Getting there

Planes

Cardiff International (www.cwlfly.com) is the nearest airport and is well served by international airlines. Between them | BMI Baby (www.bmibaby.com) | Eastern Airways (www.easternairways.com) | Flybe (www.flybe.com) and Aer Arann (www.aerarann.ie) connect Cardiff with most of the major UK and European hubs.

Trains

Direct services operate from Cardiff; all other routes require a change at Newport or Swansea. The whole journey from London takes approximately four hours (www.great-western-trains.co.uk); from Manchester, it’s around five hours 30 minutes (www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk).

Automobiles

A car is handy if you want to explore the Carmarthen environs. The M4 will take you into the heart of southwest Wales; then join the A48 just after Swansea.