Aberystwyth is surrounded by some of the most glorious countryside in Great Britain - the Cambrian Mountains, the Rheidol Valley and the beautiful Ceredigion's Heritage Coast and Bay.

The Aberystwyth Tourist Information Centre - together with the entrance to the Ceredigion Museum - is located in Terrace Road and is open all year.

A good place to look for thing to do is the Ceredigion tourist website and the Aberystwyth tourist website.

Below are a few suggestions: 

• The Ceredigion Museum
• The Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth www.cat.org.uk
• The Magic of Butterfly House http://www.magicoflife.org/ 
• Dolphin watching boat trips from Newquay.
• The Forest Visitor and Red Kite Centre at the Nant yr Arian Forestry centre operated by Forestry Commission Wales - Red Kite feeding 3:00pm everyday http://www.nantyrarian.co.uk/
• The Vale of Rheidol Narrow Gauge Steam Railway
• The Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway
• The Mid Wales Lead and Silver Mining Museum at Llywernog
• The StatKraft Visitor Centre, walks and conducted tours of the Cwm Rheidol Hydro-Electric Power Station
• Llanbadarn Fawr's historic church
• The Exhibition Galleries of the Aberystwyth Arts Centre.