Wednesday 23 April 2014

days out in pembrokeshire: caldey island

 
 

Caldey Island is located off Tenby's South Beach. Hop on a boat from the harbour for a short boat ride to this secluded island. It is now home to an order of Cistercian monks and their monastery overlooks the village green. The monks make perfume and chocolate on the island which is sold in the gift shop. I can vouch for the plain chocolate, it was very nice (I just had to support the monks in their venture, didn't I?!).




The lighthouse offers spectacular views. As you can see, the sky was an beautiful shade of blue on the day we visited.








There are numerous churches on the island with beautiful stained glass and statues. Some of the churches were quite tiny and we were free to wander in and out of them.




Have you visited Caldey Island? What did you think of it?


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