The 500 year old estate had passed through many families hands before being rescued from oblivion in 1995 by the Aberglasney Restoration Trust.

There are 20 different garden designs, from formal to kitchen gardens, orchards and woodlands.

Creeks flow around the estate and fill this rectangular pond and other water features.

The estate mansion is only partially restored and used for functions and holds an extensive botanical library.

The main hall is elegant, but the ruins of the rest of the mansion have been capped with a greenhouse roof and now holds a tropical garden, including producing banana trees!

The grounds are full of blooming flowers and colorful birds.

Our route took us over the hilltop moors, past small bands of sheep.

We arrived and found a parking space in a lot outside the old city walls. We took a stroll around the outside of the city walls, down to the beach and up on Castle Hill to get wonderful views.

Tenby Harbour.

Castle Beach across from St. Catherine’s Island with it’s fortress on top. We missed low tide during which you can walk to the island! The ferry travels to another island with a lighthouse.

St. Mary’s Anglican Church.

The intimate fireside room in the bar of The Plantagenet House Restaurant!