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Jeremy Clarkson has championed the “achingly beautiful” fishing village of Aberaeron as an ideal destination for a UK holiday, as overseas travel grows increasingly expensive amid the US and Israel’s conflict with Iran.
Discussing the short break in his column for The Sunday Times, Jeremy offered reassurance to worried holidaymakers: “Don’t worry though because I have a solution. Last week, I went to Wales for a couple of days and I’m talking about real Wales.”
The former Top Gear presenter continued by saying his Welsh adventure “felt delightfully foreign”, and he was sufficiently impressed to rank it alongside his other cherished UK locations – north Devon and Yorkshire.
View 3 ImagesAberaeron is an old famous shipyard and fisherman town on the Welsh coast, now a popular tourist destination in Wales. It features a – rather unusual for this part of Wales – harbour, lined with elegant Regency style buildings.
He said: “We don’t have colourful hedgerows in England and we don’t have smooth, deserted roads that dip into pretty valleys before rearing onto the next moorland pass.
“I rarely say that anywhere in the UK is better than north Devon, but this is. It’s nearly as good as Yorkshire.”, reports Wales Online.
Jeremy then praised an evening he enjoyed in Aberaeron, a picturesque harbour town situated in Ceredigion, boasting stunning vistas across Cardigan Bay.
Describing the settlement, the broadcaster said: “Every one of the terraced cottages around the harbour is a different colour. There was a trendy-looking shop selling honey ice cream and an old Citroën van where you could get Hackney-style hipster street food.
“It was achingly beautiful and it was full of Enid Blyton kids going fishing and eating chips out of newspaper.” Jeremy even claimed his experience at the coastal town’s upmarket Harbourmaster hotel surpassed his recent visit to the Four Seasons in Miami, Florida, which admittedly was “very good, but this is better”.
View 3 ImagesHarbour Master Hotel on Quay Parade. Was formally the harbour master’s office and is now beautifully renovated into a popular hotel and restaurant.
The hotel also earned Jeremy’s seal of approval by stocking drinks from Hawkstone Brewery, in which the Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? host owns a substantial stake.
The Clarkson’s Farm star declared: “This is the best hotel … in the world. The staff were fantastic, the view was pretty, they sold Hawkstone, and for dinner, I had deep fried cockles followed by sea trout.”
Following his meal, he took a stroll along the sea wall to watch the sunset, revealing that despite the considerably cooler temperatures, the scenery rivalled that of the Caribbean.
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Jeremy’s top-rated hotel occupies a prime spot in Aberaeron, with its website promising guests “a comfortable seaside stay with a modern maritime theme, original Melin Tregwynt fabrics throughout and lovely views of Cardigan Bay”.
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