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Extract from the Aberdaron Travel Guides:
The small, lime-washed fishing village of
ABERDARON
backs a pebble beach two miles short of the tip of the Llyn. For a thousand years, from the sixth century onwards, it was the last stop for pilgrims to
Bardsey Island
, or Ynys Enlli (the Island of the Currents), just offshore; three visits were proclaimed equivalent to one pilgrimage to Rome. Many pilgrims came to die there, earning the place its epithet "The Isle of Twenty Thousand Saints". Bardsey is heart-stoppingly beautiful and well worth a visit - there are self-catering cottages available on the island, or you could just go for a day-trip. For detai...
read the whole Aberdaron Travel Guides...
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