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I visited the UK’s ‘greatest’ seaside city – I would return tomorrow if I may

The beautiful city is enjoyable and welcoming, with loads of impartial retailers.

I visited the perfect seaside city and it was superb (Picture: Getty)

The primary clue of this seaside city’s allure comes earlier than you even park the automobile. The street bends, the ocean seems, and the cluster of pastel buildings perched above the water is hidden by medieval stone partitions that make the entire place look extra like a movie set than a Welsh vacation city.

Then you definately step inside, and it solely will get higher. There’s a purpose Tenby has been listed by Tough Information as one of many UK’s greatest seaside cities, after which voted to have among the greatest seashores within the UK within the 2025 Which? seaside survey. The outdated city is wrapped by Thirteenth-century medieval partitions, thought-about among the many most essential surviving ones in Britain, and past them is a maze of cobbled streets sloping gently in the direction of the coast.

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The city is protected by a medieval wall (Picture: Getty)

Retailers scent the streets with recent Pembrokeshire pies and fudge, and impartial shopkeepers truly cease for a chat as an alternative of dashing you thru the until, the place they promote every little thing from seaside presents to art work impressed by the shoreline.

After which there are the spacious and sandy seashores, that are by no means far-off. Tenby has 4 of them — North Seaside, South Seaside, Fortress Seaside and Harbour Seaside — all inside strolling distance of the centre. On the sunny day we visited, folks had been stretched out on the sand and each bench with a sea view was taken.

Some seaside cities really feel good for an hour or two, then run out of issues to supply. Tenby felt like someplace you would fortunately keep longer than deliberate, with the right combine of outlets and pure magnificence.

You’ll be able to spend the morning searching boutiques, the afternoon on the seaside, then end with a drink overlooking the harbour. If you wish to go additional, the Pembrokeshire Coast Path runs close by, together with the scenic 4.5-mile stroll to Saundersfoot.

Relaxed, pleasant and ridiculously fairly, it’s the kind of place that reminds you why British seaside breaks have a lot enchantment.

It took me round 5 hours to get there, so it’s not precisely across the nook, however I’d return tomorrow if I may. In case you do go, locals say the crowds are intense in August, and in September throughout Ironman Wales.

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