Things to do without a car:
If you bring bikes, a cycle route passes the end of our drive and there are plenty of quiet country lanes around. For walkers, there are several public footpaths, the best of these being from Mur Crusto Bach via St Cybi’s Well to Garn Bentyrch, a hilltop Iron age fortress. Whilst not quite the ‘Lourdes’ of Llyn, St Cybi’s Well (‘Cybi’ is pronounced ‘Cubby’) is an evocative place to which people would come for the healing properties of the powerful underground springwaters. [more on this]. It’s only 15 minutes easy walk from Mur Crusto Bach. Add another 20-30 minutes climbing up through a beech and oak wood and two fields and you reach the rocky summit of Garn Bentyrch. Although only just over 220 metres high, the views in all directions are the best in the area.
Things to do with a car:
Mur Crusto Bach is well placed for most things people come here to do or see. The north and south coasts of the Llyn peninsula are almost equidistant and each offer fine walks and beaches. The mountains of western Snowdonia are ever-visible to the east and we can offer you advice about which mountains to climb and the best routes to climb them based on detailed first-hand knowledge of the mountains themselves, their geology and natural history. If castles are your thing, Harlech, Caernarfon and Criccieth are all fine ones within easy reach. And as for the beaches, you’re spoilt for choice: there are many fine sandy beaches within half an hour of Mur Crusto Bach cottage.
