Your Island Retreat, Anglesey Cottages For Relaxing Holidays

by David Phillips

Choose among a fine selection of Anglesey cottages to make the most of your break on this island off the North Wales coast, where you will discover a number of great places to visit.

Situated in the path of the Gulf Stream the island offers a pleasant, mild climate known for its sunshine and so an Anglesey cottage self-catering holiday is the ideal accompaniment to these natural advantages.

This green, pleasant island offers a wide range of traditional cottages which should cater for most visitors, whether you see yourself as a coastal path walker, a bird watcher or an active, adventure-seeking kayak or canoe enthusiast.

Here you can experience a stay in a coastal or rural location which is sympathetic to the local environment and culture, such is the versatility of the range of Anglesey cottages on offer.

Among the features of these properties will be a stone fireplace in the dining room and the lounge an sometimes a wood burning stove in the kitchen which will invariably have a tiled floor.

Expect to enjoy the benefits of double glazing in your Anglesey cottage along with the advantages of a central heating system.

Bedrooms can either by twin or single and some will be provided as en-suite, and depending on the number of people it can accommodate, the bedrooms can be both on ground and first floor.

Visitors can expect their cottage in Anglesey to provide the linen and duvets required as well as a TV facility and a room for washing clothes. A full kitchenware range is also included.

For those visitors attracted to an Anglesey holiday and wanting to bring pets, some cottages allow pets on the condition that they are kept under control.

Staying in a self-catering Anglesey cottage means you will have many choices of where exactly you want to get much needed peace and quiet from your busy schedule, it could be on the coast or maybe a more central island district.

Just imagine waking up early one morning, the sun is rising as you can sit in the garden, breathing in the sea air, appreciating the mountains of Snowdonia on the mainland, as the smell of freshly ground coffee drifts from the kitchen and you sip some fresh orange juice.

Perhaps if you like getting up early you could wake up to the natural alarm clock of the dawn chorus in the hedges next to your cottage, slip to the kitchen, make a quick brew and step outside and enjoy the steady sunrise over Snowdonia.

Staying in a traditional Anglesey cottage means you could cycle along quiet country lanes before breakfast, appreciating colourful wild flowers rioting down stone walls and the aroma of prolific wild garlic and herbal plants.

A number of island cottages are clustered around the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), a designated zone which runs along most of the Anglesey coast.

Having your cottage here is a good idea if you love sea views, coastal walking and water sports. There are also some superb 18-hole golf courses nearby many holiday cottages.

For those of you who love the outdoors and walking specifically, remember to bring your boost as there is a recently opened 125-mile coastal path with breathtaking sea views.

Choosing a cottage on the south west Anglesey coast means you may enjoy a particularly beautiful sunset where you may be able to make out the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland on the distant horizon.

It can be such a pleasure to watch the slow descent of the sun over the horizon, while sharing a glass of wine in your cottage with family and friends.

When you reach Anglesey after crossing the Menai Strait you can cross the island using the A55 dual carriageway to Holyhead, from where a fast ferry runs to Dublin. At RAF Valley you can fly to Cardiff within one hour.

In winter your Anglesey holiday offers you peaceful walks along sandy beaches and the coastal path while the summer sun is so inviting to the adventure seekers, either way select Anglesey cottages offer you a good base to maximise your island experience.

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