewhat of a secret even to locals. The narrow single track road is not for the feint hearted driver, with only a handful of passing places, should you meet an oncoming vehicle one of you must reverse, sometimes alongside a precipitous edge into the babbling river several meters below! Park up by the (now closed) tiny chapel just outside of Glaspwll and walk the road for a chance to see some scarce native wildlife.

Parks & Nature

Walk along the banks of the mighty River Severn while it is still a mountain stream.
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Hafren Forest
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Walk along the banks of the mighty River Severn while it is still a mountain stream.
Probably the best mixed habitat bird reserve in Wales. Woodland, heath, bog, and estuary all meet to provide a fabulous environment for wildlife. Great for just a walk too!
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RSPB Ynys-hir
Dyfi Furnace
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Probably the best mixed habitat bird reserve in Wales. Woodland, heath, bog, and estuary all meet to provide a fabulous environment for wildlife. Great for just a walk too!
These fabulous dunes are part of the important Dyfi National Nature Reserve that was expanded to become the UNESCO Dyfi Biosphere. The most visited reserve in the area, can be busy on summer weekends.
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Ynyslas
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These fabulous dunes are part of the important Dyfi National Nature Reserve that was expanded to become the UNESCO Dyfi Biosphere. The most visited reserve in the area, can be busy on summer weekends.
We think this is the best Osprey Project in the country! Even if you are not into massive fish eating "eagles" that migrate here each year from Africa, the 360 Observation Tower provides some great views across the meandering river Dyfi and it's marshes.
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Dyfi Osprey Project
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We think this is the best Osprey Project in the country! Even if you are not into massive fish eating "eagles" that migrate here each year from Africa, the 360 Observation Tower provides some great views across the meandering river Dyfi and it's marshes.

Arts & Culture

Always excellent local and international art on exhibition.
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The Museum Of Modern Art (MOMA) Machynlleth
Heol Pen'Rallt
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Always excellent local and international art on exhibition.

Entertainment & Activities

A tiny cinema and restaurant! Just one screen, but it always shows a current blockbuster. And the food is excellent.
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Libanus 1877
High Street
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A tiny cinema and restaurant! Just one screen, but it always shows a current blockbuster. And the food is excellent.
The oldest cinema in continuous service! A traditional balcony theatre layout, showing current block busters, special events, and arthouse movies. Wonderful!
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Magic Lantern - Llusern Hud
6a Corbet Square
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The oldest cinema in continuous service! A traditional balcony theatre layout, showing current block busters, special events, and arthouse movies. Wonderful!