A day trip from Tenby to Caldey Island in Pembrokeshire Wales May 2023🏴
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My husband entered the Carten100 bike ride from Cardiff to Tenby so my son and I took advantage of the gorgeous weather and headed down early to catch the boat over to Caldey Island - a 20 min ride away.
“Caldey Island is just 1.5 miles long, with one village and about 500 acres of arable land where crops are grown for export. Caldey is home to 40 permanent residents and about 18 Cistercian monks who occupy Caldey Abbey. The monks first came to the island in the 6th century and In 1906, pioneering Anglican Benedictines purchased Caldey and built the present Italianate style abbey which now towers above the village. The present monks of Caldey Abbey are Reformed Cistercians, a stricter, contemplative offshoot of the Benedictine Order”.
The boat trip over to the island provides wonderful views of Tenby and its colourful houses and sandy beaches and as we land on Caldey, it starts to feel like we’ve travelled abroad! The beaches are clean and sandy, the sea shallow and clear and the woodland walk into the village may provide the chance to spot some red squirrels although, we didn’t see any yesterday. The village square has a gift shop, cafe, seating areas, post office and gallery. There’s maps and sign posts dotted around the island showing you how to reach the old abbey and lighthouse etc.
we spend around 3.5hrs there but we could have spent longer and walked on the many nature trails however, we had to return to Tenby to meet my husband at the cycle event finish line.
We brought some Caldey chocolate back with us which the monks make on the island apparently!
I definitely recommend going over for a relaxing few hours wondering around this quiet pretty island if ever your in Pembrokeshire.
Have any of you been before?
💵 Adult £15, Seniors £13, Children £9, Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £40
Open Monday - Saturday
1st crossings are at 10am and last crossing 5pm
Return tickets to be purchased in the harbour area and crossing are roughly every 20 minutes
This was May 2023
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