Luxury Self-Contained Holiday Cottages in Dinas Dinlle, Caernarfon, North Wales

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Dinas Dinlle, pronounced Dee-Nas Din-Clare is a small seaside village on the North Wales coast. Situated in the beautiful Caernarfon Bay, it has exceptional views towards the Llyn Peninsula and Anglesey in the North and the stunning Rival Mountains in the South. The beach has been awarded a European Blue Flag for its water quality and a Seaside Award for its cleanliness and safety. Along with two slip-ways the beach at Dinas Dinlle is a popular venue for water-sports, including wind surfing, jet-skiing, scuba diving, swimming, sailing and power boating and is probably one of the best bass fishing beaches in Britain. There are several small shops, cafes and restaurants in the main village, which is about a two-minute drive away from Sunnyside Cottages. There is a regular bus service to Caernarfon , which passes the top of our lane and there are cycle and walking paths along the length of the beach.

The National Trust has recently purchased an Iron Age fort at Dinas Dinlle, and it will become an example of the Trust's approach to coastline management. They hope to carry out extensive work to halt further damage to the fort and install interpretation panels that will explain the history of the site and its close links to Welsh mythology.

Dinas Dinlle has close links with the early Welsh fables known as The Mabinogion. It is said that Lleu Llaw Gyffes a hero of The Mabinogion came and lived at a fortress at Dinas Dinlle and that Dinas Dinlleu was named after him, literally "City of Lleu's Fortress". Off the beach there is a cluster of rocks called Caer Arianrhod which is named after Lleu's mother.

On a calm day during the months of May and June, you may be able to witness first hand, the breath-taking site of a pod of dolphins enjoying the freedom of the sea. There is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and a bird-watchers paradise at Foryd Bay, which ia only a short journey away from Sunnyside Cottages.

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